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This year's internationally acclaimed Arabian racehorses festivities commenced in France on October 2nd with the Arqana auction sale of 77 lots of horses at Saint Cloud, of the 81 lots presented in the auction catalogue. It comprised 30 horses in training, aged three, four and five that have shown valour and a speedy turn of the hoof on the ovals around the world. The remaining 51 lots consisted of yearlings, two year olds and mares in foal to rooky stallions like Dahess and Al Saoudi. Fourteen horses from the sales catalogue were eligible and inscribed into three stakes races of the Qatar French Arabian Breeders Cup, destined for three year old colts and fillies and four year old fillies that took place on Friday, October 3rd. One horse offered for sale, lot 6: Al Fatih, was inscribed into the glamorous Qatar Arabian World Cup for four year and older horses that was staged just after the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triumph on Sunday, October 5th at Longchamp. Of the 77 lots presented this year during the Arqana auction, 41 were sold, or 53.25%, that generated a sales turnover of 1,282,000 € with the weighted average price per lot oscillating around 28,750 € and a top price that clawed up to 140,000 €. This is a significant drop in the weighted average price when compared historically with results of 2007: 76,405 €; 2006: 44,586 €, and those of 2005: 41,267 €.
The international championship races, formerly called the French Arabian Breeders Cup Gr.1, now sponsored by Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club, started the day after the sale. On Friday, October 3rd, at 3 p.m. fourteen three year old colts (as three were scratched) went to the starting gate to participate in the Qatar Total French Arabian Breeders Cup, Gr.1 at a distance of 2000 meters. They fought gingerly to win a purse of 100,000 €, with guaranteed 50,000 € for first one passing the finish line. The results after 2'20"10 were as follows: Akim de Ducor (by Akbar out of Ishra by Tornado de Syrah, bred by J. Hostier, trained by D. de Watrigate and owned by N.A. Al-Attiyah) kept throughout most of the race in the middle of the group but showed a devastating turn of the foot midway on the last stretch and came first followed by two length by Nayef Al Khalid KSA who took the lead on the last curve, rallied hard but could not sustain his position. Nayef Al Khalid, with quite a bit of American breeding in his pedigree (by Calin du Loup out of RW Countrydoll by Djendel) was bred and owned by Al Khalediah Stables and trained by J.F. Bernard. Third was Chinese Dream, bred, owned and trained by the reputed S.V. Tarrou. Chinese Dream is by Dormane and out of Chine Orientale by Chahata. Fourth came Muqatil Al Khalidiah KSA. He held through leading the group, but was overtaken by Akim de Ducor and could not keep up in the last furlongs before the line. Muqatil Al Khalidiah is by the desert bred champion head stallion Tiwaiq from the Al Khalediah Stables and out of TY by Dormane. Like Nayef Al Khalid, his stable mate Muqatil Al Khalidiah was bred and is owned by Al Khalediah Stables from Saudi Arabia. He is trained by J.F. Bernard.
The fifth race on the card on October 3rd at Saint Cloud was the Qatar French Arabian Breeders Cup Gr.1 for three year old fillies at a distance of 2000 meters with a purse of 100,000 € to be divided between the first four at the wire. Fourteen young ladies went to the post. The fastest turned out to be Izabella by Djarni des Forges (out of Irabella Blaziet by Dormane, bred by the French family Biraben, trained by J.F. Bernard plus T. Thulliez in the irons) that on the last stretch hit home straight on top of the field winning easily after 2'21" by two length at the line for Sheik A. Al Thani. Dorat Nour waited a bit too long in the middle of the field and, despite smooth progress and rallying well, took second position. Dorat Nour is by Orient Express out of Belle Abbesse by Pépé le Mocco, bred and owned by J.-C. Di Francesco and trained by W.J.S. Cargeeg. L'Orientale given a powerful ride kept well with the best but was relegated to third position at the wire, a length behind Dorat Nour. L'Orientale is by Prince d'Orient out of Saeedah by Djel Bon, bred by Haras du Bosquet and owned by Sheik A. Al Thani. Three-fourth of a length after her crossed the line Zamara by Dormanen out of El Ouarda by Hosni, bred by M.C. Biraben-Loustau, owned by Bearn Arabi E.A.R.L. This ambitious filly is trained by Bert de Watrgant.
The eleven four year old fillies competed in the Qatar French Arabian Breeders Cup (Gr.1) race number seven of the day at a distance of 2000 meters, with a purse of 100,000 €. Quessche Du Paon, owned by Al Khalediah Stabeles, with O. Pelsier in the irons kept at the end of the field for the first part of the race, settled in the middle on the last turn, to show a blistering turn of the foot in the last stretch, charging past the leading Quaolina and winning by a neck at the wire. Quessche Du Paon, bred by Hs. Paon di Palm Raffaello and trained by J.P. Bernard, is by Akbar out of Bint El Bedia by Elias. The speedy Quaolina led the field 400 meters before the finish line, rallying hard in the final furlong to take second place. Quaolina, owned by Hamadan Al Maktoum, is by Kerbella and out of Care de Carrere by Passem. She was bred by M.N. Marchesi and trained by D. de Watrigant. Third, a length and a half behind her, came Bright Light from Holland, bred and owned by Mrs. G. Kok-Cornet and trained by Mrs. S.V. Tarrou. She was well positioned between the two top rivals and gamely fought to the end. Her stable mate, Nacrée Al Maury, bred and owned by Mrs R.L. Koch, trained by S.V Taout, came two length behind. Nacrée Al Maury is by Kesberoy and out of Nectarine Al Maury by Baroud III.
The Qatar Arabian World Cup (Gr1) for four year and older pure Arabian racehorses, organised by France Galop and the Association Française du Cheval Arabe de Course (AFAC) and sponsored by Qatar Telecom, took place on Sunday, 5th October at Longchamp just after the Prix de l'Arc de Triumph. It offered the hardest test for Arabian racers who competed in the most prestigious meeting in the world.
Among the 17 horses that took part in the race were no less than ten winners of Group 1 purebred Arabian events from France, Germany, Holland, Russia and the Middle East. The prize of 450,000 € was certainly the key factor that attracted such an outstanding field of contenders and radiated an immediate feeling of an exceptional contest. The Qatar Arabian World Cup has established itself as the most competitive event reserved for purebred Arabians ever to be contested throughout the world.
One could admire in the saddling area the awesome Madjani, three-time winner of the Dubai Kahayla Classic (Gr.1) in Dubai, Nashwan Al Khalidiah, winner of the Prix Manganate (Gr.1) at Deauville and of the President of the UAE Challenge Derby (Gr.1) at Newmarket, Lahib, last year's winner of the French Arabian Breeders Cup (Gr.1), Dynamite, who won the HH The President Cup (Gr.1) in Dubai, Al Moutawakel, past the wire first in the Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (Gr.1) in Dubai and Al Fatih, who last year triumphed in the French Arabian Breeders Classic (Gr.1).
This truly was a brave and bold titanic battle under a powerful ride with very good tempo throughout the race, with a very close nose and neck length, exciting finish of the first four contenders. The best at the distance of 2000 meters at the finish line after 2'16" turned out to be Lahib. He lingered at the end of the field at the beginning of the race but made smooth progress and went head to head in a bobbing finish, rallying hard stride for a stride, and victoriously passed the line by a nose in front of Nil Blanc. Nil Blanc was eighth in the field on the last turn but progressed in the closing stages and lost nothing in defeat but was just a bit on the unlucky side. Jalab Al Khalidiah KSA joined the head of the field midway on the last stretch and in an outstanding charge, fighting every inch of the way, came third by a neck. A neck length behind came Al Fatih for his owner S. Chiboub. The sure betting crowd favoured UAE trained champion Madjani (Tadjani x Salama) in Hamdan Al Maktoum silks came eleventh and the second favoured seven year old Dynamite (Bibi de Carrere x No Answer) in the silks of Sheik A. Al Thani was fifteenth. The Russian crack of French bloodlines Karmenl De Faust (Akbar x Marifa) bought on the Arqana 2006 sale unbeaten in six starts in Russia including this year's Moscow Derby on the 24 of August, trained by Mr. Ivanskoy with the Russian jockey A. Derov in the irons came this time sixth. The winner Lahib is by Kairouan de Jos out of Etoile du Loup by Blaise, bred by Cheik M. Bin Zayed and trained by F. Rohaut. Nil Blanc is by Orient Express out of Trabadja by Djamel and bred P. Ben Hamida. The handsome Jalab Al Khalidiah represented the Saudi Arabian stable of Al Khalediah. He is by Amer out of Edèle de Carrère by Djourman, bred by Prince K. Bin Abdulaziz. Fourth at the finish line, Al Faith is also by Amer out of Noorah by Djelfor. He was bred by Sheik A. Al Thani Al Khalediah and trained by a well known French trainer Alban de Mieulle. Al Faith was sold as lot number 6 three days prior to the race for 110'000 € at this year's Saint Cloud Arqane auction.
The Qatar Arabian World Cup – G1, that took place on Sunday, October 5th, is the first leg in the three Qatar Arabian World Challenge races. It is the first year that such an internationally prestigious race triplet with the richest purse in the world for Arabian horses has ever been organised. The next two stages of the Qatar Arabian World Challenge will take place in Doha on February, 26th (Qatar International Trophy) at a distance of a mile, and the final part will take place on March, 25th (Qatar Emir's Sword) at a distance of a mile and a half, with a purse of 378,000 €. If any of the participating horses wins all three races, the owner of the victorious horse will receive an additional sum of 200,000 €, plus a golden trophy encrusted with diamonds and rubies.
Since the early 90's of the last century prestigious international stakes have been won by the French bred horses with less flashy features of generally attributed to Arabians i.e. pronounced dishes, prominent jabhahs, arched necks, high tail carriage etc. There seems to have been a feeling among the majority of Arabian breeders that these French horses were different from whatever had been known before. It will be very interesting to watch the race results of pure French bloodlines when compared with those of the coming back into fashion i.e. the pure desert breed like the sons and daughters of Amer, Tiwaiq or El Rafeea. These surely look to me conformation wise more in "Asil type" directly taken from the nineteen century prints by: Carl Vernet, Albrech Adam or Juliusz Kossak. However, Ed Tweed, the famous American Arabian horse breeder from Scottsdale Arizona, used to say about the fantastic Polish stallion Orzel "beauty is as beauty does". So let the best win!
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namespace IoT {
namespace Tf {

TemperatureSensor::TemperatureSensor(MasterConnection::Ptr pMasterConn, const std::string& uid):
	BrickletType("io.macchina.tf.temperature", "Tinkerforge Temperature Bricklet", "temperature", IoT::Devices::Sensor::PHYSICAL_UNIT_DEGREES_CELSIUS),
	_eventPolicy(this->valueChanged, 0.0, 0.0)
{
	addProperty("displayValue", &TemperatureSensor::getDisplayValue);
	addProperty("valueChangedPeriod", &TemperatureSensor::getValueChangedPeriod, &TemperatureSensor::setValueChangedPeriod);
	addProperty("valueChangedDelta", &TemperatureSensor::getValueChangedDelta, &TemperatureSensor::setValueChangedDelta);

	IPConnection *ipcon = pMasterConn.cast<MasterConnectionImpl>()->ipcon();
	temperature_create(&_temperature, uid.c_str(), ipcon);

	char deviceUID[8];
	char masterUID[8];
	char position;
	Poco::UInt8 hardwareVersion[3];
	Poco::UInt8 firmwareVersion[3];
	Poco::UInt16 deviceType;
	if (temperature_get_identity(&_temperature, deviceUID, masterUID, &position, hardwareVersion, firmwareVersion, &deviceType) == E_OK)
	{
		setIdentity(deviceUID, masterUID, position, hardwareVersion, firmwareVersion, deviceType);
	}

	temperature_register_callback(&_temperature, TEMPERATURE_CALLBACK_TEMPERATURE, reinterpret_cast<void*>(onTemperatureChanged), this);
	temperature_set_temperature_callback_period(&_temperature, 1000);
}

TemperatureSensor::~TemperatureSensor()
{
	temperature_destroy(&_temperature);
}

double TemperatureSensor::value() const
{
	Poco::Mutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex);

	Poco::Int16 temp;
	int rc = temperature_get_temperature(&_temperature, &temp);
	if (rc == E_OK)
	{
		return temp/100.0;
	}
	else throw Poco::IOException();
}

bool TemperatureSensor::ready() const
{
	return true;
}

Poco::Any TemperatureSensor::getValueChangedPeriod(const std::string&) const
{
	Poco::UInt32 uperiod;
	temperature_get_temperature_callback_period(&_temperature, &uperiod);
	return Poco::Any(static_cast<int>(uperiod));
}

void TemperatureSensor::setValueChangedPeriod(const std::string&, const Poco::Any& value)
{
	Poco::UInt32 period = static_cast<Poco::UInt32>(Poco::AnyCast<int>(value));
	temperature_set_temperature_callback_period(&_temperature, period);
}

Poco::Any TemperatureSensor::getValueChangedDelta(const std::string&) const
{
	return Poco::Any(_eventPolicy.getMinimumDelta()/1000.0);
}

void TemperatureSensor::setValueChangedDelta(const std::string&, const Poco::Any& value)
{
	double delta = Poco::AnyCast<double>(value);
	_eventPolicy.setMinimumDelta(delta);
}

Poco::Any TemperatureSensor::getDisplayValue(const std::string&) const
{
	return Poco::NumberFormatter::format(value(), 0, 1);
}

void TemperatureSensor::onTemperatureChanged(Poco::Int16 temperature, void* userData)
{
	try
	{
		TemperatureSensor* pThis = reinterpret_cast<TemperatureSensor*>(userData);
		pThis->_eventPolicy.valueChanged(temperature/100.0);
	}
	catch (...)
	{
	}
}

} } // namespace IoT::Tf

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'I won't apologize': Justin Trudeau doubles down on calling trucker protesters 'tinfoil hat' conspiracy theorists
During a recent interview with CTV News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on his remarks regarding the trucker protest of 2022, referring to some of the activists as "tinfoil hat" conspiracy theorists who engage in "disinformation" and "misinformation."
The Canadian leader somewhat walked back his previous remarks, calling the people he referred to a "small minority" group within the "movements" that are spreading "harmful lies."
"Those people, and they were a small minority within the larger 'anti' movements who were really vocal, I don't and I won't apologize for calling out people who were harming their fellow Canadians," Trudeau said.
"So, 'tinfoil hats' comment, you don't regret?" asked CTV's Omar Sachedina.
"When someone believes that your government is trying to inject a vaccine in you to control your mind and track you and there's a microchip in it, that's almost the definition of a government conspiracy theory, that you wear a tinfoil hat to protect your brain from brain waves," Trudeau concluded.
However, this statement by the prime minister differs from his remarks during the onset of the protests, when he referred to the demonstration in its entirety as a "fringe minority."
In January 2022, Trudeau said that the views expressed by "a few people gathered in Ottawa" were a "continuation of what we have unfortunately seen in disinformation and misinformation online – conspiracy theorists about microchips, about God knows what else that go with the tinfoil hats."
Also remarking that other Canadians were "watching in disgust and disbelief at [the] behavior" of the protest, "wondering how this could have happened in our nation's capital."
At the time, Trudeau also pointed toward "Nazi symbolism, racist imagery, and desecration of war memorials" at the protests, the details of which were not exactly clear despite multiple investigations into a Nazi flag and a Confederate flag seen in the first few days of the city's standstill. Protesters allegedly urinated on a war memorial; however no charges were ever filed.
In late 2021, Trudeau said that the unvaccinated were "often mysoginists" and "racists," while also calling them "extremists" who "don't believe in science."
Justin Trudeau also boasted in the end-of-2022 interview that "people went out and got vaccinated to a higher degree than just about any other country," pointing toward a total vaccination rate of 80.5% for the entire country.
u201cJustin Trudeau says in a year end interview with CTVu2019s Omar Sachedina that he doesnu2019t regret his comments calling truckers and demonstrators people who wear u201ctinfoil hats.u201dnnu201cWhen people fall into conspiracy theories, we need to call them out on that.u201du201d
— The Real Andy Lee Show (@The Real Andy Lee Show)
u201cReminder – Justin Trudeau calls the unvaccinated racist and misogynistic extremistsu201d
— Wittgenstein (@Wittgenstein)
'Paranoid' driver accused of intentionally crashing pickup truck into police station 'in order to be heard': Video
Florida man gnawed off head of pet python during violent domestic dispute: Police
Bank of Canada admits Trudeau's climate-alarmist policies are worsening inflation
Body cam videos of Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols released, officials brace for possible rioting

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SWARM VERDICT
Intelectual Emergence "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
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How Policies Stray
11 January, 2015 · by Philomath	· in Science.	·
"A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes" This blog is about, how policies of well intentioned people fail.
All that we plan, whether it's in building our house, managing a business, creating an economic plan, or even a political goal, is governed by a strategy. Most of these strategies, goals, plans, policies, are well thought out in many cases, and theoretically work, but when it comes to the real world, they all suffer. The lucky ones adapt, with much patching up, but many fail.
People at the helm don't intentionally want their plans to breakdown, unless they mean harm or are crooks, but inevitably most plans breakdown. By observing this phenomena I have realised, all such plans except the lucky ones are doomed. The reason is usually these plans are applied to a complex system where the most important variables are ignored.
As usual ego and self-worth is at the center of it. These traits are a natural part of the animal in all of us, and trying to remove them is as hard as trying to eat without enjoying the taste of food. So people may not like them, but as animals, they're stuck with these feelings. The most they can do is try to control them. Being criticized is never pleasant, and there is nothing better than proving people wrong.
There are two main variables that people miss when implementing their plan. The first is, that their plan is usually not the only one that works, and the second is that their plan is usually accepted at the cost of other plans, created by people just like them, who believe their plan works. In a zero sum environment the chosen plan can probably work.
The problem in reality is there are always forces that oppose a policy or plan, and little weight is given to those forces when one formulates a strategy. The plans are mostly devised without consideration to these agents of opposition inherent in a complex society (system), which I shall call the Variable of the Opposition.
Someone hires a competent architect to build his house, and starts changing the blueprint to suit his needs, against the original design, only to find his wife also doing the same, and before you know it, the design morphs into something that works for neither, and looses the functionality and aesthetics of the original design, and finally the architect is blamed.
A CEO of a company with a 5 year plan is fired after two years because of forces beyond his control and is replaced by another CEO, who blames the mistakes on the former CEO implementing his own 5 year plan, only for the same thing to happen before the plan takes its course. Maybe failure in these plans did not take into consideration the board of directors or owners with limited knowledge will start inserting their own agenda's and soon they are blamed by the CEO for the failure. People like to blame others justly or not, because their plan gets changed.
No where is this more prevalent than the economic and political planners, who always fail because the policies they implement we're originally designed lacking the type of flexibility required to weather resistance and change forced on them by others who can have an effect, and wish to add their part. How many times are policies heralded by the creator and his supporters get stopped, and compromises not considered in the original plan change a good policy to a bad one.
You can apply this problem to pretty much everything that is planned, and is analogous to the "Three-body problem" in physics. It is intrinsic to the noise in a complex system, which was ignored by scientists for so many years, only to find out that it's not noise but small active agents in a complex system that can create chaos out of order and cannot be predicted.
There is no solution, only approximations. Too many professionals go into too much details in very rigid plans not understanding that those plans have to take into consideration forces that cannot be predicted. No one has full control over anything that relies on other people. Scientists with their reductionist idealism have thrown the baby out with the bath water when it comes to complex systems. Hopefully this will change with the study of emergence.
Thus the foundation of all plans should first accommodate the likelihood of change before anything else. May be these plans will become resilient and robust with such thinking, and may be one day with our understanding of complex systems and emergent properties, we can make plans to be in, Nassim Taleb's words antifragile. Plans and Policies that thrive in disorder and uncertainty.
I hope the science catches up before we destroy ourselves, because well intentioned Think-Tanks believe they can win wars in a modern interconnected world, without understanding the butterfly effect.
Tags: bad policies, business plans, chaos theory, complexity science, designs, economic, emergence, politics
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Canvassing can either be great or incredibly discouraging.
Generally those two reactions are interspersed throughout any time period spent canvassing.
One good interaction, one awful, a few mediocre.
Wednesday I had the pleasure of enjoying myself while canvassing, and feeling like I was canvassing for something actually meaningful.
Summer of Solutions Pioneer Valley has been working on a community space project, so dubbed because we are interested in creating drive behind a community space in Greenfield.
We have talked about the idea a lot and pulled together some materials, but this was our first time really pounding the pavement and talking to people about the idea.
I had the pleasure of pairing up with my buddy Duncan for this adventure.
C'mon, who wouldn't want to canvass with this guy?
One reason I'm interested in creating a community space for Greenfield is the stark divisions I see between different parts of the local population. It's a town of 18,000. As someone from the city, it definitely has that small town vibe which makes me think everyone should know each other. In some ways that's true, and it can start to feel like a very small place. In other ways however people of differing class or race backgrounds rarely interact.
Many aspects of life here are really wonderful and desirable, like the beautiful natural surroundings, the accessible downtown area, the strong local businesses. In a way, I think that makes people hesitant to acknowledge the issues which do exist for the community. Just as other places across the country, unemployment and poverty rates are high. Addiction and homelessness are deeply engrained cycles many people in the community are struggling to break out of. Youth finish (or don't) public school and have few local options for employment.
Look, it's really pretty. All our societal ills have gone away!
These realities don't fit into the picture a lot of people hold in their mind about this place, so they often are overlooked.
These attributes have made it difficult for me to find a place in the local mix. While I am an environmentalist, I view environmental issues through an intersectional lens. I don't just want to talk about carbon emissions, but also inequality and hierarchy in our communities.
I haven't found that in the somewhat siloed aspects of local politics.
So that's just why I want a community space, a place where people can get together to talk about these things,and have musical and cultural events.
Duncan and I started walking east down Main Street, with some flyers and surveys in hand (longboard too).
We first stopped to talk to a group of guys standing on the sidewalk. Duncan bummed a cigarette and we asked them what they thought of the community space idea. They all took a survey and wrote in their ideas. A few gave us their numbers so we could be in touch about future activities.
We then headed down to Greenfield Community TV to borrow a camera to document some of the day. We talked awhile with one of the directors and got set up with a camera, tripod and boom mic to film on the street. Back outside, the first woman we talked to, pushing a stroller down the street, seemed particularly excited about the idea. She is a teacher at the closest elementary school and said she'd be happy to help.
If at any point we had started to wonder about the importance or utility of this project idea, we were certainly reassured yesterday. It's clear when you ask someone a question that strikes at their own desires. Whether it's because they feel targeted by police on the street, or want a place which offers free programs for kids, or they want to share their music more with their neighbors, we're talking about an idea that rings true to many people.
Some assorted characters at our first community space potluck.
That was exciting to see, and while we only have a few weeks left in Summer of Solutions to move this project along, I can see it has real potential to carry on past our program and be taken on by others around us.
The SoS crew at a recent community event.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Kevin Ollie and Fred Hoiberg met as high school basketball stars more than two decades ago when they went on the same recruiting trip to Arizona.
"I think it worked out for both of us," Ollie said with a smile.
Each now coaches his alma mater, and they'll face one another Friday in the Sweet Sixteen. Though Ollie may have the advantage playing just a short trip from UConn's campus.
In between that shared visit to Tucson and this week's NCAA tournament East Regional at Madison Square Garden, Ollie and Hoiberg were teammates for part of a season with the Chicago Bulls in 2001-02. Six years later, when Hoiberg was an assistant general manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves, he lobbied to sign Ollie because he knew the veteran could provide needed leadership.
Those sorts of intangibles are why both lasted in the NBA so long, and why it's little surprise the friends landed in coaching.
"Kevin and I weren't very good players, but to stick around — me for 10, him for 13 years — you have to have some of those qualities: a work ethic, good teammate," Hoiberg said Thursday.
Those lengthy pro careers show in the 41-year-old coaches' philosophies in college, the way they try to run their offenses to create mismatches for their best players. The style has certainly worked in their brief careers on the bench.
Hoiberg, in his fourth season, has led the Cyclones to three straight NCAA bids for just the second time in school history. His tournament debut as coach came against none other than UConn, when Ollie was an assistant. The Cyclones won that day in 2012, the programs' only previous meeting.
Hoiberg's up-tempo approach has allowed him to repeatedly overhaul his roster with transfers and keep winning.
"Just letting us play free, giving us the confidence to go out there and play, play for each other," said DeAndre Kane, who has thrived in his one season in Ames after coming over from Marshall.
The third-seeded Cyclones (28-7) hadn't made the Sweet Sixteen since 2000, and they did it without third-leading scorer Georges Niang, who broke his foot in their tournament opener. Hoiberg goes into each game with a card listing plays he thinks can expose the opponent's weaknesses. One side was mostly filled with sets that run through the versatile Niang, a 6-foot-7 sophomore who averaged 16.7 points and 3.6 assists.
Iowa State still managed to eke past North Carolina on Kane's winning shot Sunday, then at least had a few more days of preparation to add some wrinkles for Niang's teammates before its next game. And the guy whose plays fill the other side of that card will still take the court Friday.
UConn star guard Shabazz Napier is just 6-1 but plays far bigger — as his 5.9 rebounds per game attest. He'll take on the main assignment of defending Kane, but Ollie expects every player in the rotation will help out at some point.
After the Huskies beat former Big East rival Villanova to return to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since that title run, Ollie told his players they'd come full circle. UConn was ineligible for the Big East tournament at the Garden in its last season in the conference.
Now the Huskies are playing in the Sweet Sixteen in the building where they won seven Big East tourney titles. Ollie warned that being the local favorite doesn't guarantee anything. After all, UConn beat Memphis on the Tigers' home floor in the American Athletic Conference tournament.


Lean back with a drink and a bite to eat within easy reach and watch the magnificent Frisian landscape pass you by. Take plenty of photographs to preserve the beautiful memories. It's all possible thanks to a number of the organised boat trips throughout the region. Do you like to take the helm yourself? Or do you want to explore the landscape by sailing, surfing, supping or canoeing? Everything is possible!
Let someone else take the helm!
With the whole family, or the entire camping site, Rondvaardij Princenhof (pleasure boat hire) in Earnewâld has a suitable craft for all occasions. An experienced guide will travel with you to provide regional information and, to add to the fun, you can set up a barbecue on deck.
It Fryske Gea has a pleasure boat known as the Blaustirns that runs on solar energy and is almost silent during operation. The upper deck provides magnificent views, or you can stay warm and cosy inside while still enjoying the surroundings. Sail past the marsh woodlands, reed fields, summer polder and peat bogs!
Discover Lauwersland by water with the M.S. Silverwind. Lauwersmeer, the Wadden Sea or the inland waterways? It's all possible. Reservaion at Het Booze Wijf, Lauwersoog.
Listen to stories about sea fishing during older days and experience the atmosphere of working on a fishing boat under sail, the Wierumer Aek WL 19. Reservation at Museum 't Fiskershúske.
Once on board the Vlinderbalg pleasure boat, you will learn how the Lauwerszee (sea) became the Lauwersmeer (lake) and how the flora and fauna progressed with the times. You can depart from Oostmahorn and Lauwersoog.
Fancy a piece of cod?
The MS Tender will take you to catch some fresh fish in the North Sea. You might even spot a seal or a white-beaked dolphin on the way!
Crossing waves at 90 km per hour? Take an exhilarating and unforgettable trip on the Tornado, a Wadden powerboat.
Want to hire a boat by yourself. There are plenty of options! A whisper boat is reasonably quiet, hence the name. The engine controls are relatively simple. This allows the helmsman to still take in the views. The controls of a motor boat are also fairly straightforward while the actual boat offers more space. To make a real impression, go for an electric sloop! It is not only superb in appearance, but these boats are fitted with the latest mod-cons.
Are you ready for a journey of discovery in De Alde Feanen National Park? Raise the sails, listen carefully to the experienced instructors while they will explain everything about your equipment. Even children can master this magnificent watersport. Sailing on the Frisian lakes can be done at Watersportcentrum De Twirre, Camping It Wiid and Recreatiecentrum Bergumermeer, Annage Skûtsjesilen and Age Veldboom Zeilactiviteiten.
Whether you decide to rent a boat and sail yourself, take lessons to learn to sail properly, or you would like to take to the water under supervision, the Lauwersmeer National Park is the ideal place on which to raise your sails. All of this can be arranged at the Waddeninzicht and at De Lauwer.
Travel silently past the villages and enjoy the local surroundings. This region is also perfect for canoeing! Do you want to know more about routes and about renting a canoe? You can read it at Canoeing.
Why not try a SUP?
This wetland region can be explored perfectly well by traditional methods. However, for something different, you may want to try a SUP. Often described as 'walking through the wetlands'. A 'SUP', otherwise known as a 'Stand-Up Paddleboard' involves standing on a surfboard while using a paddle to move along. This is not only a different outlook on water recreation, but a whole new way of seeing the surroundings. When you 'SUP' through the Friesland landscape, you might occasionally come face-to-face (literally) with horses or cows on the wetland. The pastime of SUP can be enjoyed in Earnewâld at De Twirre, Outdoor Veldboom and Camping It Wiid, in Feanwâldsterwâl at Hotel Café 't Dûke Lûk, in Eastermar at SUP Centre Fryslan and De Grote Wielen (nearby Leeuwarden) Windsurfvereniging PZV de Wielen.


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1 ARTICLE I – PURPOSE
2 ARTICLE II – GENERAL PROVISIONS
3 ARTICLE III – WEBSITE
4 ARTICLE IV – DONORS
5 ARTICLE V – OTHER INFORMATION
6 APPENDIX A – LIST OF WEBSITES
7 APPENDIX B – LIST OF THIRD-PARTY DATA PROCESSORS
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Who are you when you are not home ?
I have met myself in the morning and I was this woman who laid down in a wild sun, under the wing of a tree, with a smell of poppy and corn tickling my nostrils .
I miss home when the clouds and rains are missing from me.
I miss home when the thunders are missing from me.
I miss home when I meet people that lack emotion, integrity and authenticity.
I miss home when I realize how superficial the world can be and how easily charmed by fading beauty, chained by absurd demands created by a crowd of uneducated, senseless people.
My heart has this quiet weep seeing that few are remained who love poetry, who look into the heart of science, who find comfort in old music.
I find myself a weird torment that keeps a book open to find answers and to seek for a connection .
I find myself a fool who wants to have a cappuccino with foam while talking about philosophers, spiritual paths, religion and social evolution .
I find myself just this dumb girl who does not have all the answers and that is when she misses her old friends most.
← Where should we begin ?


Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan are one of the most power-packed couples of Bollywood. As the royal couple completed 6 years of their marriage, with no lavish celebrations they celebrated the anniversary in a very private and casual style. Ever since their marriage, they have been giving us major couple goals and also engage in their little things along with munchkin Taimur. Fans call the couple Saifeena lovingly as the duo started dating each other during the film TASHAN. On the occasion of their wedding anniversary, Saif's sister, Soha Ali Khan took to social media to share a story in which the two make a happy and perfect couple.
While Saif looked smart as usual in a white shirt, his wifey Kareena Kapoor glittered in a yellow outfit. The most eye-grabbing moment captured was the cuddle and their hugs which looked too adorable. Well, they make a lovely couple but post their marriage they weren't seen together in a film. We would love to see their chemistry again on the big screen soon. Till then take a look at the pic and wish them a happy married life.
I CANNOT STOP CRYING ???????????? JUST LOOK AT THEM!!! OH MY GOD! MY HEART, MY EVERYTHING ???????? THEY ARE SO ADORABLE AND PRECIOUS! MAY GOD ALWAYS BLESS THEM WITH ABUNDANT HAPPINESS, LOVE AND SUCCESS. ?? *TOUCHWOOD* *PUTS KAALA TEEKA* THANK YOU @sakpataudi FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE ????????????????????????????


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From a laid-back airplane style to channeling first class in economy, this Toronto-based style blogger shares how she travels in style.
Warning, you may get a serious case of FOMO after perusing Justine Iaboni's blog JetsetJustine.com. The Toronto-based style blogger and writer is hardly new to the blogging scene, launching her blogging career in 2009 with Whatever Eurotrash, her self-proclaimed "diary to the world," but by late 2013 Justine was ready for a change and re-branded her blog to what we now her know today. A mixture of personal style posts, street style inspiration, plus her personal travels, Justine mixes luxury and street-style effortlessly.
So how does this style blogger manage to travel in style? Read on to find out some of her travel essentials (one of which can be found at the Dollar Store), what she wears on the airplane and how acquiring a memorable souvenir could have ended in disaster.
My carry-on bag is a Louis Vuitton Neverfull in the classic monogram. Like the name says, it is literally never full. It's the most durable bag I have ever owned — to think those two tiny leather straps can bear the weight of my laptop, hardcover books, my Samsonite pillow and blanket set, 1.5L of Fiji water and toiletries without even flinching is a handbag mystery.
What are the top 3 essentials you put in your carry-on?
Top 3? Yikes that's hard. Fiji Water, fuzzy socks to change into on the plane and a stack of magazines.
Travel accessory you can't leave home without?
My Samsonite pillow and blanket set. It's like being first class in economy.
How do you kill time waiting for your flight?
My iPod on shuffle. Also, writing in my Smythson journal and planning my outfits.
Hotel Costes in Paris. They have the best rose shop on earth.
Hotel amenity you can't live without?
Best meal on your last trip/ever. Where and what did you have?
One of the most memorable meals was dinner at Umberto a Mare, nestled on the side of a cliff in Ischia. They did an amazing paccheri con pesce spada.
Buddha Bar compilations and ones that I make uniquely for each trip depending on the destination.
Rosebud salve. I put that S*** on everything.
Tell us about your airplane style. What pieces would make up your outfit?
Tag Heuer timepiece, an Hermes bracelet and diamond stud earrings. I wear all of my fine jewellery on-board so I never have to worry about it being stolen.
A sea urchin shell perfectly preserved in memory of the time I was impaled by one in the Amalfi coast after jumping off a rock into the sea. Stupid idea.
Where was your last vacation and who did you travel with?
My last vacation was with my boyfriend, we travelled to Vancouver together.
What was the best thing you did on your last vacation?
Stephanie Gray graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Journalism. For three years Stephanie was the online editor at Weddingbells Magazine and has also written for publications including Canadian Living, CHIC Magazine by Germain, ElleCanada.com, Metro, and Elevate. She's also worked as a Web Merchandiser for The Shopping Channel. Her personal and professional travels have taken her to such destinations as Argentina, Turks & Caicos, Norway, Switzerland and Hawaii.


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Date: August 4, 2016 Print article -
Topic category: Education
Offense by Design, 2
Tolerance of the intolerable is civilizational suicide.
The Left teaches that it is morally superior to accept all religions as peaceful, which keeps the populace blind to the truth that the Koran leads to violence and death. Today's educational system has been severely corrupted.
It began when Dalia Z, a high school junior and editor of her school newspaper in suburbia, Ohio, championed Aya, a senior who complained to school authorities that she was a victim of racial bias because she wore a hijab. To the disquieting article, I wrote "Offense by Design," and Dalia replied in her defense. In response to my readers' requests and to Dalia, I submit the following about the severely misinformed product of our deteriorating national educational system.
Dalia, the first generation American of a Holocaust-surviving Jewish family, attended Jewish day school and presumes knowledge about immigrants, irrespective of the individual's personal history, heritage, culture, language, beliefs, needs, aspirations, and expectations. By referencing 11 million Nazi victims, she dismissed the conventional number of six million Jews exterminated, two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. (New research indicates the number could well be 20 million people in some 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps, not the accepted 1,500.) Hitler called himself a barbarian, and despised morality; hence, he abhorred the Jews, guardians of ethics and morals, and made them his priority in his race war. Dalia's Holocaust lessons appear to have been sideswiped and distorted by a Leftist position.
Pursuant to my negating her blaming Donald Trump for America's current racism, Dalia glossed over the growing divisiveness since 2008, when Trump was absent from the scene. It is President Obama who has divided and undermined our country at home and abroad, repeatedly sullying our American history to our enemies, diminishing our exceptionalism, insulting and betraying our allies, and even initiating the teaching climate that blames white people for all our ills.
Obama snubs the white Christians who left England's monarchy to create a republic; establish our national government, fundamental laws, and guarantee certain basic rights for its citizens. Our US Constitution and The Bill of Rights (the first Ten Amendments) protect the individual from tyranny; and the Republican Party, specifically, instituted our 13th Amendment against slavery; our 14th Amendment to ensure that no State can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process; and the 15th Amendment that guarantees the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, against strong opposition by the Democrat party.
By sermonizing to the American people on gun control, gay rights, racial discrimination, our police and armed forces, climate change, transgender bathrooms, immigration, etc., Obama pits one faction of the community against the other. Divisiveness exists in school textbooks because Hillary Clinton ("it takes a village") and President Obama implemented the Common Core curriculum that supports Islam while suppressing Judaism, Christianity, and Americanism. The program, crafted by the unqualified David Coleman and funded by the Bill Gates Foundation and a 45 percent investment interest by Dubai World/Istithmar Board of Directors (EMPG) in the publishing companies that provide 52 percent of American textbooks, was presented by then-US Secretary Arne Duncan to the National Governors Association with a threat of withholding funds – long before Trump's appearance. This was eagerly accepted by Governors Jeb Bush and John Kasich.
Instead of learning the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Ten Commandments, today's students study the Five Pillars of Islam, the Hajj, and the Kaaba. To his credit, during his campaign, Trump promised to return the right of education to the states (10th Amendment) where it belongs.
Aya, born in the US, may be "just another awkward teen," but she chose to blame her fellow students for her discomfort. Everyone has differences to overcome, whether in the classroom, social setting, or workplace and perhaps Aya did not extend herself enough, demanding instead of earning respect. Yet Dalia, who authored the article, presented the perfect example of Common Core thinking by citing Aya's and her own feelings. Students are learning affective, emotional outcome-based conclusions instead of common sense / critical thinking or factual verification.
Nevertheless, not so long ago the hijab provoked only mild interest and curiosity, but today's thoughts align Islamic dress with Islamic violence and destruction of non-Islamic cultures. Who is to blame? The non-Muslim whose life is under daily threat? or the Muslim who represents the ideology that boasts its intent to dominate the world?
Mohamed Akram, a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) operative in Virginia, understood that a "soft" or "stealth jihad" would be more effective than terrorism in subduing the west. He wrote that their "work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands." This is where the blame lies. If the non-Muslim responds with suspicion or animosity, he/she must not be reproached but understood.
It is fair to say that we all experience times of ridicule or rejection, and the following three healthy guidelines might be of help to anyone in that common situation:
Don't criticize, condemn, or complain
Become genuinely interested in other people
Join, praise, and appreciate others.
Aya's donning the scarf of the stealth jihadist appears to be a statement, pushing boundaries and creating a societal discomfort for Islamic gain. Provocation through her hijab and its tie to an oppressive culture brings her victimhood, attention, and reaction, and Dalia, the writer, should not be taking on the position of her Islamic apologist.
Assuming that Aya does not sympathize with the violence and bloodshed seen in New York, Boston, Florida, Madrid, London, Brussels, Germany, Paris, Nice, Calais, Bosnia, Argentina, Mali, Israel, Kenya, (and more), she should be directing her anger at her co-religionists who announce their exclusivity, hate and brutality, and who have virtually destroyed any Islamic claims to being civilized. Towards her fellow students, she should have shown more humility combined with an openness to discuss her values and beliefs in order to gain acceptance. In a civilized society, it is incumbent upon the one who gives offense to apologize, not the one who is offended. Aya might have chosen to show genuine grace and good manners rather than create a situation of suspicion and animosity. She might also have considered the likely fate of an individual's wearing a cross or kipah in Islamic society.
To Dalia's offensive, defamatory statement of moral equivalence – that terrorism exists among all religions, another sign of her Leftist education – I provide statistics: There have been no Jewish and Christian offensive terrorist attacks; and none by Buddhists, Hindus, Zoroastrians, or animists. However, the number of deadly Islamic terrorist attacks since 9/11, to date (8/01/16), is 28923; the death count mounts rapidly, with the number of severely injured unknown. Islam is at war with minorities and majorities in 33 countries; 57 percent of anti-religious hate crimes in the US targets Jews and 17 percent targets Muslims. In Europe, the vast majority of hate crimes against Jews are committed by Muslims, and less than 1 percent of hate crimes against Muslims are carried out by Jews.
Islam has the unenviable reputation for being the only religion that teaches, as a matter of doctrine, violence against all other people:
Quran 8:60: Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of God.
Quran 9/29: Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allah, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.
Islam is a religion of war: its followers inflict death and destruction upon both Muslims and non-Muslims daily, with growing sadism and ferocity. American students are a captive audience to unscrupulous instruction, manipulated to mask the truth and protect the guilty (Islamophobia). Dalia and her teachers should be duty-bound to provide the statistics of the Jewish and Christian terror attacks they claim, and other accusations, or apologize for the unwarranted and offensive defamation.
June's statistics alone should be yet another warning: 238 attacks, 2055 killed, 2006 injured, in 13 countries, by Muslims. As a reporter, writer, and potential voter, Dalia cast blame upon Mr. Trump for the thousands of unvetted migrants brought in by Obama and Hillary Clinton into safe "receiving" communities and for the subsequent crime and carnage – the honor killings, stabbings, beheadings, mass rape of young women that remain unreported by mainstream media.
Sharia obliges Muslims to engage in jihad worldwide. There is not a country where there are Muslims, where the construction of that first mosque doesn't result in conflict with the host population. Obama's Department of Justice is suing Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, for refusing their first mosque, the forerunner of unvetted migrants into an unsuspecting community. And more than half of Muslims living in America today say they would prefer sharia law over the US Constitution!
Dalia reacted and wrote as she was taught – to avoid the uncomfortable or offensive truth. Students know nothing of sharia, the Islamic law that is antithetical to our Constitution and Western civilization, which Islamists intend to establish in every country in the world. They know nothing of the ramifications of this totalitarian socio-political doctrine, the comprehensive legal and political framework that seeks to regulate all behavior – economic, social, military, legal, and political. Under sharia, abhorrent behavior becomes acceptable, including such as child abuse, wife abuse, female genital mutilation, polygamy, underage and forced marriages, marital rape, honor killing, pedophilia, restrictions on music and art, decapitation, chopping limbs, and stoning, as authorized by Mohammed in the Koranic hadith.
While the majority of Muslims may not follow the directives or engage in jihad, the reality is that the imposition of strict sharia doctrine is followed at different stages across the world, and it includes the repugnant behaviors and crimes. Through our own freedoms of religion and diversity, we inadvertently enforce a tolerance that allows for an unconstitutional agenda. Tolerance of the intolerable is civilizational suicide.
Dalia bristled at the comparison between Muslims and Hitler. She cited the people killed by Nazis over five years, but ignored the forces of sharia that have warred against non-Muslims for 1400 years, and against America for 220 years – when Thomas Jefferson repulsed the Barbary pirates, beginning with 1778. "Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts of believing people and remove the fury in the believers' hearts (Qur'an 9:14-15).
Jihad destroyed a Christian Middle East, a Christian North Africa, and the Persian Zoroastrians - about 60 million people; annihilated about 80 million Hindus (half their civilization); devastated the first Western Buddhists (Greeks descended from Alexander) and all Buddhists along the silk route, about 110 million; and obliterated more than 120 million Christians and animists in Africa. The Jews became permanent targets throughout Islam. This total of 270 million is considered a low estimate by many researchers, and yes, Islam can be compared to Nazism.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, a Muslim who admired Hitler's hatred of the Jews and wrote to Hitler of his desire to collaborate with the Nazi party. With Nazi support, al-Banna developed the Brotherhood into a Middle East ally, complete with spy network and troops in the Waffen-SS Handschar Divisions. Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was another Hitler admirer. The Palestine Brigade that helped Britain was Jewish; the Muslims fought on the side of Hitler and joined the invasion of the new nation of Israel. The MB in Israel created Hamas, which uses the Nazi salute and reads Mein Kampf. Translated into Arabic in 1930 and retitled My Jihad, it remains a bestseller in the Islamic world. And yes, again, Islam can be compared to Nazism.
The Hebrew and Christian scriptures do not command or endorse murder, but the Koran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule, along with instructions to chop off heads, fingers, and kill infidels. They are warned to fight or be sent to Hell, facts omitted from the classroom.
The Left teaches that it is morally superior to accept all religions as peaceful, which keeps the populace blind to the truth that the Koran leads to violence and death. Islam is intolerant: the apostate deserves to be killed; all public expression of ideas and art must submit to Sharia's prohibitions; musical instruments are condemned; those who listen to singing will have their ears filled with lead; those who make pictures will burn in Hell (their art is geometrical); all literature must meet sharia's restrictions; those who resist must be killed. The United Nations finally revealed the number of honor killings worldwide (Muslim-on-Muslim crime, men against their wives and daughters) at 5,000 per year.
In this Obama Era, we suppress and tolerate criminal behavior in the name of relativism, tolerance, anti-racism, diversity and political correctness, and shroud the truth as they shroud their women, and allow ourselves to be deceived.
Dalia tried to explain away Islamic terrorism, indulge Aya's position of feigned victimhood, and to be dismissive of Orthodox Jews who were Hitler's earliest victims as roaming Brown Shirts cut their beards and made them clean the streets with toothbrushes, who were gassed along with other Jews, who were ridiculed in cartoons that Muslims now reproduce for their own hate propaganda, and who labored side by side with all other Jews to build a thriving democratic Israel out of barren swamp land. The orthodox were among the Jews who had to relinquish their beautiful city, Gush Katif with its thriving greenhouse businesses, to make room for Arabs in a "land for peace" exchange, and there was still no peace as the city was converted into a rocket-launching pad. Her own heritage aside, Dalia was taught to malign Jews who dedicate themselves to live by the laws of the Torah and Commandments, and who transmit the honesty and morality of Judaism from one generation to the next.
American school children are learning what Palestinian children learn – to disparage Jews and Israel, which could again lead to genocide. Muslim student groups' anti-Semitic activity is eight times more likely to occur on a college campus if one anti-Zionist group exists. The number of anti-Semitic campus incidents increased by 45% from last year. Suppression of freedom of speech and assembly for Jewish students doubled from last year. We are reminded at every Passover Seder that the enemy rises up against Jews in every generation, and I am distressed to see how Dalia and other students are being indoctrinated.
We know that not all Muslims are the same, and we don't know Aya's perspective, but I think it was fair to lay out the case. I personally wish her well and hope she and this entire generation, which is also my grandchildren's generation, live happy American lives, in security, under our laws and the guaranteed freedoms.
I wrote more than I'd intended, but falsehoods and accusations without proof require fewer words, whereas repudiations require reason and proof. Today's educational system has been severely corrupted, and the children deprived of much. When we return America to her original greatness, I hope that we will be able to do the same with our educational system.
My information comes from several sources, and I recommend the reader avail him- or herself of the data within the links provided above. I recommend a simple, short book, Sharia Law for Non-Muslims, by Bill Warner, Center for the Study of Political Islam, and another, though larger, but also an easy read, Sharia, the threat to America; an exercise in competitive analysis" Report of Team B II.


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Q: Unintended Behavior of Vertex Color I'm trying to create a vertex color change feature using varying which is intended to give a result of gradient appearance of each vertex like this

Meanwhile after inserting such a color combination like this
...
    this.vertices[0].setColor([255,0,0,1]); // red
    this.vertices[1].setColor([255,0,0,1]); // red
    this.vertices[2].setColor([255,0,0,1]); // red
    this.vertices[3].setColor([255,255,0,1]);  // yellow
...

The result is like this

It is supposed to be intended as a yellow gradient only on bottom left side of the shape, but instead, a half triangle was created.
Here is my shader C source code
const vSource = `
    attribute vec4 vPosition;
    attribute vec4 vColor;
    varying vec4 fColor;
    void main() {
        gl_Position = vPosition;
        fColor = vColor;
    }
`;

const fSource = `
    precision mediump float;
    varying vec4 fColor;
    void main() {
        gl_FragColor = fColor;
    }
`;

And here is the implementation of render function
  render = (gl, program, vBuffer, cBuffer) => {
    const vertices = [];
    const colors = [];

    for (let j = 0; j < this.vertices.length; j++) {
      vertices.push(this.vertices[j].coordinate);
      colors.push(this.vertices[j].color);
    }

    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, vBuffer);
    gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, flatten(vertices), gl.STATIC_DRAW);

    const vPosition = gl.getAttribLocation(program, "vPosition");
    gl.vertexAttribPointer(vPosition,2,gl.FLOAT,false,0,0);
    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(vPosition);

    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, cBuffer);
    gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, flatten(colors), gl.STATIC_DRAW);

    const vColor = gl.getAttribLocation(program, "vColor");
    gl.vertexAttribPointer(vColor,4,gl.FLOAT,false,0,0);
    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(vColor);

    if (this.shape == "line") {
      gl.drawArrays(gl.LINES, 0, vertices.length);
    } else {
      gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, vertices.length); // in this case, it is going to be TRIANGLE_FAN primitive
    }
  };

Would be thankful if you guys can catch something odd that might result in the bug.
P.S.: I have implemented shape creation such as polygon, transformation, and such, the coordinate-related action seems perfect, I just couldn't comprehend the problem that caused the vertices color to be like this.

A: The values of the color channels are floating point numbers in range [0.0, 1.0], but not integral numbers in range [0, 255]. e.g.:
this.vertices[0].setColor([1,0,0,1]); // red
this.vertices[1].setColor([0,1,0,1]); // green
this.vertices[2].setColor([1,0,1,1]); // blue
this.vertices[3].setColor([1,1,0,1]); // yellow

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Elkin "Ike" Isaac, '48, with 2010 Symposium presenter Rachel Leads, '10. "Meeting Ike Isaac was such a rewarding experience. His continuing dedication to the College and his regard for Albion students is truly inspiring," Leads said. "I feel honored that I can take part in the Elkin Isaac Student Research Symposium, which honors such a great man." (Photo:Vanessa McCaffrey)
The Elkin R. Isaac Endowed Lectureship was created in 1991 by Albion College alumni in honor of their former teacher, coach and mentor, Elkin R. "Ike" Isaac, '48. Isaac taught at Albion from 1952 to 1975 and coached basketball, track and cross country. He led his teams to one Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball title, six consecutive league championships in track, and three cross country championships. He also served as the College's athletic director and created Albion's "Earn, Learn and Play" program and the "Albion Adventure Program." In 1975, Isaac became athletic director at the University of the Pacific and retired from there in 1984.
Elkin Isaac passed away Aug. 13, 2013.
Reflecting Isaac's lifelong interests in higher education and research, proceeds from the endowment are used to bring a noted scholar to campus each year to offer the Isaac Lecture and to visit with classes. In 1997, the Isaac Lectureship was expanded and is now associated with Albion College's annual Student Research Symposium, featuring presentations by students recommended by their faculty sponsors for outstanding independent study and research. The symposium now bears Isaac's name.
The Isaac Endowment Committee:
Cedric W. Dempsey, ´54
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