Sen—Watching the Moon rise and fall each night, exactly on schedule, one could easily come to the conclusion that there is nothing more predictable than the orbits of our Solar System's satellites. So why did NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit about Saturn for more than 11 years, take time on three days this week to help map this very information?
It turns out that the orbits of many satellites are not so easily predicted after all. The paths taken by nearly all objects in the Solar System change slowly with time; even our own Moon drifts away from the Earth about 3.8 centimeters every year.
The situation at Saturn is far more complicated than around our own planet. Saturn's more than 60 moons each exert their own gravitational attraction on one another. Even the planet itself complicates things; the fact that Saturn bulges around its equator causes the orientation of a given moon's orbit to rotate, something astronomers call precession.
The planet's smaller moons are most susceptible, as the gravitational tugs from the outer, larger moons have a proportionately greater effect. That's why, ever since entering Saturnian orbit, Cassini regularly pauses to capture so-called astrometric images. Astrometry is the study of the motions of celestial objects and it is perhaps the oldest field of scientific study in the world.
The basic principle is simple, but astrometry requires a level of precision rarely matched in astronomy. In each observation, scientists measure the precise location of every captured moon. In order to make this measurement, the exact position and orientation of Cassini must be known. Further complicating things, these small moons are often unresolved, meaning they appear on the camera's sensor to be smaller than a single pixel. To gain maximum accuracy, models of how light falls on a given pixel are used to peer beneath this threshold.
Once a moon's location in each image is charted, astronomers use software to fit an orbit to the collected data, essentially trying many possible orbits to see which one best represents their observations. Rarely do the final results resemble satellite tracks as we often envision them; instead, each moon takes a path around Saturn that (sometimes not so) subtly twists and turns.
Given all the effort required, why not simply solve the mathematical equations of motion to determine what path each object will take? For one, this would require perfectly precise knowledge of the mass of each object in the Saturn system. This simply is not achievable in the real world. But, even if we could know the precise masses, a much more fundamental barrier stands in the way of scientists: The so-called three-body problem.
Place two objects in space and you can (with knowledge of their masses) exactly compute the paths they will take. But add just one more body and the task becomes impossible. It is among the most infuriating facts in all of physics and, unsurprisingly, the 60-body problem is no more tractable.
That leaves us with astrometry, and so Cassini will continue making these observations over and over until the end of the mission, each one telling us just a little bit more about how the Saturn system works.


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Trump-Biden: Final Debate Affirms Positions as Votes Continue to Be Cast
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10:00AM EDT 10/23/2020	 Janenne Irene Pung
President Trump during the final debate Thursday. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
With millions of Americans having already voted, President Trump and Former Vice President Biden met Thursday for their final debate. An ABC poll on who won the debate has President Trump at 51% and Biden at 49%. Trump also slightly nudged out Biden on how viewers rate "performance" at the debate, with 3.3 stars out of five and Biden receiving 3.1 stars.
Overwhelmingly, though, 62% of American voters do not want another debate, and 90% said viewing did not change who they support. Minds are made up.
Primary topics on the debate were as expected: the coronavirus and how to move forward; climate change; the future of American health care, which pitted "Bidencare" against Obamacare; character; racism; and a businessman vs. career politician, which included the recent information discovered on Hunter Biden's laptop.
The outcome of the debate is based on polls and projections, but Doug Schoen of Fox News pointed out that while Biden continues to lead in national polls, so did Hillary Clinton.
"For many Americans, Biden's current position feels reminiscent of the two weeks before the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton held a similar lead," he said in his analysis. "At this point in 2016, FiveThirtyEight's election model gave Hillary Clinton an 86% chance of winning. The same model now gives Biden an 88% chance."
Schoen points out that according to RealClearPolitics' comparison of 2020 and 2016, "key swing-state polling averages—in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona—Biden has been polling slightly behind where Clinton was at this point in 2016," he said. "Over the last week, Biden's daily position has ranged from being neck-in-neck with Clinton's to polling approximately one point behind her."
Over the next 11 days, news agencies, columnists, pollsters and those involved in the Trump and Biden campaigns will continue to run the numbers—over and over from every possible angle. And regardless of how many votes have already been cast and polls showing most voters decided, the candidates will continue last-minute campaigning.
All that's left for the American people is to make sure their vote is cast.
As Biden said: "The character of the country is on the ballot. Our character is on the ballot. Look at us closely."
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Better living through The Hunger Games
I finally finished Mockingjay last week, wrapping up the Hunger Games trilogy. If you haven't read the series yet, it's as good as they say.
I have a couple of observations. First, it's sad that some of the conversation around the series has gone off into Team Gale and Team Peeta territory. I'm tempted to also call it ridiculous, but honestly, I understand the temptation. Katniss spends a lot of time trying to untangle her feelings about these two guys and there's no harm in hoping she'll pick one over the other. In fact, I identified with Peeta early on and rooted for him.
But the books are about so much more than romance and it's a crime to choose Team Favorite-Boy when the series is so obviously asking you to be on Team Katniss. Which lad she picks isn't about who can make her eternally happy – an emotional state that's never held up as a legitimate option in the first place – but about how Katniss sees herself. Gale knows her better than anyone else and she trusts him completely, but he's so angry (justifiably so) at the state of the world. Choosing him represents taking comfort in the way she already sees the world.
Her other option is Peeta, a boy she doesn't know except that he was once very kind to her. Peeta's response to the world isn't to rail against it, but to find peace within himself. Choosing him represents a huge leap into a scary and unfamiliar, but ultimately healthier world view. Yet another reason I wanted her to choose him. The better reason actually. I won't give away what choice she makes (or even if she chooses either of them), but I will say that what she does felt entirely right for her when I read it. The series is nothing if not honest to its characters.
The books do have some issues though. Mockingjay has some exciting set pieces, but it also drags in several places. My biggest problem with the series though applies to all three books, even the consistently thrilling Hunger Games and Catching Fire. The trouble is that Katniss is kind of stupid.
By which I mean that it takes her a long time to figure out things that were pretty obvious to me, especially when it comes to trusting people who are trying to help her. And though it's a problem because I'm yelling at the book, Suzanne Collins turns it into strength in a couple of ways. First, it's entirely within Katniss' character not to trust people. It's not really stupidity at all, but a strong survival instinct. She has no real reason to trust anyone except for Gale and her sister. I had to keep reminding myself of that, but my forgetting it doesn't make it less true or less important an aspect of who she is and how she thinks.
Second, Collins kept fooling me too. She kept building my confidence ("Oh, that person's totally on Katniss' side. Why can't she see that?") and then breaking it down by throwing in something completely unexpected ("That person's trying to kill Katniss? Where did that come from?"). Though I felt like I was mentally ahead of Katniss about 90% of the time, I was probably only right about what was going on about 50%. It's that uncertainty that makes the series so captivating. I love not knowing what's about to happen.
I'm a slow reader, so while I was working my way through Catching Fire (before I gave up and bought it on Audible to listen to in the car), a friend of mine read the entire series through about three or four times. I didn't question her about it, but I wondered to myself what the attraction was. As I was reading, the series felt so much like it was about what was going to happen. Can Katniss change her world? Can she ever find peace? If so, how? With Gale? With Peeta? With neither? Once I reached the end, I expected to be done. Why would I want to re-read it when I already have my answers and can no longer enjoy being surprised?
But it was about two-thirds of the way through Mockingjay that I started feeling the desire to re-read the whole series again. Not for the mysteries, but just for the comfort of being in Katniss' head in this fantastical, but completely real world that Collins created. It's not a comforting world, but there are moments of comfort within it that – in contrast to the rest of what's going on – brought me tangible serenity. It's not that I'm learning by Katniss' example ("If she can find a moment of comfort in her world, then I should be able to find some in mine."); it's that Collins is able to make me feel Katniss' despair about the world, and then make me feel peace within that despair. That's masterful. It creates a feeling and an experience that readers can take with them into their own lives. And who wouldn't want to re-experience that a few times?
There's a lot going on in the Hunger Games trilogy: commentary about war, about reality TV, about our attitudes towards those less fortunate than we are. Those are all important things for readers to think about and struggle with. But what the series is about to me is finding peace in the midst of suffering. Discovering joy within hopelessness. That's something that everyone can use.
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Q: I'm trying to write WebApi code to send an image file to Node.js using a POST request I'm writing a WebApi program in C# that sends REST requests to a Node.js program written by a third party. I've got the source code for the Node program running on my laptop, but my knowledge of Node is limited. I'm using Fiddler to test sending requests. (Fiddler is similar to Postman and Curl.)
One of the things the WebApi program needs to do is to send an image file using a POST request. (The image file is associated with an order, so the order id is sent in the url.) When I send the request using Fiddler, Node returns OK and the image data is tranmitted successfully. When I send the request using the WebApi program, Node also returns OK, but the image data is not transmitted.
I would like to include some screenshots, but, apparently, I don't have enough credits to do that yet. In the successful Fiddler post, the Node.js console returns a json string containing UploadedFileMetaData data, followed by a Json string containing order_id and filename. In the WebApi case, UploadedFileMetaData is not returned. Instead, a file field containing byte data is added to the returned Json string.
I've listed below the steps that the WebApi program executes to send the request. Can anyone tell me what Fiddler is doing differently that causes the file data to be transmitted correctly? Thanks.
Variables are set with the following values:
string formDataBoundary = string.Format("----------{0:N}", Guid.NewGuid());
string contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + formDataBoundary;
string header = string.Format("--{0}\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{1}\"; filename=\"{2}\";\r\nContent-Type: {3}\r\n\r\n",
boundary,
param.Key,
fileToUpload.FileName ?? param.Key,
fileToUpload.ContentType ?? "application/octet-stream");
string footer = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n";

(The header string resolves to the following:
------------d19a2dfc4c734778b0849649617dff78
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="Ducky.jpg";
Content-Type: image/jpeg)
A memory stream is created:
Stream formDataStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

The header, file contents, and footer are written to the memory stream:
formDataStream.Write(encoding.GetBytes(header), 0, encoding.GetByteCount(header));
formDataStream.Write(fileToUpload.File, 0, fileToUpload.File.Length);
formDataStream.Write(encoding.GetBytes(footer), 0, encoding.GetByteCount(footer));

The stream is dumped into a byte array:
formDataStream.Position = 0;
byte[] formData = new byte[formDataStream.Length];
formDataStream.Read(formData, 0, formData.Length);
formDataStream.Close();

An http request is created containing the following info:
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = contentType;
request.UserAgent = userAgent;  // Value doesn't really matter
request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();    // Will not be used
request.ContentLength = formData.Length;

The request is posted:
using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
    requestStream.Write(formData, 0, formData.Length);
}

I get the response using request.GetResponse(). It returns OK. The content type returned is "application/json; charset=utf-8". GetResponseStream returns 131,072 bytes.

A: I think here's another simple solution for you.
 //// Upload api written in expressjs.

 var apiUpload = "http://localhost:3000/upload";
            var filePath =Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/1023.jpg");
            using (var client = new WebClient())
            {
                var responseBytes = client.UploadFile(apiUpload, "POST", filePath);
                var result = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes);
            }

I created a simple upload API with expressjs and above sample worked properly with it.

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News School News Journeying onto a New Adventure and Destination
Journeying onto a New Adventure and Destination
From Taiwan to Hong Kong and banking to consulting, how did Wang Yi-ting achieve her changes?
Hong Kong is one of the world's major financial hubs with a mix of Asian cultures and connections to the Western market. It naturally became Yi-ting's top destination for her MBA, and as the place she wanted to start her post-MBA career. She could leverage her Chinese background while being in an East-meets-West environment. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s extensive alumni network, history and reputation were other pull factors.
Despite having experience in banking and finance back in Taiwan, an MBA helped Yi-ting look at things from different perspectives. Prior to her MBA, her focus was mainly on small project management. With business management and entrepreneurship related courses, she gained new knowledge that would soon become applicable in her new job. She began to understand how business owners made decisions and was able to apply this mindset in her current management consulting job, advising clients on their business issues.
Yi-ting was particularly grateful for the abundance of networking events through student clubs as well as her participation in case competitions throughout the MBA programme. These not only helped her with her job offers but also assisted her with business development, and most importantly, provided lifelong friends.
"This MBA journey was an eye-opener for me – in terms of looking at things from different perspectives, and learning to work with people from such diverse backgrounds, cultures and values. I have made connections to the other side of the world through study trips to US and China and case competitions with business schools in Europe. I've learned to understand differences, and how to embrace them in order to cultivate a more valuable business environment," Yi-ting says.
As a sponsorship lead for the corporate social responsibility (CSR) committee during her MBA days, she had many opportunities to meet large corporates, through which she learned how to present an idea and showcase her capabilities in negotiations. On top of this, she received a better understanding of what these local and international companies were looking for in terms of CSR.
When talking about the fact that CUHK has such a huge alumni base, she says, "It is very easy to run into CUHK graduates wherever you go, and that really helps to create tight bonds."
About Wang Yi-ting
Wang Yi-ting graduated from the CUHK MBA Programme in 2015. She is now a Senior Consultant at Sia Partners, Hong Kong. Prior to her MBA, she was a Digital Channel Manager of Standard Chartered and Product Manager at Citibank in Taiwan.
This article is first published by the MBA Programmes and edited by the Marketing and Communications Office at CUHK Business School.
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Of course not. No matter the age, a child can have very real and legitimate needs to access prescription drugs- even fairly heavy prescriptions- dependant on mental and health issues they may have. As teachers or other responsible adults, you may not immediately be are of the intimate health care concerns of a child, and should not jump to arrogant conclusions about them or their parents. Do not immediately presume that a child is abusing prescription drugs simply because they have them. Even as a parent [who generally would be well aware of any medications or consultations with doctors that a child has undertaken] do not immediately presume your child is indulging in prescription drug abuse. Older teens particularly have limited rights to access medical procedures without parental consent, and treatments for things like STDs may legitimately be taking place. It is important to approach your child with an open mind. Check more here.
So, what must I do if my child is using prescription drugs [legitimately or not]?
Because prescription drug abuse is common among children, and must be addressed if discovered. It is important not to panic and react with snap decisions based on fear. Firstly, if you discover a prescription in the possession of a child in your care, either contact the parents to discuss the issue calmly, or if you are a parent address your child to discover why it is in their possession.
Do not attack and confront without full knowledge. Even if your child is using a prescription drug illegally, attacking them will not solve the problem but help them gain treatment for prescription drug abuse.
If your child legitimately needs to use a prescription drug, do be aware that just because these are medically sanctioned does not mean they are 'safe' in the sense of non-addictive or not open to abuse. Many drugs people need to function and address legitimate healthcare issues can still be dangerous if misused and not understood.
If your child does need to use a prescription for any reason, make sure they- and you- fully understand potential side effects and risks relating to prescription drug abuse and their script. While you should trust your doctor, of course, don't ever forget that prescription drugs are still drugs and can still be dangerous if misused. Children must understand the risks and benefits, the risks of drug abuse, and be taught to be responsible with their medications as well as encouraged to ask for help if they or friends have problems.
Why do children abuse prescription drugs?
As with other drugs, prescription drug abuse can result from enjoyable side effects associated with its use, peer pressure and ease of availability. Couple it with an impression that 'prescription' means perfectly safe and non-addictive, and it's easy to understand why abuse occurs.
Keep your child safe from prescription drug abuse by being open and honest with them.
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Russell Milburn – What LEADOLOGY™ Has Done For My Business
Tarriq Ibrahim 7 June 2021 June 8th, 2021
The last couple of years have been a total whirlwind for the founder of Lakeland Verandahs, Russell Milburn, who has seen his UPVC decking and fencing business enjoy a meteoric rise and be put on course for national domination of the sector.
Established in 2008, it was only two years ago that Russell approached DigitalKOG to help him grow his business.
In the first instance, we developed a new retail website for the company, specifically targeted at the residential market, and managed its social media and PPC accounts to promote the brand to consumers.
The tactics deployed by our LEADOLOGISTS™ worked and had a very noticeable impact, as Russell explains:
"Within the first 12 months, DigitalKOG more than doubled my turnover, making 2019 a record-breaking year for Lakeland Verandahs.
"It was a really encouraging start to our partnership, but little did I know that more new ground was about to be broken."
Sales volumes in the opening couple of months of 2020 remained pleasingly buoyant, before Britain was brought to a shuddering halt by the pandemic.
The 'Stay-at-Home' order made householders' outdoor spaces indispensable; people had never been so reliant on their gardens and patios to get a break from their four walls, making it inevitable that many homeowners would look to enhance them with products like decking to get more out of them.
We identified this early on, encouraging Russell to strike while the iron was hot and rely on the power of digital marketing to pounce on this deluge of demand for decking, which, as it turned out, continued through until the close of the year.
"Unlike a lot of marketing companies, DigitalKOG doesn't just spend all of your budget each month. They advise you when it's best to increase and decrease your budget to maximise the best returns on your investment.
"DigitalKOG urged me and gave me the confidence to sustain my marketing spend and even increase our budget during the pandemic, which resulted in our company benefiting greatly from our competitors' more cautious budgeting strategies.
"In December 2020, historically our quietest month of the year, we received more than 11 times the usual amount of enquiries that we had for the equivalent period the previous year. I even had to employ more sales staff to cope with the amount of appointments they generated for us."
Overall, £4 million worth of orders were racked up in 2020, up by £1 million compared to Lakeland's ground-breaking 2019.
So, what next? Huge expansion plans.
With the North West market well and truly conquered, Lakeland Verandahs launched a UK-wide franchise network at the beginning of 2021.
DigitalKOG created a dedicated franchise website and has been running a paid and organic advertising campaign to support this and generate franchise leads.
Russell wants around 35 to 40 regional operations, and the way things are going, that target will be accomplished in no time. The franchise is growing, FAST!
Nine Lakeland outlets have already started trading in areas including East Anglia, Northern Ireland, Northern Scotland and The Midlands, and deals for several other franchise openings are close to being finalised.
Everyone who opens a Lakeland Franchise can tap into our lead generation capabilities.
"Projected sales of £1.2m for each franchisee by year three was the initial estimate we made. That now seems a conservative estimate and could be achieved within 12 months, such is the volume of sales being fostered by DigitalKOG's team of LEADOLOGISTS™ for each of our existing franchises."
Russell MilburnLakeland Verandahs
We don't believe it will be long before Lakeland Verandahs can rightly call itself Britain's leading UPVC decking and fencing supplier, and even at that point, ourselves, and Russell, will pursue further growth opportunities.
Just think. Two years is all it has taken for us to propel Lakeland Verandahs to such dizzying heights. Who's to say we can't do the same for your business? Russell believed in us, and so should you.
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Q: error: qualifiers dropped in binding reference of type string to initializer of type const string Header
class Player {
protected:
    int age;
    string name;

public:
    int getAge();
    string& getName() const;

Definition
string& Player::getName() const
{
    return name;
}

I get the following error when using the getName() function:

error: qualifiers dropped in binding reference of type string to
  initializer of type const string

How do I fix it and make it work?

A: In order for it to be enforceable as const the return type needs to be a const&
const string& Player::getName() const
{
    return name;
}


Grammy Award winner and world-renowned, multi-platinum selling entertainer, Bruno Mars, revealed details of The 24K Magic World Tour and will hit The O2 on Tuesday, 18 April, 2017.
The 24K Magic World Tour celebrates Mars' eagerly anticipated new album, 24K Magic set to arrive worldwide on Friday, November 18 on Atlantic Records. Pre-orders are available now via the Bruno Mars Official Store, with all pre-orders from the store receiving early access to tickets for The 24K Magic Tour.


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This is an old email from the Newsletter Archive of British artist Ellie Harrison first sent on 19 September 2007. Subscribe at: tinyletter.com/ellieharrison
Please join me for the Angel Row Gallery Closing Party this Saturday. The gallery is closing after 16 years as Nottingham's main contemporary art space, to make way for the new Centre of Contemporary Art Nottingham (CCAN), which opens in 2008.
I have been commissioned to make a special interactive work for the closing party to celebrate the 254 exhibitions which have taken place at the gallery over its lifetime. For this I have compiled a jukebox featuring all the #1 hits which coincide with the opening of each of these exhibitions. Come down to the gallery and select the track which corresponds to the first exhibition you remember visiting at Angel Row, and in doing so, help provide the soundtrack to the party.
The closing party also features a commission by Alexander Stevenson involving over 1000 cup cakes, which visitors can help themselves to!
Angel Row Gallery
Central Library Building
3 Angel Row
NG1 6HP
www.angelrowgallery.com
Also this weekend in The Hague (The Netherlands), it's your last chance to catch my new screen based work I've Been Watching You. The animation, based on the 207 films I watched whilst working as Undercover artist-in-residence at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, will be screened in the Lounge Bar at Filmhuis Den Haag as part of Todaysart Festival 2007.
Friday 21 - Saturday 22 September 2007
Spui 191
2511 BN Den Haag
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El Xota Fútbol Sala (Por motivos de patrocinio Club Atlético Osasuna Magna), es un equipo español de fútbol sala que juega en la 1.ª División de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala.

El primer equipo juega sus partidos en el Pabellón Anaitasuna, de Pamplona, mientras que las divisiones inferiores juegan en Irurzun, localidad donde se fundó el club en 1978. Tiene un equipo filial, Tafatrans Tafalla de Tafalla, que milita en Segunda División B.

Historia
Xota Fútbol Sala se fundó en 1978 en Irurzun (Navarra) como un equipo amateur formado por amigos comunes y aficionados al fútbol sala. Uno de sus jugadores, José Antonio Arregui, tomó las riendas del equipo y buscó inversores privados para competir en categorías regionales. De este modo, el Xota FS comenzó a desarrollarse como club semiprofesional.

Con la creación de una competición nacional de fútbol sala en 1989, Xota FS se inscribió en la tercera categoría. Posteriormente, el club debutó en División de Plata en la temporada 1993/94. En 1995 llegó como patrocinador principal la constructora Miguel Rico Asociados (MRA), que además dio su nombre y permitió el paso del club al profesionalismo. Después de terminar en las primeras posiciones durante las últimas tres temporadas, MRA Xota FS subió en la temporada 1997/98 a División de Honor como campeón de grupo.

Con el debut del equipo en la máxima categoría, Xota añadió "Navarra" a su nombre y su primer equipo se trasladó a Pamplona, mientras que las categorías inferiores continuaron en Irurzun. En las primeras temporadas, los esfuerzos de MRA Xota Navarra se centraron en la permanencia. Pero en el año 2001/02 los navarros terminaron quintos, clasificándose para los playoff por el título. En la fase final, el club cayó en cuartos ante Antena 3 Boomerang.

En los siguientes años, MRA Navarra centró su objetivo en la clasificación para playoff, y finalizó en varias ocasiones en el intermedio de la tabla. Su mejor temporada tuvo lugar en 2009/10. Pese a finalizar séptimos en la temporada regular, los navarros eliminaron a Inter Movistar y Caja Segovia FS. Ya en la final por el título, Xota FS perdió frente a ElPozo Murcia. En ese tiempo entrenó al equipo Imanol Arregui, hermano del presidente.

MRA cesó su patrocinio en 2010 por la crisis económica, y el Xota Fútbol Sala centró sus esfuerzos en buscar un patrocinador principal que diera su nombre. Finalmente, la empresa de maquinaria Grupo Triman se convirtió en el nuevo patrocinador hasta la finalización de la temporada 2012/13. Xota Fútbol Sala mantiene desde 2005 una fundación sin ánimo de lucro para promover el fútbol sala local, llamada Fundación Xota. A partir de la temporada 2013/14 "Magnesitas Navarra" se convirtió en el patrocinador principal, compitiendo el equipo con el nombre de "Magna Navarra". Desde la temporada 2015/2016, "Magna Gurpea Xota" es el nombre oficial del equipo.

En noviembre de 2016, Xota presentó el nuevo autobús oficial del equipo, serigrafiado con el enorme escudo junto a los logotipos de los patrocinadores al igual que lo hacen los grandes clubes deportivos, perteneciente a la empresa de autobuses La Burundesa.

En mayo de 2017, el Xota llegó a un acuerdo de mutua colaboración con el Club Atlético Osasuna, pasándose a llamar Club Atlético Osasuna Magna. Además, Osasuna se comprometió a pagar 112.000 euros por una temporada en concepto de patrocinio deportivo.

Patrocinadores
 Canteras Alaiz - (1993–94)
 Diario de Noticias - (1994–97)
 Industrias Carsal - (1996–98)
 MRA (Miguel Rico & Asociados) - (1997–10)
 Ingeteam - (1999–02)
 Gvtarra - (2002–06)
 Triman - (2010–13)
 Magnesitas Navarras - (2013–)
 Gurpea Industrial - (2014–)
 Club Atlético Osasuna - (2017-)

Plantilla 2019/20

Entrenador:  Imanol Arregui Sarasa - Imanol Arregui

Trayectoria histórica

22 temporadas en Primera División
5 temporadas en Segunda División
3 temporadas en Segunda División B
1 temporadas en Tercera División

Palmarés

Torneos nacionales
 Subcampeón de Liga (1): 2009/10.
 Subcampeón de Copa del Rey (1): 2016/17.
 División de Plata (1): 1997/98.
 Subcampeón de División de Plata (2): 1994/95 y 1995/96.
 Primera Nacional "B" (1): 1990/91.

Torneos regionales
 Campeón de Copa Navarra de Fútbol Sala (4): 2016, 2017, 2018 y 2019.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial del Xota Navarra Fútbol Sala

Clubes deportivos de Navarra
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Trump wins: Huawei will stop production of Kirin smartphones on 15th September
Huawei estimates that it will have exhausted its stocks of Kirin chip by September because it cannot obtain supplies from American sellers. The manufacturer is starting to be overtaken by the very harsh sanctions decreed by Washington.
Huawei has admitted that it will be out of stock of Kirin chip by September because it cannot source from US sellers. Washington started putting Huawei on the spot in May 2019 with the placement of the group, with ZTE and a handful of other legal and natural persons on the notorious "Entity List" . This prohibits Huawei from sourcing from American companies – except for temporary exemptions.
Huawei admits it will no longer be able to manufacture smartphones with Kirin chips as of September 15
Huawei is accused of posing a threat to the national security of the United States . And since then, despite some fleeting signs of easing, the US administration has continued to step up the pressure on the Chinese firm. The last measure, which is particularly harsh, prohibits all manufacturers using American equipment from supplying Huawei with chip for smartphones . This is how TSMC had to give up the manufacturer's order book . And de facto, to date, the alternatives are very badly desired .
HiSilicon, Huawei's silicon division, is not strictly speaking an "in-house" manufacturer. It relies on subcontractors to manufacture its chip with the latest engraving nodes. A possible alternative, the Chinese manufacturer SMIC, does not yet offer the 7 nm node which is now standard in the industry . And it is not certain that the latter does not use American equipment, which would de facto make it also fall within the scope of American sanctions.
At the time of the last round of sanctions, we were saying that Huawei could be forced to give up smartphones . The group has since given the insolent impression to the contrary, pushing its market share in many parts of the world . The manufacturer has used several tricks, such as the reissue of smartphones that were not yet targeted by sanctions. However, it appears that Huawei's international business is starting to reach a dead end.
The president of the firm Richard Yu thus revealed on the sidelines of the China Info 100 conference that the production of Kirin chip will cease on September 15 due to lack of access to suppliers. The official believes that this is "a very heavy loss" : "Unfortunately, in the second round of US sanctions, our chipmakers only accepted orders until May 15th. Production will cease on September 15. This year could be the last generation of high-end Huawei Kirin chip".
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He points out that the manufacturer has " no more chip or supply" for its smartphones. Richard Yu adds that he expects smartphone sales to drop below 240 million units – the 2019 level – this year. It remains to be seen how long Huawei will stop production. At this stage, the situation does indeed seem very closed, but it is not impossible that Huawei will eventually find a lifeline .
Moreover, in the United States certain large groups such as Qualcomm continue to put pressure on the White House so that the sanctions against the firm are reduced. The manufacturer is de facto excluded from a market which represents 8 billion dollars per year. And it's not impossible that competitors like Samsung and MediaTek will end up turning the situation to their advantage. Especially if the tenant of the White House changes during the November elections and the American position changes a bit …
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Spectrum Health to Establish Lung Transplantation Program
Nationally Renowned Physician Researcher Named as Medical Director
GRAND RAPIDS — Spectrum Health announced Tuesday that it has hired Reda Girgis, MD, to serve as medical director for its lung transplant program. He comes from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and started last week as a member of the Spectrum Health Medical Group.
Girgis will head a multidisciplinary team that will evaluate recipients for lung transplantation, and provide preoperative and follow-up care. He will work closely with the cardiothoracic surgical team headed by heart and lung transplant surgeon Ashgar Khaghani, MD. In addition, he joins other Spectrum Health pulmonologists in caring for patients with advanced lung disease.
"We are fortunate to have a physician of Dr. Girgis' ability and stature to head our latest transplant endeavor," said Matthew Van Vranken, executive vice president, Spectrum Health Delivery System. "He will build another critical service we can provide to the people of West Michigan. His arrival is an important step as we build a regional transplantation program."
One of Girgis' primary tasks this summer will be completing applications for both a lung and combined heart-lung transplant program to the United Network for Organ Sharing, a private, non-profit organization that manages the U.S. organ transplant system. Once the programs receive UNOS approval, Spectrum Health can begin listing patients for these transplants.
Girgis grew up in Grand Blanc, Mich., and earned his medical degree at the University of Cairo in his native Egypt. He completed both his internal medicine residency and pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. In addition, he obtained advanced fellowship training in heart-lung and lung transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center in California. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine.
"I am extremely excited to return to my home state and help build a new lung transplant program for the residents of Western Michigan and beyond," said Girgis.
Girgis has been at Johns Hopkins since 2000, where he served as associate medical director of lung transplantation and co-director of the pulmonary hypertension program. He also was an associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
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Q: Python homework help request I need a little input on why I'm not getting the desired result from my code.
Here's the code:
def main():
    SEAT_LIMIT_A=300
    print("Enter the total amount of tickets sold for Section A")
    sectionA=getTickets(0, SEAT_LIMIT_A)
    print("The total amount of tickets sold for section A is",sectionA)

def getTickets(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT):
    ticket=int(input("Enter:"))
    ticketsInvalid(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT)
    return ticket

def ticketsInvalid(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT):
    while ticket <0 or ticket > SEAT_LIMIT:
        print ("Error: The amount of tickets sold can't be less than 0 or more than",SEAT_LIMIT)
        ticket=int(input("Please enter the correct amount here: "))
        return ticket

main()

I basically need to get the number of tickets sold for a section in a movie theater, and then I need a validation loop to verify if the number entered is not less than or more than the seat limit for the section (in this case it's A, but I also need to implement more into the program once I figure out this section).  My professor wants us to create general functions to help complete this process for any section that needs to be checked.  She wants the main function to ask what was sold by calling the getTickets function, and then she wants the input from the getTicket function to be passed on to the ticketsInvalid function, so it can be checked, then she wants it to be passed back to the main function to be displayed.
Here's an output of a sample test of my code:
Enter the total amount of tickets sold for Section A
Enter:400
Error: The amount of tickets sold can't be less than 0 or more than 300
Please enter the correct amount here: 200
The total amount of tickets sold for section A is 400

I can't seem to figure out how I can get the amount entered at the validation loop to display in the main function correctly.  Any help without terribly altering my code would be very much appreciated.  I could easily complete this program with having to pass arguments from function to function, but that's what she wants...  Sorry for the long post, there's just a lot of bull rules that she wants us to implement.  I am a complete newbie to programming, so please keep that in mind when you write your solutions/explanations :)

A: From the method getTickets(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT), you are returning old value of ticket. The new value returned from ticketsInvalid(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT) is unused.
So make a small modification in getTickets() method.
def getTickets(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT):
    ticket=int(input("Enter:"))
    return ticketsInvalid(ticket, SEAT_LIMIT)

A: when you assign new value to ticket variable in ticketsInvalid. It create new int object and assign to ticket variable. and you are not using return value of fun ticketsInvalid in getTickets.
Hope you got it.


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Riverside--The Municipal Museum shows a long history of the region"
Our visit to the Riverside Municipal Museum proved to be a most rewarding experience. Exhibits here extend from the earliest geology of the region with a collection of fossils of the ice age mammals that roamed Southern California over one million years ago. Interesting is the fact that many of these fossils of mammoths and saber toothed tigers were Here also are exhibits portraying the life of the Native Americans who settled the area about 200 A.D.
The first Europeans were the Spanish explorers and then as colonists with the first Rancho in Riverside county built in 1839.
The building housing the museum itself is on the Register of Historic Places. Built in 1912 as the Riverside Post Office, later it became a Police station and then in 1948 became home for the present museum.
There were two special exhibits at the time of our visit. One was a special collection of Hopi Indian art. These Native Americans now make their home in New Mexico and Arizona.
The Riverside Museum collection shows ceramics, baskets, sashes and Kachina dolls, all traditional with the Hopi. The second was a showing called The Chicano Collection of Art. Here were works by 26 prominent contemporary Chicano artists from all over the Southwest.
We particularly enjoyed the exhibits of animals and birds of the region. Stuffed life size animals included a black bear, big horn sheep and a mountain lion all depicted in their natural surroundings. The animals were all acquired after being killed in accidents.
We spent some time talking with Victoria Vosso who is one of those in charge of the Nature Lab. Here there is a live collection of reptiles and plants, most found around the Riverside area.
Another exhibit tells of the life and work of a local naturalist, Edmund Jaeger, who lived from 1887 to 1953 and contributed much knowledge about the flora and fauna of the region. He achieved lasting fame for discovering the first known hibernating bird in 1946--the Desert Poorwill.
The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is located at 3580 Mission Inn Avenue in downtown Riverside. Admission is free but donations are encouraged to help support the collections. The Museum is open every day except Monday and major holidays. For more information call 951 826-5273 or on the web at www.riversideca.gov/museum.


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Despite Covid-19 challenges the Dubai-founded production and broadcast company delivers on the races' 2020-21 edition The year 2020 was strange for the broadcast and production world, with pronounced economic impact on the live events and sporting industries. However, as we got a grip of the pandemic events returned, and Dubai-based production company 7 Production was … Continue reading "7 Production involved in Saudi camel race tournament"
7 Production swings into action as live sports and events return to GCC
7 Production is set for a busy end of the year, as the Dubai-based production company is set to work on plenty of live events and sporting tournaments. Starting with the Formula 1, the last few rounds will be held in the GCC. The Bahrain GP, where Romain Grosjean suffered a horrific crash on November … Continue reading "7 Production swings into action as live sports and events return to GCC"
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7 Production to Roll Out Middle East's First 4K OB Truck with Grass Valley Solutions
MONTREAL, June 30, 2020 — UAE-based 7 Production, one of the Middle East's leading video production service providers, has chosen an end-to-end Grass Valley workflow for its latest 4K UHD outside broadcast (OB) truck — the first of its kind in the region. Grass Valley's market-leading solutions give 7 Production the flexible, future-ready capability it needs … Continue reading "7 Production to Roll Out Middle East's First 4K OB Truck with Grass Valley Solutions"
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7 Production, an Arab homegrown business working on high octane projects in the MENA region, is now competing on an international arena. We bring you some sound bites from Managing Director Pierre Tabet.
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Slated to go live in Q3 2020, the OB truck is fully HDR-ready and will house GV's Kahuna 9600 production switcher with Maverik control panel, Sirius 840 router and MV-800 multi-viewer. UAE-based 7 Production, one of the Middle East's major video production service providers, has chosen an end-to-end Grass Valley workflow for its latest 4K … Continue reading "7 Production to roll out 4K OB truck with Grass Valley solutions"
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For the first time ever, a Dubai production house is trotting the globe with the FIA Formula One World Championship to bring exclusive content to dedicated fans in the Middle East. From the stables of 7 Production, BroadcastPro ME brings you all the behind-the-scenes action. In its history spanning decades, the FIA Formula One World … Continue reading "Unearthing 7 Production's formula for high-intensity coverage of F1"
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Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority presented one of the largest custom-made events by Cirque du Soleil to mark the 88th Saudi National Day on the 23 September. The event was organised by the MBC Group. The production that was broadcast live by MBC1 took place at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh in front … Continue reading "MBC marks KSA's national day with live broadcast of Cirque Du Soleil"
Dubai-based 7 Production became a part of history in the making with its coverage of the Dubai Canal opening ceremony as it brought spectacular images from the event to TV screens worldwide. Vibhuti Arora speaks with the men behind the scenes to find how they recreated the magic of the event for TV audiences Dubai … Continue reading "7 Production Coverage of the Dubai Canal Opening Ceremony"
7 Production to launch new office in Riyadh and station OB van in KSA
Dubai-based 7 Production will open its first office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia just after Ramadan as part of its efforts to better service clients in the Kingdom, BroadcastPro ME can reveal. A 12-camera OB van with two wireless camera systems will leave from Dubai mid-May and be stationed at 7 Production's premises in Riyadh. 7 Production is … Continue reading "7 Production to launch new office in Riyadh and station OB van in KSA"
7 Production and Events covers Dubai Beach Polo Cup
7 Production and Events broadcast the Julius Baer Beach Polo Cup Dubai 2013. The company's end-to-end media coverage of the event involved HD recording of live matches and ceremonies and was handled by a crew of 20 equipped with the latest and best in broadcast/filming technology. In order to ensure smooth operation and immediate on-site … Continue reading "7 Production and Events covers Dubai Beach Polo Cup"
Al Jalsat shot at 7 Production's brand new studio
7 Production and Events has announced the successful completion of the filming of Al Jalsat, an Arabic TV show for a leading regional broadcaster, at its brand new broadcast TV studio in IMPZ. In addition to renting out its studio with all of the filming equipment, 7 also managed the sound and lighting for the … Continue reading "Al Jalsat shot at 7 Production's brand new studio"
Seven Production Rapidly Expand in the Middle East
For over a decade now, Seven Production (also known as 7 Production) has been at the forefront of the production industry in Dubai, gaining a strong reputation in particular for filming & broadcasting of live events in the UAE. At the 2018 Digital Studio Awards in March the company won the 'Best Live Action Capture' … Continue reading "Seven Production Rapidly Expand in the Middle East"
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With an outside broadcast vehicle fleet unsurpassed in the region, custom-built studio production facilities and end-to-end host broadcasting capabilities, 7 Production is well on its way to achieving international recognition. Hadi Ghanem, CEO of 7 Production has set his company on the path to international expansion and believes having a vision for the future is … Continue reading "Interview with Hadi Ghanem, CEO of 7 Production"
7 Production wins Digital Studio award for AFC Asian Cup Coverage
The Best Live Action Capture of the Year award at the 15th Annual Digital Studio Awards went to 7 Production. The Best Live Action Capture award recognises excellence in live action capture, whether that's live sports, historic events, game shows, or even skydiving. Filming live action is no mean feat; without the luxury of multiple … Continue reading "7 Production wins Digital Studio award for AFC Asian Cup Coverage"
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Face-to-face: Pierre Tabet, MD, 7 Production
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7 Production Captures Prize at DS Awards 2020
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7 Production to roll out Middle East's first 4K OB truck
UAE-based 7 Production is set to roll out the region's first OB van packed to the brim with 4K UHD technology and powered by Grass Valley workflow.


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The Best of the Bad Men was a group made of mostly family members. Members included Ron Sillito, Dennis Carney, Dennis Sillito, Elwood (Woody) Sillito, and Wade Sillito. They played a lot of rodeo dances through Saskatchewan and Alberta. The single "Buckskin and Leather" which was recorded back in 1975, is off of the CD "Pocket Full Of Dreams". This single is about an ole cowboy, reminiscing about the past. It is told in such great detail that it is perfect for a storyline for a movie. Basically, the CD is following two cowboys drifting around Alberta trying to make a living. This song was written by Dennis Carney, from Red Deer, Alberta. This song also holds a special place in the hearts of each of these band members. For Dennis Carney, he wrote this song for his Grandfather, who was very ill at the time.
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♥♥♥ soaking up the heart & soul of your music Ron. Bottle on the table <3 much respect xxoo, Dianne
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congrats on your nomination!!!!!! Nice to meet you here on this amazing channel!
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Hey Ron, I did get your message. I wish you the best on your surgery. I know that you are ready to get it out of the way. It is a shame the two dates conflict. I will pass on your message. Best of luck to you!
Thanks for being a friend! Congratulations on being a nominee for Best Country Recording!
Are you going to LA on the 29th? I am planning to make the trip at this time.
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Was Wondering How I Can Find My User Name...Forgot it...Want to Register For the Store.....Ron..>
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Nice to Meet you to Ronald, keep rockin don't ever stop until you drop :). Hugs
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wishing you a Great weekend ahead, all the best to you...Peace...Frontline
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Just wanted to mention that my CD...Pocket Full Of Dreams, is now available for sale on CD Baby, it can be down-loaded on other sites, I-Tunes, I-Like, CD Baby, Amazon MP3, and others...I will leave the LINK, if anybody is interested in checking it out...Thank-You...Ron..>>
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Giant 33-Pound Shelter Cat Finds Best Family To Love Him
Mike Wilson and Megan Hanneman decided they wanted to expand their family with a new kitten. They dropped by the Humane Society of West Michigan in April in hopes of finding their new pet. They hadn't expected to leave with a giant cat. The couple spotted Bronson–a giant, 3-year-old tabby cat weighing 33 pounds–it was love at first sight.
"When we first saw him, we were shocked at how big he was," Wilson told The Dodo. "Neither of us had seen a cat that size before and we thought he was so cute and cuddly, like a large stuffed animal! We immediately went over to gaze at him from outside his room."
He made quite the impression on the couple. They waited in line to be interviewed to meet Bronson. Unfortunately, they both had to leave for work.
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All the way to work Mike and Megan couldn't stop talking about Bronson.
"On the way to work, we were talking about him nonstop and started regretting not sticking around for him," Wilson said.
The next day they returned as soon as the shelter opened, for fear that Bronson had already been adopted. "We started feeling like he would be adopted in no time because of how quickly we were drawn to him," Wilson said. "We returned right when they opened the following day and were so happy to see him again!"
The Real-Life Garfield
Bronson was brought to the Humane Society after his elderly owner passed away. The workers at the shelter are curious as to how he gained so much weight. Their best guess was he had been given too much kibble or fed table scraps. He'd come to them with the name "Fat Kat," but because of his obesity issue, the Shelter workers changed his name to Bronson.
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Because of his weight issue, Bronson was at risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, just to name a few. During the adoption interview, the couple was warned that Bronson's new adopters would need to help him lose weight. It would be a slow process, but with a balanced diet and exercise, the couple was sure they could help Bronson become a "Fit Kat" in no time.
Life of a Giant Cat Is No Easy Feat
The couple finally got to meet Bronson only to discover that he wanted nothing but to be loved. Their hands came away oily from petting his stripped orange fur; it was then they knew they had to bring him home.
"He was quite unkempt and had a lot of dander in his hair, mostly due to him not being able to groom himself because of his size," Wilson said. "I just wanted to take him home, clean him up and care for him."
Though he was a loner with his previous owner, he is much more social with his new cat siblings. His new companions encourage him to explore the house with them. They even encourage him to play with the toys littered around the house. Since then, he has come out of his shell little by little.
A Weight Loss Journey Begins
"When we first brought him home, he kind of did his own thing throughout the day and stayed in our bedroom," Wilson said. "Nowadays, he is waiting for us by the door with our other cats when we get home; he runs out to the kitchen if he hears a ruckus of cans opening and hangs out with the other cats in the living room in the daytime. He is actually a really social kitty."
Though they haven't seen much change in his weight loss yet, the couple has mentioned his shape is changing.
"His front arms used to buckle a little when he jumped down from our couch, and now he jumps down without a problem."
He even plays longer with his favorite toys.
The couple builds wall-mounted furniture for cats and had hoped a new kitten would help test their new designs. They help promote exercise for indoor cats and hope that one day Bronson can enjoy them.
"Although we originally wanted a kitten to help us test the furniture ideas with our other two cats, we saw Bronson and kind of forgot why we were there," Wilson said. "We saw how big he was and thought it would be so fun to work with him to get healthy and then one day get on the furniture."
Right now, it looks as if Bronson will be an indoor cat for a little longer. Once Bronson has lost enough weight to take flea and tick medication, he will be able to enjoy the great outdoors. "His life is going to look much different a year from now," Wilson added.
Giant Cat Gains Attention
Whenever people see Bronson, they can't help but want to pet and cuddle him. Even his owners can't help but pet him whenever they see him.
"Everybody that meets him can't believe how big he is and instantly want to pet him," Wilson added. "When we first brought him to the vet, everyone took turns coming in our room to meet him until there were like five vets and techs in the room at once. It makes us feel so lucky to have him."
Who knows what Bronson will look like in a year. For now, we can enjoy his journey through Instagram with cute pictures and crazy videos. Bronson, the giant cat, will soon be a "Fit Kat" and the world will still love him.
Image by iambronson via Instagram
Featured Image via screen capture from the website The Dodo


The first challenge is epistemic: lay citizens lack the expertise to judge important political issues. Obviously, they would need time to grasp all the stakes and understand the technicalities of the questions they would be asked to consider. Yet the task might not be insuperable if they are asked to give an advice only on some issues considered as particularly important. What is more, selected representatives might show more humility and eagerness to learn than elected representatives: they know that their selection cannot be attributed to their merits, and this creates a better incentive to listen to experts. Another frequent argument is that the diversity of the perspectives gathered through random selection might overall improve the epistemic quality of decisions, whereas elected politicians often come from the same background and can show a tendency to think alike and in a distorted way on several issues.
The second challenge is motivational: who would accept to serve in such assembly given the public exposure and demandingness of the task? Unless participation is mandatory (which would be excessively coercive), there will probably be a selection bias. As a result, the chamber would not be statistically representative of the population at large. Yet this challenge is not decisive, in my view, because the increased diversity allowed by sortition would be enough to outperform elections in terms of social biases. What is more, participation can be incentivized with a high wage, a guarantee to get one's job back, or through secrecy.
The third challenge is independence: how to avoid the corruption or intimidation of selected representatives? Why should this worry us more than in the case of elections? Because party discipline in voting has this desirable side effect of making corruption more difficult: on most issues you will have to buy the whole party's allegiance. With sortition, if votes are public, it would be easier to identify the pivotal representatives and try to buy their allegiance. Yet sortition also has a major advantage regarding independence: people do not need to raise funds for a campaign and are thus not accountable to campaign contributors. In order to minimize the other risks of corruption, secrecy is once again a potential solution. You could either hide the very identity of the SR or let them deliberate and make all their decisions behind closed doors. Other possibilities are a very high wage, a denunciation reward for selected representatives reporting attempts at corruption or an oath taking with high sanctions in case of breach.
The last challenge is the lack of accountability mentioned in the introduction. Because they would not be chosen by the people and not face the prospect of reelection, selected representatives would have more or less free rein (within constitutional constraints). Would there not be a risk of misbehavior (and an increased risk of corruption)? My view is that this challenge justifies giving only an advisory function to this new chamber. This would reduce the stakes and the temptation to misbehave. For the rest, we might count on public exposure and social pressure to incentivize appropriate behavior. This creates a trade-off between publicity and secrecy (the latter being valuable for increasing participation and reducing corruption), yet I do not see it as insuperable.
An interesting and thoughtful post. I think I share your view (if I've understood you) that the challenges are not insuperable.
I wonder whether the institution of trial by jury can help inform our view on some of these questions. For example, why are not worried about the epistemic capabilities of juries, who make equally important decisions?
I think there is an interesting link between the epistemic challenge and the participation issue. To overcome people's epistemic limitations, they will more or less explicitly, be trained in host of critical skills, and develop political knowledge. I wonder what the overflow effects of such an experience might be – firstly, whether it benefits those called up to service in their private life, and secondly, whether their skills and experiences benefits those around them, by raising the level of discourse (particularly in communities largely excluded from the mainstream political debate).
Thank you Aveek. The link with jury trials is interesting, yet I see two reasons to avoid comparing the two situations. 1) In a jury trial, randomly selected people have not their interests at stake, so it's easier for them to build an impartial judgement. 2) In order to make a good judgment in a jury trial, you need to think hard and consider the case from various perspectives, but you don't need the skills in social sciences that are necessary to make a good decision in politics.
I think your suggestion on the educational effect of representation through sortition is well taken. It is still a minority that would benefit from this practice, but a larger one than if you focus on randomly selected people only. So your point gives more weight to the educational argument for sortition.
Very nice post. I think it's important to talk about randomization mechanisms because our democratic imagination is very limited, and the focus on electoral politics in public discourse is to its detriment. I think you raise some very important ideas about a randomly selected house but I think it's unfortunate you only consider randomized selection in regard to the same template of organized politics. If you consider mini-public, deliberative polls, participatory budgeting and other forms of participation that are not limited to voting – the concerns that randomly selected bodies of citizens are less participatory and overly demanding are much reduced. In my opinion, those are instances where sortition is more appropriate.
Thank you for this comment. I agree that random selection is less controversial in other devices such as mini-publics. There is already an important academic literature on these participatory experiments. Yet all they can do is bring some additional (deliberative) input into institutionalized politics. They are an addition, not an alternative to electoral representation. An important question is therefore whether representation itself can be improved. And that is my focus.
1. Regarding the epistemic issues, my sense is that the concern is more pressing in some areas of policy than others. Thus, I wondered what you might think about the extent of the chambers' remit – i.e., limit it to some areas, and not extend it to the more complex?
2. Do you see any potential tension between the motivational worry and your suggestion of granting the chamber only an advisory role? That is, the worry that people will be less motivated if their decisions do not carry full weight?
3. I am interested to know why you would rule out making participation mandatory? I see something in your worry about coercion, but we do not worry too much about jury service being mandatory.
Thank you for these interesting questions, Andrew.
1. I think it would be wise to limit the chamber's remit to some areas. Of course, the determination of these areas will be controversial. I would say that the public interest in a topic (as indicated by opinion polls or civil society mobilization) is a good indicator of the importance of consulting lay citizens.
Alexander Guerrero, in a paper called "Against Elections", suggests having one citizen assembly per issue (so that people have time to collect information and specialize on it). This makes the proposal less controversial, of course, but seems implausible from a pragmatic viewpoint.
2. I agree that there is a tension. Yet as the advisory role would also reduce media pressure, it might overall foster participation (especially if the wage is attractive).
3. In my view, an obligation to serve several years in a political assembly seems much more demanding than participation in a jury. Therefore, an obligation causes both practical and ethical worries. Practically, it is hard to imagine how we could secure acceptance without important sanctions. Given the demandingness of the task, many people might prefer to pay a fine. And if the fine is high, it creates a strong inequality: some people will just be able to refuse the burden thanks to their good fortune.
What is more, one can express doubts about the supposed obligation to show interest for politics. It is questionable that we would have a moral duty to accept spending one or several years of one's life in an assembly exposed to public pressure. One can have various legitimate reasons for refusing the task: living too far from the capital city, willing to work part-time to take care of one's relatives, having no interest in politics or considering oneself incompetent for the mission.
Finally, one can wonder about the added deliberative value of having non motivated people serving in the assembly.