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Memories of a Scoundrel — April 14, 2008
While I'm mucking about in Napster-era land, I did want to harken back and give some regard to a little program that popped up in the middle of the peer-to-peer boom times that really got my attention. It was called Scoundrel, and at the time, it really opened my eyes to where things were going.
At the time, we had Amazon, which was a massive repository of not just books and music to buy, but information about that music. Covers, track listings, reviews, and in some cases preview snippets were all in one place. In another realm, we had napster and napster-like servers (OpenNap comes to mind) with lots of various MP3 files, often divested of creator information, and of variant quality. (MP3 tags, a hack that brings to mind the SAUCE format of ANSI, later made nomenclature easier).
Scoundrel combined them, earning its name exquisitely. It would allow you to browse an Amazon page about an album, read up on it, and with a single click, send a smart agent off monitoring various napster/napster-like services, looking around for all the tracks, and keep doing so until it had acquired all the tracks it could, leaving you with an MP3 rendition of the chosen album.
It had some good extensible ideas, like a nod towards plugins for sites other than Amazon, and for services other than Napster. It had some strong potential to become the bridging program behind a lot of sites that were, inherently, vicious rivals in the wild. It was something else.
Here's a mirror of that original Scoundrel site, with some overviews of what was at play, ways to use the program, forward-looking statements and the rest. How kind of that fellow to keep a copy around!
I wasn't the only one enamored of this project, either; here's a nice rant regarding Scoundrel and what it meant to the author at the time.
Most notably, a little while into the project, the creator disappeared. The rant mentions this and I'll mention it too. He up and left, telling us we'd never see him again. To quote specifically:
"Well, so much for what scoundrel has and has not done. As of today, March 1st, 2001, I will no longer be able to continue development on Scoundrel. I'll be disappearing from the face of the earth and will not be reachable. I will not go into the reasons behind this."
Now that's a short goodbye!
I am sure one day we might find out who did it, or not… but either way, I remember the "holy crap" aspect of Scoundrel's appearance, and even though integration and interaction have become nearly standardized (and they call them "mashups" now, in between sips of diet cola), this one really blew me away, way back when. Truly, that's all we can ask of scoundrels.


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Photo: Anti-gas protesters gather at Bentley, near Lismore. (Margaret Burin - ABC North Coast)
Map: Bentley 2480
Anti-gas protesters are once again out in force on the far north coast this morning.
A crowd organisers have estimated at more than one thousand is gathered near the site of a proposed test well at Bentley, west of Lismore.
Local landowner Ross Joseph is among those protesting, and will head to Sydney later today as part of a delegation that's hoping to meet with senior government figures.
He says those opposed to the industry are well informed and have valid concerns.
"We've seen some of the problems that have been caused by the gas industry," Mr Joseph said.
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Ian Gaillard, from Gasfield Free Northern Rivers, says the State Government risks serious political embarrassment if it ignores the community's concerns.
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"We'll see how it goes and if this government, in an election year and a new premier is foolish enough to send in... police to remove citizens, who in the overwhelming majority are saying no to this invasive industry."
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Cameron Schutza, tenor
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Distinguished as "a leader of contemporary American lyricism" (The New York Times), composer Jonathan Leshnoff is renowned for his music's striking harmonies, powerful themes, and rhythmic drive. In this piece the composer draws inspiration from an ancient Jewish mystical text, Heichalos, to explore spiritual and ethical questions at the heart of the Jewish experience.
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The Sweets Prince's Search
Tsunpri: Aishite Ohimesama
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VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 17: Interlude ~A Sign of Disaster~
Barza, one of the teachers at Signos Magic Academy from Magic Combat Division, was in the middle of investigating the theft case which occurred on Academy's grounds roughly a month ago.
Up until now, since he was not able to conduct an extensive investigation, he was unable to determine any legitimate facts about the crime itself or the criminal. Thanks to that he became desperate for any new information at all, but at the same time he needed to keep his informants clean from any Academy authorities, keeping the matter an absolute secret.
Although it was not your standard method of investigation, if he could employ magical measures into this case like prediction, divination and the such, he would be able to yield some results much faster than through normal measures.
Right now, his partner was someone who was more of a researcher than a magician, someone who understood very little in the topic of magic and the such.
He was supposed to be a Hunter, and his specialization was that of a pharmacist.
Indeed, Nectar Figura looked like a really gentle person in each sense and aspect of the word.
He was said to be able to handle basic magic to some degree, was walking round with a short staff and had pouches with general goods hanging from his waist. He also had a long hair that for now he had gathered in a single bunch. That being said, he looked just like your typical Hunter.
He was still not sure what was so great about him that even the Academy's Headmaster insisted on recommending him for a job like that.
However, now was hardly the time nor the place to wonder about such trivial things.
From an early morning, Barza decided to search around the Signos Plains aside form the personnel that was assigned there. This man was his guide.
As soon as he entered the forest, the young man frowned his brows.「…… Strange. The concentration of magic is so dense here.」
「Not at all. The magic concentration may be high around these parts, but it is stable. I'd say it's perfectly normal.」Barza was surprised with that remark and replied back.
Since the Magical Disaster that took place about hundred years ago, the magic concentration was exceptionally high around this area.
These woods were in the middle of the Signos Plains, and because of magical concentration here it was not suited for human habitation, and people were normally prohibited from entering here.
So it shouldn't be that much of a surprise that the magic concentration here would sometimes be higher than normal.
Still, the value of magical energy in the air that was measured ten days ago was a little higher than the average value.
However, what came to him as a surprise was the fact that this supposedly inexperienced with magic young man could perceive this slight change so easily.
「No, that's not it……」
The young man looks around, as if his eyes were tracing something that couldn't be seen.
At that moment, he looked behind him sharply, and at the same time moved the short staff that was hanging at his waist.
「Wind Blade!」
As he said the words in ancient language, lots of wind blades appeared from the staff and flew forward, cutting up the monster that was trying to sneak behind them and attack them.
Probably a monster of third grade, it couldn't withstand the blades and scattered into tiny particles, leaving behind a magic stone.
Nectar destroyed the monster with a simple spell so fast that even Barza was unable to perceive it, and he continued speaking after putting his staff away, as if nothing happened.
「This magic concentration is similar to that of the Magical Disaster from hundred years ago. And since we encountered a monster like that, more of them can be out there. You should let the other search groups know about that and make them contact you as soon as they stumble upon one.」
「Monsters like that are usually attracted to human habitats with dense magical energy flow. Signos Academy is a perfect feeding ground for them.」
Frustrated by what he heard, Barza began sending messages to other search groups, getting them up to speed.
Even if the magic concentration in this area was high, because of the Black Flame Dragon there were usually very few monsters around these parts.
It would be something else if a powerful monsters were appearing here on a daily basis, but alas, nothing like that happened in more than half a year or so.
Even Barza, who was at the Academy for quite a while now, have never seen something quite like this before.
Even though he was astonished that a monster got destroyed right in front of him, he almost lost it when the replies from his friends started to pour in, stating that the frequency of battles with monsters and demons were increasing more and more.
「You should stop your search immediately and send a warning to the Academy.」
「Is that really alright?」
Seeing that this young man's calm and collected demeanor was unflinching even in this situation, Barza felt ashamed that he himself was shaking so much.
Barza summoned his familiar and sent it to the Academy with words he heard from this man, while he himself procured something from inside of his pocket and handed it to him. It was a small nail-like looking scale.
「Keep it, when the battle comes it's going to be a really ferocious one, so you might need that talisman more than I do.」
Barza, who initially planned on returning to Signos Academy right after that, was surprised hearing his words.
「Don't tell me, you're going to continue your search?」
「Yes, there must surely be a reason for this sharp of rising of magical power throughout the region. With this staff, I should be able to discover its point of origin as I explore the land more.」
He may have done do unintentionally, but Barza knew that it was a lie that this man here knew next to nothing about magic and its flow.
Thanks to his previous words, Barza stopped believing that this man was nothing more but a simple pharmacist.
「You, what are you……」
「There is no time to explain, this rise in magical power is clearly not a natural phenomenon. It is only a matter of time before monsters begin to spawn out of it. Before that happens, we must at least pinpoint the place it originates from.」
After hearing those words, Barza felt at ease.
Yes, in that situation it was the most natural thing to do, finding the origin would prevent the monsters from reaching the Signos Academy.
If there was indeed a risk of third party being involved, then they must identify the cause of the disturbance as soon as possible.
As regrettable as it may have seemed, this young man's ability to sense the flow of magical power far surpassed that of Barza.
「Once you proceed in the direction of the magical power flow, you will understand.」
Nectar nods back to Barza, proceeds to take out his staff and assumes the battle stance.
「No way…… This facility should have been completely destroyed!」
Barza was too far engrossed in watching his surroundings, thanks to that he missed a slight twitch that danced through Nectar's usual stiff expression.
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Warframe's expansion continues as it introduces the new hellish open-world area as part of the Heart of Deimos game update.
The Warframe's expansion is going on, and this time it has released the new hellish open-world area as part of the Heart of Deimos game update. The new update was launched on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. The Heart of Deimos' new quest line unfolds in the "grotesquely beautiful" Cambion Drift, which is Warframe's third open-world area. This succeeds Plains of Eidolon and Orb Vallis, which can be played by initially completing Mars Junction on the in-game Star Chart.
Once that path opens up, players can take the task of stemming the spreading Infestation, which is threatening to engulf the new open-world. It is a game target that requires players to work with Mother and her servants Loid and Otak.
Warframe Heart of Deimos
The game also brings new avenues along the path (accessible through the Orbiter's Helminth), and bounties to complete, new attractive resources and treasures to collect, and targets to conserve wildlife for players. All these new avenues are at the behest of the Entrati, named the ancient Orokin integrated into the spreading Infestation. To enable travelers to move from unsettling terrain of Cambion Drift, Warframe has introduced robust, customizable Necramechs, an Infested K-Drives known as Velocipods, which has excellent shooting abilities.
The Heart of Deimos' new quest line unfolds in the "grotesquely beautiful" Cambion Drift, which is Warframe's third open-world area.
The Heart of Deimos update brings in a new community Warframe, Xaku, the tameable infested companions, and an overhauled new experience for players. The new community features a new opening cinematic and starting area. Experienced players can dive deep into their adventure and check out the New Player Experience by visiting the Codex and choosing the Awakening. Players can also earn a considerably more thorough breakdown of different features like the Warframe's Heart of Deimos update in the latest developer Digital Extremes blog. The Heart of Deimos game is available for play in Xbox One, PS4, and PC, and is due for launch on Switch later this week after it qualifies the Nintendo's certification process.
About Warframe Heart of Deimos
Warframe is an action role-playing multiplayer online game that is developed and published by Digital Extremes. It was launched for Windows in March 2013 and was ported for PlayStation 4 in November 2013, Xbox One gamer in September 2014, and the Nintendo Switch portal in November 2018. The game is in open beta version game. In the game, players control members of the Tenno race. Tenno race comprises ancient warriors who wake up from centuries of suspended animation far into the Earth's future to find themselves being at war in the planetary system with various planetary factions.
The Tenno, with their powered Warframes and weapons and abilities, complete missions. Though most of the game's levels and missions are procedurally-generated, there are newer updates that are included in a massive open world. The game includes activities like shooting and melee games, parkour, and role-playing to give players a diverse choice of game and allow them to advance their Tenno with advanced gear. The game includes both players versus environment and player versus player fundamentals. The game is backed by transactions, allowing players to purchase in-game items with real money, though there is also an option to earn them at no cost policy through grinding.
The concepts for Warframe originated in 2000 when Digital Extremes started to work on a new game named Dark Sector. The growth of Warframe game was slow initially, mostly hindered by poor critical reviews and low player count. However, post its release, the game has garnered tremendous positive growth. It is currently one of Digital Extremes' most successful titles, witnessed around 50 million players in the year 2019.
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books "Lord of the RingsWritten by JRR Tolkien, who will turn 130 after his birth today, this author is known as the father of modern fantasy literature.
His novels such as "The Hobbit" (1937) and "The Lord of the Rings" (1954) stood out in favor of not only young audiences but also adults interested in work.
Tolkien was a scholar of Old English, folklore, and mythology, so his writings led to pure fiction based on classical archetypes.
It wasn't until the 1990s when director Peter Jackson began planning to bring the books to the big screen as he stated in numerous interviews in the American media that he first read the work at the age of 17 and that he thought at some point I would take it to the movies.
At the start of the new millennium, the first film adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was released: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). The three films were hugely successful and all together collected more than 800 billion pesos.
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For 2022, the series will be released on Amazon Prime on September 2 with a weekly chapter and is supposed to be the most expensive in history, even beating Netflix's "The Crown." That's all we know about the series.
In 2018, Netflix and Amazon began a fight for the rights to Tolkien's work and a five-season deal was struck and a $250 million payment was made.
The Lord of the Rings series is written and produced by JD Payne and Patrick McKay. Additionally, JA Bayona is scheduled to direct several seasons.
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On their official Twitter account in 2019, they announced it with two messages: "Welcome to the second age. A ring to control them all, a ring to find them all, a ring to attract them all and in the dark bind them all. In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie."
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Nick barked out a laugh and they both began to chuckle. Suddenly the tension was gone again and it was just the Devil Doc across from him once more.
Excited is an understatement when it comes to any new release in the Cut & Run world. In this case, it's the first book in an offshoot series that focuses on Ty's brothers in arms The Sidewinders. Though it is the beginning of a new series, it can't be read in isolation and should be read following Touch & Geaux because it takes up right after that one ended just with the focus shifting to a couple of the secondary characters of which one has been a recurring character through several of the Cut & Run series books. This story focuses on Nick O'Flaherty and Kelly Abbott.
Nick helps get Kelly home and helps him with his after care from the healing bullet wound Kelly received trying to protect Nick's life in the last mission. They are really close and tight after years of serving together and know each other better than anyone else knows them. But after Nick's big confessions in the last book, Kelly starts to see things with Nick in a whole new light and Nick isn't far behind him in noticing that things between them have altered.
Things turn into a sexually intense game of cat and mouse as Kelly tries to convince Nick that he's healthy enough for a romp between the sheets and then Kelly really rolls the dice when he tries to pin the commit-o-phobe Nick into letting what is happening between them stand a chance. Reality comes knocking even to their Colorado mountain cabin and may end the fragile beginning between them before it even gets started.
A secondary short follow up story called Bait & Switch added more to the above story and gave a peek in with the Ty & Zane situation.
This one got right down to it with Kelly & Nick. They know each other well and as a recurring of the series they are not unknown to the reader so it is easy to dive right in with them. Kelly wants to explore things with Nick and he is honest and communicates what he wants openly. Nick, on the other hand, wants Kelly just as bad, but he shies away from going all in and doesn't communicate well with words- man of action type.
There is tension from this and it was good stuff. There is also sweltering heat generated between these two guys and it stays pretty steaming hot for most of the story. Nick is one rough and tough, but passionate, caring and tender alpha. Kelly is right there with him and gives Nick the feeling of trust and safety that he has never had with anyone else.
And if you're like me and go all sniffly at those 'good-bye at the airport don't know if I'll see you again' scenes then keep a tissue handy.
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This one is on my wishlist. I need to catch up on Cut & Run series before reading this one.
Definitely, Jennifer! It's a new series and all, but its very much part of that series.
Sounds like a lot of fun and super cute! yes, I have a love/hate things with those goodbyes. They always make me cry!


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Seeking an alternative to the Family InJustice in Canada|info@familiesforfamilylawreform.org
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Winner Take All – by Molly Murphy
Ken Maynard2021-07-29T17:33:17-04:00
A Woman Exposes the Violation of Men's Rights at the Hands of Family Law
When Molly Murphy RN of London Ontario and her husband decide to go through with a painful yet amicable divorce, Molly sets off to see a legal advisor. Little does she know she is about to discover a shocking truth: the government and family law can ruin a man's life completely. As her legal advisor cheerfully explains, Molly will be entitled to child support, payments for other expenses and much more. Molly feels herself growing angry and indignant for the millions of men who suffer injustice at the hands of the law for "the good of the children."
Winner Take All is an exposé about how the current legal system unfairly favors women when it comes to divorce and child support. Murphy draws on the stories of friends and acquaintances to illustrate her point. One of her divorced male friends confides, "One day you have a wife, children, and financial security. Then, in the blink of an eye, it's all gone. You're no longer a husband, and the courts effectively strip you of your ability to be a father to your children. You struggle to find meaning in your life. Everything you cherish and have ever worked for is taken from you." Unfortunately, many men who have gone through a divorce lose their homes, their possessions and even their will to live.
As Murphy poignantly writes, "Every woman who has ever gone through divorce makes a personal choice. They have all had to ask themselves if they would succumb to the greed that lawyers and courts are willing to place at their feet or if they would listen to their conscience–or spiritual compass, as I like to call it–and accept only what they truly need."
This book is not just for men. If you have an open mind, a desire for change, and intolerance for injustice, Winner Take All is for you.
"A powerfully written and emotionally moving book which exposes the injustice, pain, and human suffering that lies at the heart of our broken family law system."
– Barbara Kay, columnist, National Post
About Molly Murphy
Molly Murphy is a registered nurse with a specialized designation in psychiatry having more than twenty years' experience in the healthcare field. She resides in Ontario with her three daughters and divides her time between her two passions. Her number one priority is family and her second is to help change family law so that the rights of both the custodial and non-custodial parents are valued equally by our judicial sytem. Currently it is the father who is forced into accepting the role as the non-custodial parent to their own children in the majority of cases. By advocating, Molly hopes to one day see law reforms come into effect that truly reflect the best interests of our children. She also wants to create awareness through her writing concerning the dysfunction and discrimination that exists globally today within the family law system.
Murphy, Molly Anne August 13th, 2011
Passed away peacefully with family at her side at Kingston General Hospital on August 13th, 2011. In "typical" Molly fashion, even as she faced her own mortality her thoughts were focused not on her own needs but rather, on the needs of those she would have to leave behind. All of her life Molly used her technical skills as a Registered Nurse with a specialization in Psychiatry to help others, but it is the skills and values that can't be taught that she truly excelled in.
Her ability to help others discover and reach their highest potential, her passion to fight for the underdog, her abhorrence for injustice of any kind, her ability to lead others by instilling confidence and an attitude of "you can do anything" in those around her, her desire that everyone whose life she touched walk away feeling special and loved, and most importantly her unwavering faith and love in God and family before all else.
She had big shoulders, big enough to accompany the many in life that leaned on her for support, guidance and her unique words of wisdom. She will be loved and missed by many but this angel on earth is now free to spread her wings in heaven. Molly was best friend and soul mate to her husband Kevin Morrison, mother to Katie, Laura and Angela and grandmother to Alivia. She is predeceased by her parents Rubin and Marie Murphy as well as by her brother Rubin James Murphy. Her siblings include her brother John and his wife Francine Maidment of Vankleekhill and sisters and husbands Mr. Don and Linda Nickels of Newbury, Mr. John and Mary Jean Joyce of Newbury, Kathy Laroque and her late husband Keith of Brigden, and Mr. Jerry and Betty Kollee of Nanticoke.
The funeral/ cremation service will be held at Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North on Saturday, August 20th, with visitation between 2-3pm, service at 3pm followed by a reception on site. Sympathy may be expressed through donations to the London Humane Society. Online condolences available at www.westviewfuneralchapel.com
What Dave Nash had to say
A couple of weeks ago, Molly and I were having a conversation via text message. As usual, the conversation turned to the subject of Family Law, which Molly was a dedicated advocate and tireless crusader to have reformed to reflect virtues that this country is supposed to stand for, and those are Equality, Justice, Human Rights, and most importantly, the best interests of Canadian Children.
No one knew more just how far Canadian Family Law misses the mark in regards to those virtues than Molly. She has personally witnessed the evils and injustice of this disturbingly sick industry, and dedicated her life to exposing it and bringing about reform. In that true Irish fighting spirit, Molly stated, "We will Win this fight Dave!" To which I replied, "We have already won Molly!" Molly was a little confused by my statement, but unfortunately, our conversation was cut short and I told Molly that I would explain my reasoning to her the next time we got together.
I would like to take the time to have that conversation with Molly now: We have already won Molly, because we have not allowed the Divorce Industrial Complex to harden our hearts to be like those heartless people who feed off of the industry. We have not allowed the Divorce Industrial Complex to make us compassionless, vindictive, self-serving individuals, who only see children as a dollar sign with a baseball cap or pigtails. We have already won Molly, because we haven't allowed the Divorce Industrial Complex to divide us and have men and women hate one another. Most importantly though Molly, we have won because we continue to fight for change, as the Divorce Industrial Complex wants nothing more than to have us so beaten down that we have no fight left in us.
We have won Molly!!! And no one has demonstrated our victory over Family Law more than you have. You are our Champion!!! I am going to miss you so much Molly.
Excerpt from the Book - Winner Take ALL
It was never my intention to write this book. But then again, getting divorced wasn't on my "to do" list either. My background is in nursing and management, with twenty years of experience in these areas. My goal for going into nursing was simple; I wanted to help people. The goal has never changed, only my focus. I have family law to thank for that.
My core values have always been those of fairness and equality, whether making a decision in a healthcare setting or buying a chocolate bar for my kids. I live by this one rule: "What you do for one, you do for all."Unfortunately, in my experience, family law doesn't share my values. Divorce propelled me into a world where the core values are greed and excess, along with a "take what you want because you'll get it anyway" attitude. In this world, lawyers act more like coaches, training their female students on what to say and how to act to secure victory in court.
This book pulls back the veil of secrecy. You will learn the truth about what really happens when the door closes and the ex-wife and her lawyer begin to plan their strategy. Listen as the lawyer begins to describe the "financial buffet" that is there for the taking. Learn how easily a woman can gain custody of a child or turn a father's child against him through the process known as parental alienation. Listen in on all the private conversations that feminists, lawyers, and ex-wives often deny ever take place.
But this book is also about raw human emotion. You will become an intimate part of the lives of three men I care deeply about whom I witnessed going through divorce firsthand. Observe these men as they struggle to avoid the pitfalls that family law has in store for them: poverty, bankruptcy, alienation from their children, and even death. Feel what a father feels when he is denied access to the child he loves or is forced to give his last dollar to an ex when he can't eat or pay his own bills. Learn why lawyers, judges, and politicians are forced to cater to feminist groups. Read the suicide note left by a man who had everything taken away from him because of a court order.
This book is a labour of love. For eighteen months, I spent every evening and weekend at my computer writing the truth. During this time, if I wasn't writing or at work, I was responding to the hundreds of e-mails sent to me each week by fathers begging me to help them make sense of the insanity they were drowning in.
facts about divorce
Fatherlessness
Access to Family Justice task force – FAIL
The movement for presumed equal parenting
The Fatherlessness Crises
Self Family Court – Yikes
Out of Touch Judges
CANADIANS SPEAK OUT
For The Sake Of The Children – Recommendations
Reform Recommendations
WRITE TO YOU MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Divorce Act Reform Timeline to Equal Parenting
Studies Supporting Equal Parenting


Mego Talk > Mego Stuff > Mego Meet 15 - June 2019 > Mego Meet 2015 > Who likes comics?
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Along with some vintage goodness I will be bringing 27 packed short boxes of cheap, high grade (VF or better) Bronze Age Marvel Comics to the meet, so if you have a 70's era comic want list I suggest you bring it along.
I'll have my comic list with me, I never go to go a show without it! My Marvel bronze run is pretty tight but you never know. "Vintage goodness". Love it! Sounds like there will be some competition for my largest-ever Meet budget!
Mike...If we look through the boxes Elbow-to-Elbow we should be able to keep Sam at bay.
All kidding aside...Charlie's VF is most peoples NM or M.
You can't go wrong at Charlie's Table.
Just glad to see Charlie back at Mego Meet!!!!!
Cheap, Bronze Age Marvels? Interested!


Universal Active Filters – With the advance of integrated circuit technology, integrated circuits with improved capabilities are appearing in ever increasing numbers. Innovative design methods and fabrication procedures have not only helped to produce a large variety of new integrated circuits but also improved the old ones.
Often the use of specialised ICs produces a simpler and more accurate circuit, such as Datel's universal filter FLT-U2 which has simultaneous low pass, high pass and band pass output responses. Notch and all pass functions are also available by combining these output responses in the uncommitted opamp. Because of its versatility, this filter is called a universal filter. The universal filter is sometimes also called a state variable filter.
The various filter networks discussed in this chapter are used in many circuits, but in critical applications specially designed filter ICs are preferred. Besides being more accurate, specially designed IC filters are simpler, easier to use and more flexible. Detal' s FLT-U2 is a typical example of such a specialised IC filter.
Datel' s FLT-U2 is a universal filter which uses the state variable active filter principle to implement second order low pass, high pass and band pass outputs functions. These output functions are simultaneously available at the outputs of the three committed opamps (Pin nos 3, 13 and 5), as shown in the FLT-U2 block diagram of Fig. 15.23(a).
A fourth uncommitted opamp can be used as a gain stage buffer amplifier, or to raise the order of the low pass, high pass or band pass functions. The uncommitted opamp can also be used to realise the notch and all pass functions.
Frequency tuning is accomplished by using two external resistors and Q tuning by using a third resistor. In addition, any of the filter types, such as Butterworth, Chebyschev or Bessel, may be designed by the proper selection of external components by using the FLT-U2.
Figure 15.23(b) shows an FLT-U2 as a second order low pass, high pass and band pass filter.


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Education in Russia: News
magnumcromagnon
Location : Pindos ave., Pindosville, Pindosylvania, Pindostan
Re: Education in Russia: News
magnumcromagnon on Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:36 pm
Guys,being a teacher myself I have a question:
Looking at sdelanounas I noticed huge amount of brand new kindergartens, schools, student dorms and sport facilities being opened every single day.
Is this usual pace or is there some big reconstruction program going on right now?
It probably means the population isn't in decline anymore, it's rebounding, so in short it's the product of a baby boom. Ideally speaking Russia needs a population of at least 600-800 million, with a population that large the productive capital would be tremendous!
flamming_python on Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:46 am
magnumcromagnon wrote:
There's been a deficit of kindergardens since like.. forever. During the Soviet days there weren't enough either.
With the fertility boom in Russia right now, this question has taken on a more urgent character, and since the government has made reversing bad demographics a corner-stone policy, I'm sure that the current boom in kindergarden construction is a result of funds earlier allocated for the purpose.
George1
Location : Greece
George1 on Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:27 am
People's Friendship University marks 55th anniversary
One of Russia's largest and most prestigious academic institutions, the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) marks its 55th anniversary this year. The university, which at one time was known for being the alma mater of many revolutionaries and freedom fighters in the developing world, is ranked in the 601-650 position in the latest QS World University Rankings. RBTH presents a historic gallery to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the university's founding.
1.The Peoples' Friendship University was established on February 5, 1960. Until the early 1990s, it bore the name of the first Prime Minister of Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
2. The USSR sought to spread the Russian language and culture to colonial and post-colonial states by providing training and education to young people from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
3. During the height of the Cold War, Soviet leaders tried to promote Communist values.
4. On September 1, 1960, Russian language studies were introduced at the six main faculties: engineering, history & philology, medicine, agriculture, science, and law & economics.
5. "It is necessary to create an opportunity for closer contacts daily, both in the dormitory and in the classroom. Everything will follow from there. Love will follow, kids will follow," says the PFUR Rector Vladimir Filippov.
6. A lot of politicians from Asia, Africa and Latin America visited the university. In April 1977, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was a guest of the university. His successor Mahmoud Abbas earned his doctorate degree at PFUR.
7. In the late 1980s, PFUR was one of the first educational establishments in the USSR to switch to the Western model of higher education - offering a bachelor's and a master's degree.
8. "In 1993, when I became rector, we had just 5,700 students from 109 countries. There are now 28,000 students and the number of students graduating in a single year is now the same as was the total number of students 20 years ago," says the university's rector.
9. There are now 28,000 students from more than 150 countries studying at PFUR, even more than in the Soviet times.
10. The Peoples' Friendship University has had notable alumni throughout its history, ranging from presidents and politicians, to linguists, medical researchers, historians and poets.
11. Despite all the changes it has faced, PFUR has managed to preserve an atmosphere of friendship between people from different countries and cultures.
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Project Canada on Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:13 am
The government has approved the program "Patriotic Education of Citizens"
The program includes improvement of the forms of work on patriotic education, the development of volunteerism, as well as research, methodical and information areas.
MOSCOW, January 2 - RIA Novosti. The Russian government has approved the state program "Patriotic Education of Citizens of the Russian Federation", the coordinator of the program is assigned Rosmolodezh, according to the website of the Cabinet of the Russian Federation.
"The state program aims to create conditions for increasing the level of consolidation of the society in addressing the challenges of sustainable development of Russia and national security. The state program is aimed at all social strata and age groups of Russian citizens, while maintaining the priority of patriotic education of children and young people", - stated in the certificate published by the Cabinet .
The program consists of five sections: the improvement of forms of work on patriotic education, the development of volunteerism, and research, methodical and information areas.
The program will involve the public-public, youth, children's associations, non-profit organizations, to increase the share of voluntary organizations, and the number of students who take part in patriotic activities.
This state program establishes 11 indicators including evaluation of federal and regional executive authorities.
"The executive authorities of the Federation recommended the adoption of regional programs in the patriotic education of citizens to take into account the provisions of the state program", - stated in the certificate.
The total funding of the program in the years 2016-2020 amounted to 1.66 billion rubles, of which for 2016 allocated over 305 million rubles.
http://m.ria.ru/society/20160102/1353255591.html
higurashihougi
Location : A small and cutie S-shaped land.
higurashihougi on Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:52 pm
LDPR opposed unified national exams and the extensive use of multiple choices in exam.
https://www.rt.com/politics/330161-nationalists-blast-education-reform-as/
MPs representing LDPR, a Russian nationalist opposition party, have drafted a bill that would scrap the unified state exam, based on multiple choice tests, and reintroduce separate graduation tests in schools and entry exams at institutes and universities.
"When the Unified State Examination (USE) was introduced, it was supposed to eliminate corruption and ensure that graduates' knowledge is tested effectively and without bias. But today we see that the reform that started in 2002 by introducing the USE brings no results manifested in quality of graduates' knowledge, broader access to higher education and reducing corruption," the bill's sponsors wrote in their explanatory note.
They emphasized that the current form of the unified exams is based on multiple choice tests and this "does not reflect the students' real knowledge" and "only teaches the children to tick the boxes." Another flaw pointed out by the lawmakers was that the rules of the unified exams were constantly changing and this turned the reform into "an inadmissible experiment with children and schools used as subjects."
The MPs said that canceling the unified exams would help to save funds allocated for the purpose in the federal budget. LDPR lawmakers also claimed in their note that currently Russian colleges and universities could offer more places than the overall number of students. "Russian higher educational establishments can accept all who want to study there and there is no need for any unified exams," they wrote.
Earlier this month, LDPR lawmaker Roman Khudyakov blasted the unified exams as an ineffective and even harmful step that led to the waste of millions of dollars in state funds. He claimed that the experimental tests held in 2003 demonstrated that the unified exam based on multiple-choice tests was completely unviable. "Our children have become dumb because of this system and sometimes commit suicide," Khudyakov told RIA Novosti.
In the more than 10 years of its existence, the Unified State Examination has become a standard target of criticism from Russian parliamentary opposition and traditional academics. The head of the Russian Communist Party, Gennadiy Zyuganov, said in December 2015 that the system was "preparing mediocre gray personalities with fragmented thinking, incapable to grasp global problems and form minds capable of answering the challenges of the modern era."
In November, the rector of Moscow State University, Viktor Sadovnichiy, said in a speech to the Russian Upper House of Parliament that the unified exam opened higher education to poorly prepared schoolchildren without any motivation. Leading institutes and universities have had to turn to various contests in the search for talented students, he added.
Vladimir Burmatov, a representative of the parliamentary majority party United Russia and deputy head of the Lower House Education Committee, said in January that despite all problems the hasty cancellation of the unified exam could bring more harm than good. "The USE is simply a tool. Shall we ban all hammers because some people smash their fingers with them? The problem lies in the civil servants who carry out this program," Burmatov told reporters. "Why should we change the mechanism, put the whole country head over heels and disrupt everybody? The early USE tests are just a few months away," he added.
Burmatov has dismissed LDPR's bill to scrap the USE as a PR stunt.
George1 on Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:43 am
Russian universities rise in worldwide subject rankings
Eight Russian universities took 20 places in the top 100 this year. In 2015, four Russian universities won eight places in the largest-ever world subject ranking covering 42 disciplines
MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. Russian universities have strengthened their positions in the 2016 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject published on Tuesday.
Eight Russian universities took 20 places in the top 100 this year. In 2015, four Russian universities won eight places in the largest-ever world subject ranking covering 42 disciplines.
The Lomonosov Moscow State University was featured in the top 100 for 12 subjects and was ranked number 17 in the world for linguistics. The St. Petersburg State University is in the top 100 for two subjects and took the 26th place for engineering - mineral and mining.
The world's top universities in most subjects are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the Harvard University.
http://tass.ru/en/society/864115
George1 on Thu May 12, 2016 1:35 pm
Russian university gets 5 stars in 5 categories of QS Stars international ratings system
The categories are: the quality of education, internationalization, infrastructure, innovativeness and social environment
University of Friendship of Peoples (RUDN)
MOSCOW, May 10 /TASS/. The Russian University of Friendship of Peoples (RUDN) was the first among Russian institutions of higher education to get 5 stars in 5 categories of the QS Stars international ratings, the university's press service said on Tuesday.
"The Russian University of Friendship of Peoples has received 5 stars under the QS Stars International Rating System in 5 categories: the quality of education, internationalization, infrastructure, innovativeness and social environment," the press service said.
"The entrance into the world rankings is the result of many measures taken to increase the international competitiveness of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, including under the "5-100" program. The QS Stars success is a convincing proof that the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples deserves to be on a par with the world's leading universities," the University's Rector Vladimir Filippov, the rector of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, said.
QS Stars is one of the most prominent world university ratings systems (compiled by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds), which evaluates many aspects of university activities in eight categories. Ratings from 0 to 5+ is awarded to institutions of high learning dependent on the number of points accumulated in the course of comprehensive audit on more than 50 indicators reflecting the state of an educational institution.
The ratings' main purpose is to give an opportunity to students, parents and experts to gain the maximum diverse idea of various universities. The comprehensive analysis of institutions of high learning is carried out on the basis of independent sources; the results of opinion polls conducted among academics and professionals (including employers); a university's perception by students and graduates.
http://tass.ru/en/science/874840
sepheronx on Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:54 am
Demand for Russian higher education
According to the rules of the site and the internal feeling ( "the people and the Party are one" (c)) I omit from "politics" and remains a little, but very important:
"And if we talk essentially about the state of the education system in Russia, develops and does the opposite vision opposition picture.
For example, comparing the current situation with your favorite Russian opposition 90-mi, you can see that in the country there is a uniform standard of teaching, regularly increasing influx of foreign students in Russian universities, and the management of higher education institutions the improvement in the quality of training of school leavers.
Also it should be noted that in international rankings of educational systems, our country is not the last strochki.K example, according to British research firm Economist Intelligence Unit in 2014, Russia won the 8th place among the countries of Europe and the 13th - in the world, ahead of the United States, Australia, Israel, Belgium and Shveytsariyu.Ne worst position for states where the last few years the opposition hard "bury education and science."
Project Canada on Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:59 pm
Ban children of Russian officials from studying abroad, says business activist
The head of a Russian business association has proposed a ban on higher education abroad for the children of Russia's civil servants, claiming the move would help domestic schools and also increase the number of "real patriots" in the country.
"I hold that a ban on studying in foreign institutes and universities for children of Russian civil servants would help many people to give a new estimate to the quality of modern education in Russia," Rakhman Yansukov, the president of the Association for Development of Business Patriotism, wrote in an address quoted by TASS.
"I also think that the knowledge received by the officials' children in Russian educational establishments would become a guarantee that they develop into real patriots of their country," Yansukov added.
The agency reported that Yansukov had sent the letter to major media outlets and also to State Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin and the heads of four caucuses in the Russian lower house.
Yansukov did however allow for a number of exceptions from the ban, such as for practical training abroad for no longer than six months or lifting the ban in cases when the desired education can be only received in a foreign institution.
In 2013, Russia introduced the law "On Civil Servants' Foreign Assets" that banned members of parliament, senior officials, and top managers of state corporations and the Central Bank from holding accounts in foreign banks and owning securities of foreign companies. The restriction also extends to spouses and underage children.
The initial draft of the asset ban included real estate, but MPs removed it at the debating stage, saying that many Russian officials have possessed country homes, apartments, and land in neighboring countries since Soviet times, and that making them sever these ties would be unjust.
Several attempts were subsequently made to expand the 'patriotic' motion.
In 2014, MP Evgeny Fyodorov, representing parliamentary majority party United Russia, suggested fast-tracking a bill on banning leading Russian politicians from owning foreign real estate. He claimed such a move would make the country less vulnerable to outside pressure and threats of sanctions.
https://www.rt.com/politics/354606-activist-says-children-of-russian/
This is absolutely necessary so children of politicians can be shielded from American brainwashing designed to make Russians turn their back against their own country
magnumcromagnon on Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:04 am
Russian BRAIN-DRAIN REMEMBER?!?!?!?!
MIPT took first team place at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Bulgaria
The Russian national team won 3 gold and 1 silver medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad
kvs on Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:23 am
magnumcromagnon wrote: Russian BRAIN-DRAIN REMEMBER?!?!?!?!
Is there some MADA or CADA that will proclaim that Russia runs a "state doping program" for these competitors?
Squeaky clean, righteous NATO citizens need to know!
Project Canada on Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:35 am
kvs wrote:
Bwahahahahahaha! Good one!!
magnumcromagnon on Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:12 am
Yo, kvs, more proof of Russian brain-drain:
The results exceeded all expectations. One hundred schools that are rated the best in Moscow, took the leading place for readers and mathematical literacy, surpassing Singapore, Finland, the United States, the United Kingdom.
Half of Moscow schools among the five best educational systems in the world, and absolutely all the schools of the city entered into the top ten on the results of the quality of primary school pupils. It turns out that the Russian capital is recognized as one of the world leaders in the school.
The Russian capital is recognized as one of the world leaders school
George1 on Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:01 am
Four Russian universities in Times Higher Education rankings' Top 100
The Times Higher Education global ranking, published on September 22, listed 24 Russian universities
MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Four Russian universities are in the top 100 list of Times Higher Education rankings, the press-service of the Higher School of Economics told TASS, adding that three of them are participants in the government academic excellence project for enhancing universities' competiveness on the world market (Project 5-100).
The THE global ranking, published on September 22, listed 24 Russian universities. The Lomonosov Moscow State University was number one Russian institution of higher learning. It placed 188th. THE university rankings by subject were published on Thursday. There are eight groups of subjects: Business and Economics, Computer Science, Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities.
Russia's Higher School of Economics is the sole Russian institution of higher learning to have been included in the THE 2016 Business and Economics list. It holds the 83rd place. Another participant in the 5-100 Project - the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, is Russia's sole representative in Physical Sciences (No. 78). Two Russian universities are in the Computer Science category: St. Petersburg's ITMO University (5-100 Project participant) is No. 56 and the Moscow State University, No. 43. The Moscow State University is also No. 66 in Arts and Humanities.
kvs on Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:11 am
George1 wrote: Four Russian universities in Times Higher Education rankings' Top 100
All these lists by NATO MSM are complete and utter rubbish. They weigh university performance by subjective metrics like quality of life on campus.
As if all students live on campus and of course by definition such metrics make Russian universities seem like some nightmare because there are not
enough commercial venues to satisfy consumer cravings. Total BULLSHIT. The only thing that matters is the lecture hall. The reason for the whole
activity in the first place.
BTW, another dirty trick used by NATO MSM propagandists is to count papers published in western only journals. So if Russian researchers
in Russian universities don't publish NATO based journals then they are basically being counted as not publishing at all. Total BULLSHIT, yet again.
I will take a second rate Russian university over most 1st class universities in Canada and the USA any day based on my own personal experience
as a researcher.
BTW, the Chinese know how to play this game. I see lots of papers where the research is done by Chinese authors but they add
a token NATO collaborator and publish in a NATO based journal. I have not seen much of this from Russian researchers. Of course,
there are many Russian researchers working in NATO universities as is the case for Chinese as well. In fact, one has to conclude
that NATO science is basically maintained by imported researchers. Not to say that there is no science talent in NATO, but there
are just too many imports for them not to have a major impact on the productivity.
magnumcromagnon on Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:04 am
kvs wrote: BTW, the Chinese know how to play this game. I see lots of papers where the research is done by Chinese authors but they add
BTW whats your thoughts on the survey of performance conducted on Moscow primary schools? Apparently Moscow is the top city in the world for preparing children for life intellectually speaking.
kvs on Sat Oct 01, 2016 4:53 am
This is a very good sign. After 1991 the education system in Russia started to slip but if the primary schools are not
being dumbed down then the higher levels are unlikely to deteriorate to American levels.
George1 on Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:22 am
24 Russian universities included in BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017
Moscow State University holds the 3rd place, just like last year
LONDON, December 1. /TASS/. Twenty-four Russian universities have been included in the BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017, Times Higher Education said in the research published on Thursday.
Authors of the research and rating said Russia's performance is mixed. "While 10 of its 24 universities have dropped places, Lomonosov Moscow State University holds on to third place amid increasing competition from China, and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology climbs 81 places to 12th, thanks to an improved performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook," they wrote.
Among the best 300 universities in BRICS and emerging economies, Moscow State University holds the 3rd place, just like last year. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has leaped from the 93rd to the 12th place. National Research Nuclear University MePhI also moved up by seven positions to the 19th place.
Among the top-50 best universities are also the ITMO University in St. Petersburg (27th place), Saint Petersburg State University (30th place), Novosibirsk State University (38th place), and the Higher School of Economics (48th place).
Other Russian universities in the top-200 include Tomsk Polytechnic University (56th place), Tomsk State University (60th place), Kazan Federal University (66th place), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (107th place), Bauman Moscow State Technical University (147th place), National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) in Moscow (163rd place), Saratov State University (196th place).
Also on the list are Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, National Research University of Electronic Technology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Southern Federal University, Ural Federal University, Novosibirsk State Technical University.
The top-10 universities on the list are as follows: Peking University in China, Tsinghua University (China), Lomonosov State University (Russia), University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University (China), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Zhejiang University (China), National Taiwan University.
http://tass.com/society/915787
magnumcromagnon on Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:30 am
The Russian national team won four medals at the World Robot Olympiad in India
George1 on Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:50 pm
Russia's Higher School of Economics breaks top 100 in 2017 Young Universities Rankings
It is the first time in the six years of this ranking that a Russian institution has reached the top 100, the London-based Times Higher Education magazine noted
MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russia's Higher School of Economics (HSE) has reached the world's top 100 young universities due to high demands placed on both the teaching staff and students since the day it was founded, HSE Academic Supervisor Yevgeny Yasin told TASS on Wednesday.
Earlier, the London-based weekly magazine Times Higher Education (THE) released its 2017 Young University Rankings for the universities that are 50 years old or younger across 48 countries and founded in 1992. The Higher School of Economics is ranked 96th.
"It is the first time in the six years of this ranking that a Russian institution has reached the top 100, with Higher School of Economics ranked in 96th place," the THE said.
"Since the HSE was founded, it has been placing high demands on both teaching staff and students," Yasin said. "The best teachers, who largely come from Moscow State University to the HSE, laid the foundation and introduced high teaching standards in early 1990s. In 2000s, the HSE was one of the first Russian universities that embarked on an initiative of employing world-class teaching staff in the global labor market."
Nowadays, the HSE leading scientists are heading pure research at 32 world laboratories and applied research on eight technological platforms, he added.
"The world's academic community has become aware of us. Persistent work to create the most comfortable environment for researchers has boosted the number of publications in international peer-reviewed journals and, what is more important, has ensured their high quality," he said.
In September 2016, the HSE was listed in the THE World University Rankings, placed between the 41st and 500th rankings. The 2017 THE Young University Rankings mirror the general rankings, so in the current year the HSE was picked up and immediately performed well.
"This year the university celebrates 25 years, so we hope we will have time to demonstrate in the coming years significant strengthening in our rankings of the world's top 100 young universities," the HSE academic supervisor said. "We will be viewed as 'young' in, at least, the following 25 years."
The 2017 THE Young Universities Ranking, which includes 200 institutions for the first time (up from 150 last year), is topped by Switzerland's ·cole Polytechnique F·d·rale de Lausanne, for the third year in a row.
"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Nanyang Technological University swap places from last year to claim second and third place respectively, while Pohang University of Science and Technology comes fourth, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is placed fifth, and Maastricht University sixth," the THE said.
andalusia on Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:47 pm
I would like to know is there an extreme emphasis on kids going to college in Russia like there is here in the United States? Does Russian society look down on vocational technical education like they do here in the United States? There are schools here in America that are promoting the idea of going to college in elementary school starting in kindergarten. Many pepple who graduate from college can't find jobs in there field and also are in a lot of debt that will hold them back for many years. Are Russian students in debt with student loans when they graduate from college?
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Svyatoslavich on Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:35 am
I don't know much about the topic, but as far as I know there are many public universities in Russia which are free. So it is possible for a middle-class or even poor Russian to get college degree and have no debt.
kvs on Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:35 am
andalusia wrote: I would like to know is there an extreme emphasis on kids going to college in Russia like there is here in the United States? Does Russian society look down on vocational technical education like they do here in the United States? There are schools here in America that are promoting the idea of going to college in elementary school starting in kindergarten. Many pepple who graduate from college can't find jobs in there field and also are in a lot of debt that will hold them back for many years. Are Russian students in debt with student loans when they graduate from college?
What you describe is really more a Chinese cultural thing. There is a lot of pressure to have academic achievement. In Russia, this culture
does not exist (to the same extent) so vocational training is not stigmatized. In fact, Soviet industrial progress was achieved by producing
graduates in applied trades. So there are a lot of technical institutes in Russia and not just colleges and universities. A technical institute
in Russia is like a more applied version of MIT since MIT has diversified to be more like a university.
I guess the issue is "basket weaving" courses. The USA has a lot of this sort of fluff. The Soviet/Russian tradition and the pre-1917 Russian
Empire tradition was more serious academic learning (German style) and trade-craft (e.g. machine milling, etc).
andalusia on Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:31 am
I want to know is there a concern about failing public education in Russia and in other parts of Europe? Here in America, many people believe that the market would improve public education by having vouchers. Moreover, many Americans dislike public schools since they think it is a socialist/ communist idea. Is there faith in public schools in Russia and other parts of Europe?


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Cherine was born in Rockfort, East Kingston, Jamaica to parents Derryck and Barbara Anderson. Her parents immersed Cherine and her two older sisters in church activities, determined to keep them off the unstable streets. It was in church that her musical talents were discovered. Cherine explains, "It wasn't so much the message in the church songs that appealed to me at first…it was the passion and strength of peoples' voices." Cherine received professional training in music, dance and theatre at age 12 when she became a touring member of the Ashe Performing Arts Ensemble, one of the Caribbean's most successful performance companies.
At age 14, Cherine's formal professional career began when she starred in one of Jamaica's most successful films, Dancehall Queen. In 2003, Cherine combined her two loves, singing and acting, starring in the film One Love. Her voice lent two heartfelt songs to the film's soundtrack, and her acting talents earned her the MTV2/Urbanworld Film Festival Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film. Anderson returned to acting in 2007 to star in MTV Tempo's interactive drama Choices.
For an artist who has yet to drop her debut album, Cherine has had the opportunity to appear alongside some of the world's biggest artists. Cherine has been featured on the official remixes for Madonna ("Give It 2 Me"), Britney Spears ("Piece of Me") and Sir Paul McCartney ("Nod Your Head"). She has also collaborated with Wyclef Jean for her upcoming album, and she performed with Wyclef to over 7,000 fans in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Cherine was also chosen by prolific singer/activist Michael Franti to be featured on the new Franti and Spearhead album All Rebel Rockers (September, 2008). Anderson co-wrote and sings on three songs on the project, the band's highest charted album in their history (entered #39 on Billboard's Hot 200 album chart). Their firstsingle "Say Hey (I Love You)", featuring Cherine, is garnering positive radio rotation, and is being used for advertising by outlets including E! Entertainment and the CW Networks. Cherine also made her US television debut, appearing with Franti and Spearhead performing "Say Hey (I Love You)" on the popular CBS program The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Cherine's first formal product to be released fall 2008 will come in the form of an eight song EP entitled The Introduction-dubstyle. This EP release grants Cherine's fans access to some of her released singles, as well as some newly released songs including her cover of the classic "Movie Star" and her latest single climbing the charts, "Talk If Yuh Talking".
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Darts & Scoring Explained
bet365 News Team 20 Dec 22
The World Darts Championship is here and it's all eyes on the Alexandra Palace where the likes of Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith toe the oche.
Just before you run to Argos to collect your dartboard and attempt to replicate the 180s and raucous celebrations of the top arrow-smiths at Alexandra Palace, it's important to understand the rules and scoring of the sport.
Here we take you through how the game works and the difference between doubles, trebles, bullseyes and bounce outs.
What is the correct height for a dartboard?
The important piece of information here is that the height of a dartboard is measured from the floor to the centre of the bullseye.
That is set at 173cm (5 feet, 8 inches). It's vital that the measurements are correct and the height is calculated from the exact centre of the bullseye.
Darts is a muscle memory sport and the most successful players are able to replicate the exact movements with little to no variations time and time again. An out-of-sync board requires a recalibration of the throw and that can lead to inconsistency.
'Bully Boy' Michael Smith is renowned for fast, accurate and monotonous barrages on the treble 20 segment. Smith has recently won his first ever major TV title and is 5/1 to be crowned world champion for the first time on 2nd January.
How far do you stand from a dartboard?
The standard distance is 237cm (7 foot, 9.25 inches) from the front of your dartboard to the oche line.
The majority of players will throw with their foot pushed up against a grounded oche or their toe at the front of the line, but it's not uncommon to see players stand to the left or right or even further behind the throw line.
Some local leagues have traditionally allowed ladies to play from a 7 foot, 6 inches, but professional darts is standardised at the 237cm distance.
How to play 501 Darts
Simply put, darts is a race from 501 points to zero. Each player takes alternating turns throwing three darts at the board, and the more points you score per visit, the quicker your score will decrease and the more chance you have of winning the match.
The standard dartboard is divided into 20 numbered sections, scoring from one to 20 points, with a bullseye and outer bull in the center of the segments.
Each number has a double and treble area, which doubles or trebles the corresponding number. The bullseye is worth 50 points and the outer 25.
The highest score possible with one dart is 60 and that comes by throwing a treble 20. The majority of professional darts players will aim for the treble 20, with all three darts, and if successful the maximum score on a dart board is 180.
However, it's not as simple as just hitting high scores. A game of 501 has to be won on a double, that will land you precisely on zero. For example a score of 40 would require a double 20 or a score of two would require a double one.
If when aiming for 40 with your first throw, the dart strays into the single 20 below, you can then re-aim for a double 10 to score an exact 20. However, you cannot collect more points than what you have remaining and this is known as busting.
When you bust you automatically forfeit that turn, your opponent will come to the oche and your score will return to what it was prior to the first dart of the busting visit.
The bullseye is the highest target you can double-out on, with it being worth 50 points and the highest checkout (treble 20, treble 20, bullseye) 170 is the biggest finish that can be made.
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Mathematics also plays an important role in darts. It's vital to maximise your chances of obtaining a shot at a winning double and it's important that those shots are at the biggest possible target.
A score of 50 can be finished with one dart at the bullseye, but that segment is considerably smaller than the doubles on the outside of the board.
On a 50 outshot professional players will hit a single number first, usually ten or 18 depending on their preferred finishing double to set up a shot at either double 20 or double 16.
Combination finishes also need to be considered. It's pretty straightforward to remember that a finish of 110 can be taken out with a treble 20, single 10 and double 20, but what should you do if the first dart lands in single 20?
There are a whole myriad of finishing combinations on a dart board and it's key to consider the best way to approach those checkouts, both prior, and during your visit to the board.
There's a good chance that you will hit a fair few scores of 26 and 11 on your way to a first 180, but it's important to remember that even Mighty Michael van Gerwen, 5/2 to be crowned world champion for the fourth time on 2nd January, had to start somewhere.
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