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Didier Drogba has revealed that he does not want to spend time in the dugout as a coach, as he has much bigger plans for his future. The 41-year-old announced his retirement as a player following his recent spell with Phoenix Rising. Immediately, speculation mounted about his potential return to Chelsea, where he was reportedly offered a great job as a coach. However, Drogba has turned down this option in order to try and become the next Ivorian FA president.Augustin Sidy Diallo is the current president of the Ivorian FA and Drogba has already started campaigning about his outline for the FA if he takes over.
Regarded as one of the greatest African footballers, Drogba has been able to win every major honour in English football during his time with Chelsea – over two spells. Hence, a natural line of progression would have been taking up a coaching role at Chelsea considering that the club have already brought in two of their former players – Petr Cech and Frank Lampard – in a coaching capacity. Lampard has been appointed as the club manager whereas Petr Cech is the sporting director. Drogba would have been in a bigger capacity, but he has chosen to spend his time with African football, where he is regarded in legendary status.
"I had an offer to stay at Chelsea where everything would be perfect and conditions are met. But I want to help Ivorian football because I love it!I am a leader, and my vision is bigger than just the simple role of being a coach. A coach has an impact on a club – but I want to have an impact on an entire nation.I want us to re-think football, with a nationwide vision, so we can develop the game here. The Ivory Coast has a glorious footballing past," said Drogba.
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Learn to create an effect with visual shader patches. In this tutorial, you'll take custom texture and use patches to transform it. You'll adding color and change its position, so it looks and moves across the face like a realistic beam of light.
Download the sample content to follow along with this tutorial. If you open the unfinished project in the sample content folder, you'll see we've already imported the texture you'll need - it's listed in the Assets panel as lightLeak_tex, and looks like a beam of light.
Separating the user from their background using segmentation and the camera texture.
Adding a color gradient, using the Patch Editor.
Distorting a texture, again using the Patch Editor.
Normalizing the values created by the face tracker.
Connecting the face tracker to the rest of the patch graph, so the light moves in response to facial movement.
Adding animation, to gently move the texture.
Using the Screen Pan patch to add interactivity.
In the finished effect, a beam of light shines across the user's face. It isn't visible in the background because we've separated the foreground and background using segmentation.
Materials in both the foreground and background also have the camera texture applied to them. In the foreground, we'll combine segmentation and the camera texture with the light leak texture, and a gradient effect too. In the background, we'll just add a gradient.
In Spark AR Studio, segmentation effects are created using a texture called a segmentation mask texture. Start by inserting the 2 rectangles that will render the textures in the scene.
Click + in the menu bar, and select a Rectangle. It'll automatically be inserted as a child of the canvas. The canvas ensures rectangles scale up and down with the size of the device screen.
Right-click the canvas, select Insert then Rectangle.
The first rectangle in the list background.
The second rectangle in the list user.
Like before, it's worth renaming the materials. Rename them user_material and background_material, to correspond with the rectangles they're applied to.
Select the rectangles - you can select them both at the same time by holding command on your keyboard.
Click Fill Parent in the Inspector panel.
Select the Camera in the Scene tab - it's listed underneath Device.
In the Inspector panel, click + next to Segmentation Mask Texture.
You'll see the texture in the Assets panel, listed as Segmentation Mask Texture.
In the Inspector panel, tick the box next to Alpha.
Click the dropdown next to Texture, and select Segmentation Mask Texture from the list.
The camera texture is a video of what's being captured by the camera when the effect is open on a device. Applying the camera texture will show the user and background in the effect again.
Select the Camera in the Scene tab.
In the Inspector panel, click + next to Texture Extraction.
You'll see the texture listed in the Assets panel, as CameraTexture.
You'll finish creating this material in the Patch Editor, so you can combine multiple textures in the same material. Open the Patch Editor, by selecting View in the menu bar, then Patch Editor.
Next create a patch to represent the Camera Texture. You can do this by dragging it from the Assets panel, into the Patch Editor.
Selecting the material in the Assets panel.
Repeat this step - so you've created a patch for both the user_material and the background_material.
Next, connect the RGBA output in Camera Texture to the Diffuse Texture port in background_material.
If you change the video to your own camera, you'll see the background has appeared in the Simulator.
Now it's time to complete user_material, by combining it the camera texture and custom texture, using an Add patch.
The texture is listed in the assets panel as lightLeak_tex. Drag it into the Patch Editor to create a patch.
Right-click in the Patch Editor, and select an Add patch from the menu.
The RGBA port in the CameraTexture and lightLeak_tex patches to the Add patch.
The output in the Add patch to the Diffuse Texture port in user_material.
Now let's add the gradient effect. You'll need to break some of the connections between patches you've already made. It's simple to do this - just click on a port, and press delete on your keyboard.
The connection between Camera Texture and the Diffuse Texture port in background_material.
A Gradient and Gradient Step patch.
The Multiply patches to multiply the strength of the color gradient.
The Add patch to combine the gradient with the camera texture and custom texture we've already added.
The output of the purple Gradient patch to the input of the Gradient Step patch.
The Output port in the Gradient Step patch to the input port in each Multiply patch.
Change the color next to Previous Step to a pale yellow and the color next to New Color to white. You could pick different colors for a different effect.
Set the Start Range to 0.6.
The shape of the gradient will be set to Horizontal by default. For this effect, change the shape of the gradient by clicking on the patch, and selecting Circular from the menu.
The output of the second Add patch to the Diffuse Texture input in user_material.
The output of the remaining Multiply patch to the input in the second Add patch.
The value in the Multiply patch at the top of the graph to 0.7.
The value in the Multiply patch at the bottom of the graph to 0.2.
We experimented to work out the best values for the Multiply patches. You could make the color strong or weaker by adjusting these numbers.
At the moment, the texture looks flat and unrealistic. To add realism, we'll make the light leak texture bend and distort relative to the camera texture, so it appears to fall in three dimensions across the face.
When it's connected to the rest of the graph, it combines and distorts the camera texture and custom texture, adding realism to the effect. You can take a look at the patches that make up the Texture Distortion Shader by clicking the icon in the right corner of the patch group, to expand it.
This part of graph works by using Vertex Attribute patches to read UV values, which define how a texture is laid across a surface. In this case, the surface is the rectangles our materials are applied to. This graph will take those values - normalized from 0 to 1 horizontally and vertically. It will then offset them using RG and RGB values from the camera texture - using a Multiply patch to amplify the effect.
These UVs, distorted by the camera texture and applied to the light leak texture, will causes the beam of light to distort relative to the camera texture, by looking up pixels in the light leak texture using the Texture Sampler patch. This gives the effect of the light rolling across a 3D face, even though the distortion is happening based on the RGB values, not actual depth or 3D information.
We still need to adjust the values in these patches, and connect them to the textures and materials, so you're still going to learn exactly what each patch is doing.
The value in the Vertex Attribute patches to Texture Coordinates, to read the texture coordinates from the rectangles.
The Type in the Pack patch to Vector 2.
The output of one Vertex Attribute patch to the UV input in the Texture Sampler at the start of the graph.
The output of the other Vertex Attribute patch to input in the Add patch that's connected to the UV input in the second Texture Sampler.
Next we'll connect these patches to the rest of the graph.
Like before, you'll need to break some connections again to do this. Disconnect the CameraTexture and LightLeak_tex patches from the rest of the graph.
You can delete the Add patch that was connected to lightLeak_tex - we don't need it anymore.
The RGB port in lightLeak_tex to the Texture port in the Texture Transform patch.
Now it's time to adjust the values in the patches.
Start with the Pack patch at the end of the graph. Change the input value in the second row to 1.
You'll see the color in the scene, but the textures are really dark and the beam of light isn't visible.
So you can see the texture, adjust the value in the Multiply patch at the bottom of the graph. Change it to -0.1. Then, change the value in the Swizzle patch to xy.
Let's adjust the brightness now. Do this by changing the input value in the Multiply patch that sits between the Texture Transform and Add patches to 1.5.
Change the value in the Add patch connected to it to 0.5. The Add patch lifts the black levels of the light leak texture, so when it'is multiplied over the camera texture, it doesn't darken it too much.
Next to Translation, change X to -0.09 and Y to 0.013.
Next to Scale, change X to -1.1.
Change the Rotation to 180.
Next to Pivot change X to -0.5 and Y to 0.5.
Now you have the texture in the scene, you're ready to add interaction - so the texture reacts to the user's face, and moves when the screen pans. You'll also add animation, to make the beam of wobble slightly from side to side.
This part of the effect will use the face tracker to detect the position of the face, the Screen Pan patch to detect screen interaction, and the Loop Animation patch to animate the texture.
The values these patches generate are high. If you connected, for example, the Screen Pan patch directly to the rest of the graph, the tiniest touch of the screen would make the texture move very dramatically.
To solve this problem, you'll normalize these values using a Divide patch. This will divide the values outputted by these patches by a high number, so they're much smaller.
You'll also create Add patches, which you'll use later to connect the animation patches and the Screen Pan patch to the rest of the graph.
Right-click in the Patch Editor and select 2 Add patches and a Divide patch.
Change the Type of the Add patches to Type 2D, because these patches will move the texture in 2D space - on the X and Y axes. Click on the patches, and change the Type to 2D.
Connect the output of the Divide patch to the Translation input in the 2D Transform Pack patch.
Change the value in the Divide patch to 1000.
The face tracker will detect the movement of the user's face. This data will be used to drive the movement of the beam of light.
Click Insert in the Menu bar.
Select Face Tracker from the menu.
To create a patch representing the face tracker, drag and drop it into the Patch Editor.
You'll also need to select an Unpack, Pack and Multiply patch from the menu.
You'll use Unpack to split the X,Y and Z data stream representing the 3D Position of the face into individual channels. The Pack patch converts this data in to a Vector 2 data stream - X and Y. This data can then be read by the 2D Transform Pack patch.
You'll edit the Multiply patch to amplify the effect of the movement of the face, causing the light leak texture to move a bit faster in line with the face's movement.
Like with other patches in this effect, change the Type of the Pack patch to Vector 2, and the Multiply patch to Point 2D.
Finally, change the bottom values in the Multiply patch to -5 and -7, to amplify the movement of the face.
Next we'll add extra interest to the effect with an animation that makes the beam of light move slightly.
Change the Type of the Transition patch to Point 2D.
The Progress port in the Loop Animation patch to the Progress port in the Transition patch.
The output in the Transition patch to the lower input in the Add patch.
Next to Start, set X to -50 and Y to -120.
Next to End, set X to 50 and Y to -150.
Change the Curve to Quadratic In-Out.
The light beam should now move slightly across the face. Just one more step now - adding an interactive element to the effect using the Screen Pan patch.
Right-click in the Patch Editor, and select a Screen Pan patch. This patch will detect when a user moves their finger along the screen in one continuous motion.
You've now completed the effect!


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Desafio - Jiu Jitsu vs. Luta Livre, também chamado de Grande Desafio, foi um desafio de vale-tudo que aconteceu no dia 26 de Setembro de 1991, e teve como sede o Grajau Country Club, no Rio de Janeiro.

Este evento foi transmitido ao vivo pela Rede Globo.

O Desafio

Este desafio ocorreu após um grupo liderado por Hugo Duarte invadir a Copa Nastra de Jiu-Jitsu, na Urca. O episódio poderia ter terminado em pancadaria, mas eles chegaram à conclusão de que valia mais a pena decidir tudo, num desafio de vale tudo. Ali mesmo ficou decidido que Marcelo Behring faria a luta principal da noite contra Hugo Duarte, um ex-segurança de boate conhecido como o "General da Luta Livre". Dias antes, porém, Marcelo machucou o cotovelo. Assim, Hugo fora declarado vencedor por W.O. e, em cima do ringue, desafiou Marcelo mais uma vez. Durante anos, os dois se provocaram, trocaram insultos pela imprensa, mas o esperado duelo nunca aconteceu.

Os Lutadores

Representantes do Jiu Jitsu
 Wallid Ismail
 Amaury Bitetti
 Fábio Gurgel
 Marcelo Behring
 Murilo Bustamante

Representantes da Luta Livre
 Eugênio Tadeu
 Marco Ruas
 Denílson Maia
 Hugo Duarte
 Marcelo Mendes

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Relato das Lutas

Wallid Ismail (JJ) vs. Eugênio Tadeu (LL)
Foi a luta mais violenta do desafio. Eugênio Tadeu (que em 1984 havia vencido Renan Pitangui no Desafio: Jiu-Jitsu vs Martial Arts) claramente levava a a melhor na trocação. Esta vantagem em pé, porém, foi anulada pelo então faixa marrom Wallid Ismail, que logo levou a luta para o chão e abriu o supercílio do adversário com uma cabeçada. No segundo round, com a vantagem pela contusão de Eugênio Tadeu, Wallid leva novamente a luta pro chão e prossegue com a tática das cabeçadas, além de socos. Ao se aproximarem do limite do ringue, o juiz determina o recomeço da luta em pé. Wallid derruba novamente o oponente, e retoma a seqüência de socos, não interrompida, inclusive, quando ambos caem do ringue.
A demora do bastante castigado Eugênio Tadeu a retornar levou o juiz a abrir contagem e a determinar a primeira vitória do Jiu-Jitsu.

Esta vitória é muito contestada, uma vez que Eugênio Tadeu sempre alegou que foi impedido de voltar ao ringue por membros do Jiu-Jitsu.

Amaury Bitetti (JJ) vs. Marco Ruas (LL)
Esta luta não ocorreu, já que Marco Ruas desistiu de lutar, uma vez que iria participar de um evento em Manaus. Amaury Bitetti foi declarado vencedor por W.O.. Essa versão, da hipotética vitória por W.O, de Amaury Bitetti (sobre Marco Ruas), ela é inteiramente desconhecida, pela maior parte dos lutadores de Jiu-Jitsu e Luta-Livre. O que se sabe é que o lutador Amauri não pode lutar contra Denílson Maia, daí ter, sim, o faixa preta do mestre Jacaré, Fabio Gurgel, ter substituído Amauri e ter derrotado Denílson.

Fábio Gurgel (JJ) vs. Denílson Maia (LL)
Foi considerada a luta mais técnica da noite. Apesar de uma breve superioridade de Denílson no início da luta, quando levou o adversário ao chão castigando-o com chutes, Fábio Gurgel equilibrou a luta, após o juiz determinar o recomeço em pé, com um soco que fez sangrar o nariz do adversário. Na seqüência, Fábio levou Denílson ao chão, passou a guarda e montou, obrigando o juiz a encerrar o combate.

Marcelo Behring (JJ) vs. Hugo Duarte (LL)
Esta luta não ocorreu, já que Marcelo Behring se contundiu. Hugo Duarte foi declarado vencedor por WO.

Murilo Bustamante (JJ) vs. Marcelo Mendes (LL)
Esta luta não apresentou maiores dificuldades para Murilo Bustamante, que levou vantagem tanto na trocação como no chão. Após montar e aplicar uma seqüência de socos, Marcelo Mendes saiu do ringue. O recomeço não mudou a história, e após o lutador de jiu-jitsu levar nova vantagem, Marcelo Mendes saiu do ringue novamente e não retornou.

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Esporte no Brasil em 1991
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Mom accused of taking US rep's grandsons speaks up
WEST COVINA, Calif. – A mother accused of taking the grandchildren of U.S. Rep. Gary Miller and fleeing to Mexico vowed to fight the case against her.
"We're not running anywhere. We're going to stay and fight," Jennifer Dejongh told the Pasadena Star-News (http://bit.ly/nuF9GT ) in a story published Thursday.
Dejongh was arrested in Mexico last week, nearly four years after she disappeared with her second husband George Dejongh and the three boys she had with Miller's son.
Jennifer Dejongh was locked in a custody dispute with Brian Miller and said she decided to flee hours after signing papers granting temporary custody of the children to the congressman and his wife.
She was supposed to drop the boys at the Millers' house in November 2007 as part of a court order, but she never showed up.
Instead, she said she took some cash and bought a cheap car in Whittier.
"We didn't know where we were going. We just started to drive," she told the newspaper.
George Dejongh said he couldn't let his new bride travel alone with young children, so he went along.
The couple said they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Tijuana and awoke the next day to see news of their disappearance on television.
"I had no idea it was going to be so big," she said.
The couple said they moved to Aguascalientes in central Mexico, took on the last name O'Neil, changed the boys' first names and carved out a new life where Jennifer taught English and George played for the town's professional basketball team and gambled.
In 2008, she wrote a letter to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the Star-News claiming she was protecting her children from an abusive father who molested them.
Don Haslam, an attorney for Gary Miller and his son, said Dejongh made the same claims during the custody battle and nobody involved in the case substantiated her allegations.
The congressman represents California's 42nd Congressional District, including the communities of Diamond Bar, Brea, Chino and Chino Hills.
The Dejonghs' life in Mexico went undetected until several months ago when they moved to the border town of Mexicali with the boys and their newborn daughter. There, they had a run-in with a Mexican customs official who discovered their identities.
Authorities eventually tracked them to a house and walked in through the front door as they were just starting to eat dinner. They were taken to Tijuana, escorted across the border and turned over a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy.
The boys — one who is now 12 and a set of twins who are 10 — were turned over to child protective services, Jennifer Dejongh was taken to jail, and the baby girl stayed with her father.
Dejongh pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of child custody deprivation and has since posted bail. She is set to return to court Wednesday.
"I love my boys, and I think about them every second of every day," she said. "I can't wait to be with them again."


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Palin told to pay back taxes
Palin received per diem payments even though she was staying in her own home.
(CNN) - Alaska officials have told Gov. Sarah Palin she must pay back taxes on the thousands of dollars she received in state per diem funds while living at her home in Wasilla.
The Washington Post first reported last September that Palin had billed the state for nearly $17,000 worth of meals and other living expenses while staying in her own home during the first 19 months of her administration, even though the official governor's residence is in Juneau.
The news clouded Palin's self-styled image as a small government reformer, just weeks after she was tapped as John McCain's running mate. At the time, Palin's office said the governor was entitled to the payments.
Alaska administration commissioner Annette Kreitzner told the Anchorage Daily News on Tuesday that the governor's office had asked the office to review the tax treatment of the per diem payments after questions about the funds were raised.
Kreitzner told the paper that following the review, the per diem payments will be treated as income and that a revised W-2 statement will be sent to the governor.
Palin's office would not say how much she owes in back taxes, or if she would continue to receive the payments.
UPDATE: Palin spokesman Bill McAllister tells CNN that Palin "will abide by all IRS regulations and rulings and will pay what she owes. That number, though, is not a matter of public record."
Post updated 3:02 p.m. EST
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Hill the jobseller
oops.GOT hit by the club of the IRS.Dont mess with mother nature or the IRS.They dont have to follow any laws.
February 18, 2009 12:49 pm at 12:49 pm |
Will she ever go away! I am so glad she isn't the Governor of my state. What a looser hanging on till the next election. Surely, the Republicans would never consider running her..she is just a breeder with a lot of baggage and no ability to perform at a level this country and the state of Alaska needs. Go AWAY.
WhoCares?
"I wonder how Fox News will handle this matter?"
It won't even be mentioned.
They only report pro-Repub. or Anti-Dem reports. They have been getting even worse since the election.
It is literally like going to an Anti-American news agency now.
cxd
Please go away Sarah. The longer you are in the spotlight the more exposed you become (in other words, a Bimbo)......
Steve from Wisconsin
Once again, the sun rises, and CNN posts another story to prove how much they dislike Palin. Oh, it's great to be alive here in America!
PC, why do you think Palin should keep her opions to herself. You cetainly spout out yours every chance you get. I guess others opinions are fine, as long as they are inline with yours....
Once you vote Black
Palin is a joke! How can she do something like this? She would have gotten away with it if McCain did not tap her for VP. This goes agains all she says she stands for. I hope they remember this when she runs for office.
Cathy Brandes
Imagine that !
slimebag.
Jackson, Seattle
Well, what do you know....after all the bashing Obama's cabinet picks had to take from the GOP, now it appears one of their annointed ones hasn't paid her taxes either.
Let's have fun watching the GOP spin *this* story!
This woman is a piece of work.
Apparently, between troopergate, and this matter, she doesn't feel that the law doesn't apply to her.
J. McCAIN
I HEREBY CALL UPON GOV. PALIN TO RESIGN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATETLY.
People had been asking about the per diem tax issue during the election. If you're given money by an employer, it has to be reported. If Palin had been able to resolve this the minute the questions were asked instead of going on a four month victory lap, then the GOP wouldn't be looking so hypocritical right now.
dick delson
she is a BIMBO*
Lesson: You can only cheat and chisel on taxes if you are an Obama cabinet appointee.
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CNN reports "What we know, don't know about Freddie Gray's death".
Police have also maintained barricades preventing protesters from approaching the domed City Hall, and the station house where Gray was taken has been fenced off by barriers.
Ken Jones, a police spokesman, said Baltimore police had taken lessons from the Ferguson unrest.
Oh, wait; that's from Aljazeera America, that bleeding-heart liberal shill. How about a slightly more mainstream liberal shill, like CNN?
[S]ome protesters put themselves between police and enraged demonstrators to calm hot tempers. "Don't lose the message!" one of them called out again and again to the rowdier group.
Police Commissioner Anthony Batts thanked the peacemakers.
"Residents put themselves in between police officers and agitated crowd and asked for calm and asked for peace, which was very good to see," he said.
But a small group smashed store windows, police said.
Speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, who represents the area where the scuffles happened, blamed the violence on a few and said it could have been worse.
I'm not exactly sure how the violence broke out around 6 p.m. in front of Pickles Pub on Washington Boulevard and traveled up the street to The Bullpen, Sliders Bar & Grill, and Frank & Nic's West End Grille then down Howard Street. I know a small group of protesters and a small group of baseball fans started whipping bottles at one another and brawling.
When the protesters turned the corner onto Washington Boulevard from Camden Street chanting "black lives matter," some baseball fans applauded and a few angrily chanted back, "We don't care" -- someone who worked at The Bullpen confirmed this for me. He also said that some patrons chanted "run them over," and one yelled "go get them." Other protestors, including City Paper contributor D. Watkins and gang members interviewed on WBAL, recall bar patrons calling them "niggers," among other racist epithets.
...by the police. Another was detained and issued a citation.
...which brings us to Monday.
City police, acting on rumors of a violent protest beginning at 3pm, shut down the bus service near an area high school at 2pm, shortly before school lets out, and dispatch units in full riot gear -- and at least one tactical SWAT vehicle -- to the area, ready for when the students get out of school.
So, entirely predictably, students get out of school, can't go home, and so mill around for a while; eventually one teenager picks up a rock and throws it at the line of police standing right there with riot shields because OF COURSE WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU STOPPED THE KIDS FROM GOING HOME WHEN THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE ON THEIR MINDS?
Police threw rocks back; it turned ugly. And now Maryland has mobilized the National Guard, Baltimore has declared a 10-to-5 general curfew, and we have multiple headlines calling the city a "war zone". I'm not saying that this is the fault of the police, but, well, very serious mistakes were made. If Saturday was any indication, it seems like it wasn't a foregone conclusion that Monday would have turned violent -- except that the police department's assumption that it would seems to have been a self-fulfilling prophecy.
But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard.
A man was put into a police van while screaming, was taken out with a broken neck, and is now dead.
---still I would believe that a civil society should have loud -- and not entirely controlled -- public outcry every time.
I can imagine a world where, in defense against greater violence, police violence against civilians is -- very, very rarely -- required. And, in a population of 300 million, such violence may, once every few years, result in accidental death, despite the best efforts of the officers involved to use impossible-to-be-lethal force.
But I choose not to be so pessimistic as to imagine a world where, when innocent women and men are killed by police officers, the public outrage is containable, where the polity is so lacking in empathy that such a death fails to spark protests numbering in the thousands and -- among populations systematically downtrodden for generations -- yes, pockets of violence.
A government may, in choosing the lesser of two tragedies, choose to license violence against its citizenry -- rarely, but perhaps more often than never.
But a state which goes on to require of its citizens apathy in defense of such violence is lost.
And a polity which neglects to check the growth of institutional structures of racism is one that neglects to check the rise of the circumstances that form riots in the first place.
A populace which licenses a government which fails to stop its police force from brutalizing unarmed civilians allows that bones broken and lives lost and damage -- physical, social, and human -- done to a city in the aftermath of such deaths, is the price to be paid for safety from crime.
And a citizen of such a polity who believes that the actions of police against people 'not like me' are not his concern, but that the response of a small group of protesters to such actions is worthy of his condemnation -- is deluded. "Don't riot" is hardly a reasonable request for people systematically oppressed, kept in generations poverty almost without hope of escape, and confronted with riot squads assuming that violence is inevitable, even after days of peace.
You can claim that violence inflicted by the police is necessary for our collective security. But you can't simply balance security against bones broken and lives lost, and wash your hands of the events of the past few days, blaming them instead on those who've been packed into a powder keg for generations -- and had a match dropped on their head. The seeds of this week's events were sown by generations of racism and watered by a militarized police state, and the men, women, and children in the street are merely human, and unable to hold that built-up anger back -- though not, in most cases, for lack of trying.


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News from THIS OLD HOUSE: Roger Cook Steps Away, Jenn Nawada Named Landscape Contractor
By Stacey Mosteller | January 13, 2020
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Notes from Dan Suratt, CEO of This Old House Ventures, and Roger Cook, Landscape Contractor:
"For over 35 years, Roger Cook has provided expert landscaping and gardening advice to millions upon millions of viewers. But perhaps more importantly, he has displayed a sense of humor and warmth while going about his craft. As he stepped back from This Old House and Ask This Old House the last few seasons, Roger has maintained that grace and good-natured attitude, and endeared himself even more to his fans. He also continued to welcome landscaper Jenn Nawada into This Old House family as they worked alongside each other and she became a regular fixture on the shows. Today we welcome Jenn as the next This Old House Landscape Contractor, and thank Roger for representing the best of This Old House. Quite simply, This Old House would not be what it has become without Roger and all his contributions and he will always remain a member of the This Old House family. We thank Roger from the bottom of our hearts for all of his hard work and dedication to This Old House – we are forever grateful."
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce I am stepping away from This Old House and Ask This Old House to focus on family and the things I love. With a great team in place, and wonderful customers, our work at K&R Landscape will continue as before. While I'd love nothing more than to continue appearing on the shows, I can no longer participate as I'd like. But I'm not going anywhere. I'll still spend time with Kevin, Richard, Tommy, Norm and the entire team. There's nothing like that group of pros … and human beings. I'm truly blessed to have worked with the best in the business. My friend and fellow pro Jenn Nawada will now serve as the Landscape Contractor for the show, an honor she richly deserves. It's been an absolute honor being part of the show all these years. I'm proud of what we created, and that we've touched so many fans. Thank you for all of the good wishes and support." – Roger Cook
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Todd was born to George and Maryann McCray late in their lives, after they thought their child-bearing years were behind them. Now 20 years old, Todd lives with them on the Kansas farm that has been in George's family for several generations. The four older children, their spouses and children, visit frequently.
When Todd was born, the doctors never could agree on a diagnosis for Todd. After awhile, it ceased to matter to George and Maryann because they viewed him as their special gift. "Developmentally challenged" may be the most apt description for Todd's medical condition, but Todd doesn't face any challenges when it comes to his capacity to love and care for animals. He is an excellent assistant to his father, performing chores alongside him each day.
When the local animal shelter advertises a special program for the holidays, Todd enthusiastically wants to participate. Beginning December 18, families are encouraged to take one of the animals home for Christmas when the shelter is short-staffed and the animals must remain in their cages. After the Christmas festivities are over, if the family decides that they want to adopt the animal, they may. Otherwise, the animal may be returned on December 26, and again made available for adoption by someone else.
George, a Vietnam veteran, has experienced two profound life events involving dogs. When he began his tour of duty, he had to leave his beloved Irish Setter, Tucker, behind. And in Vietnam, a dog he adopted made the ultimate sacrifice for him. Since then, he has steadfastly avoided owning a dog.
One very special dog is waiting for Todd to visit the shelter and select him to be the McCray's Christmas foster dog. In fact, Todd decides to name the dog "Christmas." And with George's assistance, Todd even enlists the remainder of the McCray family, as well as their friends and neighbors, to participate in the foster program with the goal of emptying the shelter just in time for the Christmas holiday!
Will Todd learn the lesson about responsibility that George is eager to teach him? Will Christmas be returned to the shelter on December 26th? And whose heart really needs most to be touched by a dog named Christmas?
I am a sucker for a touching story about a dog and the myriad ways in which a dog can bring changes to the life of one individual or an entire family. After taking one look at the cover and quickly skimming the publisher's synopsis, I figured that I would enjoy Greg Kincaid's heart-warming, short tale about the black lab Todd christens "Christmas." I could not have foreseen how much I would love the book.
The character of George is no longer a young man and, having been wounded in Vietnam, his leg remains, all these years later, stiff and painful. Still, he works hard on the family farm and cares deeply about his family, as well as the family's roots and connection to their rural Kansas community. George loves Todd unconditionally, but does not make excuses for his disability and feels that Todd must learn a valuable life lesson about being responsible and living up to an agreement once it has been entered into.
When George protests participation in the foster program because the McCray working farm is ostensibly a place where animals are raised for the purpose of earning a living, his declaration is not disingenuous. But George is not fully honest with himself, his wife or his son, either. George was deeply attached to two dogs early in his life and losing those companions impacted him on a deep emotional level; he has never truly come to grips with those losses. His wife, Maryann, the woman who refused to date anyone else while George completed his military duty and married him soon after he returned home, has always stood by him as his life mate and supporter. She soon realizes that George's proffered reasons for not participating in the shelter's foster program are a pretext. Still, she wisely lets George work through his feelings, remaining ready to discuss the matter with him when he is ready to open up to her. Theirs is a long-term marriage grounded in familiarity and trust, and a pleasure to glimpse as a reader.
I grew up in rural Kansas with three rules. The first two were easy: Be truthful. Respect others. The third one was harder to figure: Humans on the inside and animals on the outside. Each species had its own unique place. Cows were in the pasture, horses in the paddock and dogs on the back porch or in their doghouse.
My grandfather, a dog lover to the core, would have thought it cruel to keep a dog locked up inside a house, constrained from his dog responsibilities: chasing rabbits, swimming in the pond, howling with the local coyotes, napping under a shade tree, or just waiting for my grandfather to come in from a hard day's toil in the fields. In his eyes, a dog was innately happier when residing in the wild kingdom.
When I was growing up, I was not allowed to have a dog, even though I begged for one more than once. Among the reasons cited by my parents was their belief that a dog would not have enough room to run freely in our modest-sized backyard. And cats belonged in barns chasing mice.
But there was a darker reason, as well. Shortly after my parents married, their little dog was struck by a car and instantly killed. My mother recalled that incident every time the subject of adopting a dog was broached and it was clear to me, even as a young child, that like fictional George McCray, my mother simply was not ready to work through her painful memories and open her heart to another dog. I swore that the first thing I would do when I established my own home was adopt a pet and, as it turned out, my beloved T.C. adopted me. For 18 years, she slept at the foot of my bed, nibbled my toes through the blankets, and purred loudly as she curled up in my lap at the end of a long, stressful day. Since that fateful day in 1981 when that curious little cat set her sights on my heart, my household has included at least one dog or cat. My children have no idea what it is like to live in a home without pets because they have never done so.
For those reasons, George McCray's struggle to come to terms with his past traumas, while determined to facilitate Todd's transition into manhood, rang decidedly true. Christmas, a well-trained, intelligent and, ultimately, loyal dog ingratiated himself into the McCray family's everyday routines, eroding George's resistance, hitting another authentic chord. That is, of course, precisely the way dogs and, to a lesser degree, cats are magically transformed into companions we cannot imagine our lives without.
Kincaid's tale began as a bedtime story for his children, and then evolved into a short novel. It's a quick read — easily completed in one sitting — and will hold the reader's interest from start to finish because of Kincaid's folksy, plainspoken writing style. The plot never bogs down, in part due to the believable dialogue, especially the conversations George has with Todd and the merciless haranguing to which George is subjected by other members of the family when they are introduced to Christmas and observe him interacting with Todd. Family and friends are shocked that George would actually demand that Todd return Christmas to the shelter, so George guilts them into participating in the program, as well, making it a rousing success.
Kincaid, a native Kansan who grew up on a farm much like the McCrays', roaming the fields with his faithful dog, takes just the right tone in A Dog Named Christmas. It will definitely bring a tear to the eye of even the most ardent animal-avoider, but Kincaid never manipulates the reader through exaggeratedly emotional tactics or plot developments. Rather, the emotional response to the story of the McCrays springs from the genuineness of the characters and the deceptively simple life they lead. The McCrays are our neighbors, our friends . . . they are us — instantly recognizable characters to whom Kincaid's readers can relate and for whom they feel an affinity and respect. They are characters for whom readers will wish the very best.
I read A Dog Named Christmas in conjunction with the 2010 Read 'n' Review, Christmas Spirit, and Holiday Reading 2010 Challenges.
This is a wonderful story! We didn't read the book but saw the movie on TV–loved it! Gerard reads a lot of dog stories–his latest is "Last Dog On The Hill" by Steve Duno.
This sounds like such a touching, heart-warming story. I'm thrilled that people are really understanding the variety of ways animals enrich our lives. Our society still has a ways to go to make sure animals are protected from the nasty people but animals are finally beginning to get the respect and understanding they deserve.
Thank you for your review of this beautiful book. I love the cover, too! I'm happy to know you, too, are very much an animal lover.


Question: increase data quota - temporarily?
I have a large dataset - the fastq is about 87 GB. I would like to run Galaxy/RepeatExplorer on it, but if I upload it I am told I have exceeded my storage quota. Would it be possible to increase the limit for me, temporarily, while I run this analysis? I imagine it will be smaller once I groom and quality trim the data, and convert to fasta.
Where are you running Galaxy? Also, I am not sure which tool you are using.
For the public Main Galaxy instance at http://usegalaxy.org, the quota per-dataset is 50 GB and per-account is 250 GB.
Just a guess, but with common repeat finder tools, you could probably break up the dataset into a few smaller datasets, execute the job on each, then merge the results at the end. When searching known repeats against a sequence datasets, these tend to work sequence-by-sequence, not on datasets as a whole. But that may not be true for the tool you are using, so double check the logic to make sure this is a viable alternative.
Another option is to move to a local or cloud Galaxy. Given the size of the data, unless you have a very large server and administrative support (or can do the set-up yourself), a cloud Galaxy is a better choice.
Is that possible to increase my usage space in galaxy?
Option to Increase Disk Quota on UseGalaxy for a Fee?


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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Cayden Bridges recovered a fumble in the end zone to give Auburn a 17-14 overtime victory over Missouri in an SEC opener on Saturday afternoon.
Missouri (2-2) running back Nathaniel Peat dropped the football before a potential game-winning touchdown, and Bridges landed on it to seal the victory for Auburn (3-1).
Auburn kicker Anders Carlson hit a 39-yard field goal to give the hosts the lead in overtime. Missouri jumped offsides on Carlson's try from 44 yards out, which was missed.
Carlson's overtime field goal was the only scoring after halftime. The two teams combined for 12 consecutive punts in the second half before Auburn running back Tank Bigsby was stopped on fourth-and-1 from the Missouri 30-yard line with 1:37 remaining.
Missouri kicker Harrison Mevis missed a 26-yard field goal attempt at the end of regulation. The visiting Tigers played for the final field goal following a 39-yard pass from Brady Cook to Dominic Lovett in the final minute of the fourth quarter.
Missouri: The pressure will only increase on Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, who is now 13-14 in his tenure with the Tigers. Missouri's offense struggled after halftime, going three-and-out on five of its seven possessions.
Auburn: The wild finish will help head coach Bryan Harsin, whose job security was in question after a 29-point home loss to Penn State last weekend. Still, Auburn finished with only 217 yards of total offense and averaged just 3.3 yards per snap.
Missouri returns home to face No. 1 Georgia on Saturday night. Auburn hosts LSU on Saturday night.


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Death toll jumps to 20 in Venezuela protests
Riot police and pro-government vigilantes fought running battles in Caracas with protesters demanding the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro © AFP / Juan BARRETO
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Caracas, Venezuela, Apr 21 – The death toll in three weeks of violence at anti-government protests in Venezuela jumped to 20 people after a night of clashes and pillaging left 12 people dead in Caracas.
Riot police and pro-government vigilantes fought running battles with protesters demanding the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro on the capital's east, west and south sides, witnesses said.
"It was like a war," said 33-year-old construction worker Carlos Yanez, a resident of the southwestern district of El Valle.
"The police were firing tear gas, armed civilians were shooting guns at buildings. My family and I threw ourselves to the floor. It was horrible," he told AFP.
Riot police and pro-government vigilantes fought running battles in Caracas with protesters demanding the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro © AFP / Gal ROMA
Eleven people were killed in the neighborhood, according to officials.
Eight of them were reportedly electrocuted while trying to loot a bakery amid the chaos. The rest were shot.
At nightfall on Friday, more protests and pockets of unrest were reported in eastern Caracas, and in Macuto in the neighboring state of Vargas. There was a heavy security presence in the city.
Police fired teargas to disperse crowds in the Caracas district of Palo Verde, where burning barricades of trash were set up. Armed men on motorbikes also sparked panic, witnesses told AFP.
– Hospital evacuated –
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles (C) demonstrates against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on April 20, 2017 © AFP / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT
The opposition accuses the government of sending gangs of armed thugs to attack them.
Videos shot by El Valle residents on Thursday night showed people throwing bottles and other objects out their windows at the gunmen in the streets below, shouting "Murderers!"
At one point, street protesters hurling Molotov cocktails managed to set fire to one of the armored police trucks firing tear gas at them, lighting up the night sky.
Fifty-four people, including newborn babies, were evacuated from a maternity hospital in the neighborhood.
There were conflicting explanations about the reason.
The government said "armed gangs hired by the opposition" had attacked the hospital. The opposition rejected the allegation, saying the children had to be evacuated because of tear gas fired by Maduro's "dictatorship."
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles (C) demonstrates against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on April 20, 2017 © AFP / Anella RETA, Gustavo IZUS, Vincent LEFAI, Kun TIAN
The hospital's director, Rosalinda Prieto, told AFP the evacuation was prompted by the stench of burning trash set on fire by protesters.
A man was shot dead in protests in the eastern neighborhood of Petare, the local mayor said. Prosecutors said they had opened an investigation.
Opposition leaders have called new protests for Saturday and Monday.
On Saturday, they plan to march in silence to the Catholic Church's episcopal seats nationwide. They plan to erect roadblocks on Monday to grind the country to a halt.
– Maduro sees US plot –
An economic crisis marked by severe shortages has left some Venezuelans scavenging for food, as seen here in Caracas on February 22, 2017 © AFP/File / Federico PARRA
Protesters blame Maduro — heir of the leftist "Bolivarian revolution" launched by the late Hugo Chavez in 1999 — for an economic crisis marked by severe shortages of food, medicine and basic goods.
Maduro says the protests against him are part of a US-backed coup plot.
On Thursday, he said the opposition had agreed to new talks. But his opponents denied the claim, saying the only way forward was to call elections.
Senior opposition leader Henrique Capriles slammed Maduro as a "dictator" and "mythomaniac."
Pressure on Maduro has been mounting since 2014, as falling prices for Venezuela's crucial oil exports have sent the once-booming economy into a tailspin.
The crisis escalated on March 30, when the Supreme Court moved to seize the powers of the legislature, the only lever of state authority not controlled by Maduro and his allies.
The court partly backtracked after an international outcry, but tension only increased when the authorities slapped a political ban on Capriles two weeks ago.
According to pollster Venebarometro, seven in 10 Venezuelans disapprove of Maduro, whose term does not end until 2019.
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I had an interesting meeting this morning with the CEO of a 'typical' technology startup.
He has 25 people in his company, he's been through a series of ups and downs but has a new technology which hopefully will fundamentally change the company's position in the marketplace. He's expecting to go from 25 to over 100 in the next year and a half.
The problem is the same one that many growth firms face. He struggles to hire enough of the people he needs and he's losing some of the old guard because they don't buy into the uncertainty associated with the next phase in his business. They don't know if the new product is going to succeed, they aren't 100% confident that the money will be there and they aren't sure how demanding the 'ride' will be. This is true of both the present employees as well as new candidates that he's interviewing.
What's been missing in his management messaging to present employees, and to his candidate message as he recruits, is the creation of 'his company's unique story' that people will care about.
People need the sense that what they're doing matters. Over the years, businesses have set goals for their people base on SMART metrics, i.e. Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound. They parse roles out into achievable mini-steps to get you to get you to a bigger place in the future.
In the world of Six Sigma and TQM (Total Quality Management), they do just fine. In the environment of technology disruption and product pivoting, they struggle to grab attention.
They want to be able to picture how great it will feel to achieve their goals.
They want to learn new skills to help them achieve it.
They want to feel part of creating their goals for the year.
They want to feel that what they're doing will enrich others (customers, the community, etc.).
They want to feel that what they're doing is aligned with the company's top priorities.
Heartfelt: They exist to serve something bigger than ourselves.
Animated: They're so vivid that to not reach them would leave us wanting.
Required: These goals are as critical to us as air and water.
Difficult: They'll test every one of our limits.
I don't know anyone that feels pumped by completing small incremental movements on the project dial. It's the fulfillment of big hairy audacious goals (BHAGs) that get teams totally engaged. Here's an article from Leadership IQ on getting your people emotionally attached to their goals.
Find your company's noble purpose and have a 'HARD' 🙂 New Year.


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Snow sports (Morning Session – also needs Trip to Stevens Pass to complete. To be scheduled at class.
Our next court of honor is coming up this Monday. We're currently planning on a BBQ at the Maple Leaf park starting at 6pm, weather permitting. A backup plan is in place, of course! All troop 151 families, scouts and siblings are invited. Bring a main meal dish if your last name starts with A-N And bring salad desert if O- Z.
The boys of Troop 151 just experienced a couple of great merit badge opportunities this month. The first was the Railroading Merit badge. 10 boys took a 2 hour (one way) trip down to just south of Mt. Rainier to spend nearly 8 hours in a real train yard. They had a great experience learning about the restoration, history, and career paths of railroading from the very dedicated people at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. They got to get up close to some real live steam engines and got a ride on a restored passenger car pulled by an older diesel engine. Really got a scale of how big, complex, and amazing these machines really are. See some pictures of this trip!
Just a couple weeks later, several Toop 151 scouts were able to attend a 3 hour session at the University of Washington to learn about music, musical instruments, and performers. Many thanks to the UW marching band for giving their time and energy to the boy scouts to put on this event! It gave them a bit of knowledge about music, a taste of college, and the opportunity to hear some great musicians. The best part was the exciting performance provided by the partial marching band that were there. See a few pictures here.
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We can think of yadah as a type of praise we "throw" to God with lifted hands as we declare how wonderful He is and confess that we follow Him. Today, we're going to look at the ways we petition, pray to, and praise God with our hands.
When we need something from God, we can lift up our hands to Him as we pour out our hearts. You don't have to petition God this way (people in scripture pray in a variety of ways including sitting, standing, lying down, hands up, and face to the earth), but lifted hands is one of the methods modeled. There's something about reaching out toward God that's meaningful to Him and to the worshipers who long to draw nearer Him.
People also lift their hands in prayer throughout the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:22, 54) and on into the New (1 Tim. 2:8). This type of prayer can be part of a petition, as we just looked at. It can also connect with confession, which is another meaning of yadah that we looked at last week.
Prayer is (in large part) about relationship with God. It's how we respond to His presence. It gives us a chance to connect with Him, sharing everything we're experiencing with the One who wants to be our best friend. That can include confessing (and thence repenting and being forgiven) of sins that would interrupt our relationship with God. It also includes communication and offering of ourselves to God.
There's something so beautiful about walking into a church service and seeing people worshiping with their hands raised to heaven, not caring what any human thinks of them because all they're focused on is praising God. I love lifting my hands when I sing praise. It makes the music seem more like an offering (to me at least) than a performance or a rote tradition.
You're not obligated to raise your hands every time you petition, pray, or praise if you don't want to. I know several people who aren't comfortable with it, and that's okay. God created us with different personalities and worship styles. When He tells us how to praise and honor Him, He also allows for quite a bit of variety in the types of praise He accepts.
I do have a problem, though, with people or chruch groups that say you shouldn't pray or praise with lifted hands, at least not in public. Is there any more blatant way to say you value your traditions over God's word (something Jesus strongly condemned), than by saying "we don't do that here" of something God encourages us to do everywhere?
Paul wrote this to a church leader. According to him, it's not only permissible for people to lift their hands and pray "in every place," but it's encouraged! This isn't an "Old Testament thing" that we can ignore now because our worship today is in spirit and in truth. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever and He is still pleased when we lift our hands to offer petitions, prayers, and praise to Him.
Enjoyed your article…thanks for sharing! It is a wonderful thing to praise and serve God.
Your a deep thinker and write with inspiration. It's a gift that leaves some envious. Hold onto you gift and exercise your gift and don't let those that have shallow thinking and skills diminish it. Remember as it was stated – no man stands between you and God. And be weary of those that speak and judge others fast and know you very little.


Normally, we would associate the name Xiaomi with that of smartphones – affordable smartphones that will also come with a slew of hardware specifications that are a notch above its regular price, of course. Apart from that, the China-based company also does the likes of tablets and TVs, and this time around, it would be a Bluetooth game controller that will capture our attention. In fact, in order to promote the Xiaomi Bluetooth game controller all the more, the first 300 customers to pick it up this September 25th will be able to do so for a mere 1 Chinese Yuan (which is roughly the equivalent of $0.16 after conversion).
While the recommended retail price has not been shared, it will most probably occupy the mid-range segment, especially when one takes the smartphone pedigree and business model into consideration. At first glance, the Xiaomi Bluetooth game controller resembles that of a PlayStation or Xbox controller, where it sports a D-pad, a pair of analog sticks, Y,X,A, and B buttons, and shoulder buttons, in addition to some Android-specific keys.
Do expect this accessory to play nice with other Xiaomi-branded devices such as the smartphone, tablet, and TV box, where it ought to provide a more user friendly experience.
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Then Came The Bust
In the summer of 2015, North Dakota's rig count dipped to 73, the fewest number of drilling rigs working in the state since 2009. In this post, we're highlighting a series of stories focused on how people are coping with the downside of the boom. In "Going Good, Then The Rig Count Dropped," (above) we hear from Steve Brown, owner of a water hauling company who is struggling to keep his small business from going under.
In "This Is Our New Home," (below) we meet Kendra Hill. She moved to the Bakken with her husband a few years ago. Thanks to a high-paying oilfield job, the young couple could afford to start a family and buy a house. No matter what happens in oil country, they're planning to stay in North Dakota.
(A 2016 update, courtesy of Reuters: In North Dakota's Oil Patch a Humbling Comedown)
In "Hoping The Downplay Hurts The Greed," (below) Don Williams offers up an unexpected side effect to the oil patch slowdown: lower prices. When the boom was churning at full speed, rents were too darn high. And now? Williams still has job at transload company in Ross, North Dakota, and things aren't so expensive.
In 2015, Marketplace's Annie Baxter also produced several stories on the downturn. Listen here:
Oil downturn takes men out of 'man camps'
The oil economy, as measured in hot dogs and U-Hauls
North Dakota oilfield slowdown ripples across businesses
North Dakota oil town: Is it a bust or slowdown?
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Finding Homes for Boomtown Teachers
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
How does a booming small town help its teachers find affordable places to live? In Stanley, North Dakota, they've built a pair of apartment buildings across the street from the school. In this story, you'll meet a trio of 24-year-old educators who share a two-bedroom apartment. Some people call them "The Triplets." Photo and story by Laura Candler.
Teachers pictured in photo (left to right): Tom Butler, Matt Quintus and Kelly Roemmich.
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Boomtown Stats
Working as a reporter in the oil patch is great fun. I meet all kinds of people: Knife sellers, hamburger slingers and roughnecks. You've probably heard some of those stories here on the radio.
But there's another way to tell a story. It's with numbers. For a few weeks now, I've been asking bureaucrats in Bismarck to illustrate how life has changed in oil country.
Here are some highlights:
• Did you know the average oil worker in Williams County — which includes Williston — makes about $99,000 a year? That same North Dakota Job Services report showed that the average wage for all workers in Williams County —— is $77,000 a year.
Those high salaries are attracting people to the oil patch.
• For years, the fastest growing cities in America have been in the south. Places like The Villages, a retirement community in Florida.
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The Villages is growing fast. Its population jumped 4 percent last year. But it's no match for Williston. Williston grew at a rate of 8.8 percent last year, that's about twice as fast as the Villages. And Williston doesn't even have a jingle.
• While most of those newcomers are adults, some are children. Public school enrollment in the oil patch is on the rise. In September 2007, fewer than 370 students were enrolled in the Stanley Public Schools. Four years later, that number had increased 66 percent to 552 students.
• Roads are increasingly crowded too. I've driven thousands of miles in the oil patch. And I've seen — and been intimidated by — lots of big trucks. But even I was surprised to learn just how many permits the states has issued for oversize trucks in the first five months of this year. Ready? 45,000. And that's just for the first five months of 2012.
Most of those permits were issued in four of the biggest oil producing counties: Williams, Dunn, Mountrail and McKenzie counties.
• Trucks aren't the only form of transportation on the rise. The number of people boarding planes and trains in the oil patch has taken off faster than a 747.
In the space of a single year — from 2010 to 2011 — the number of people jumping on planes in Minot increased by almost 60,000 people. That growth was so explosive that Minot shot past Grand Forks to become the third busiest airport in the state.
2012 is on track to be even busier in Minot. And that's undoubtedly tied to the city's proximity to the Bakken. Boardings are up 68 percent in the first five months of the year.
More people are also riding Amtrak trains in the oil patch. In Williston and Stanley, ridership is on track to double at those stops in 2012.
• At night, the orange glow of natural gas flares are a common sight in the oil patch. It's also a big reason why pollution from such flares increased 4.5 percent last year. The World Bank cites North Dakota oil production as the main reason for the increase.
There are other downsides to the boom too.
• Oil companies don't just pump black gold. Sometimes they spill it. During a recent 20-month period, 720,000 gallons of oil leaked out of pipes and trucks in North Dakota. That much oil would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool – and then some.
Pro Publica, an investigative journalism website, uncovered that data. Pro Publica also found that companies spilled more than 1.7 million gallons of fracking wastewater during that same 20-month period.
The biggest offenders were Continental Resources and Whiting Oil and Gas. Each spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil during the 20-month period. The biggest fracking wastewater spillers? Whiting and Encore Operating.
— Todd Melby
Photo by Ben Garvin
CORRECTION: In the audio version of this story, Todd Melby reports that the "average worker in Williams County … makes about $99,000 a year." That should be "average oil worker in Williams County." Black Gold Boom regrets the error.
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All Aboard! The Oil Patch Train
Amtrak's Empire Builder travels from Chicago to Seattle or Spokane every day, making several stops in North Dakota. Before the oil boom in the western part of the state, not many people got on and off the train around these parts. That's changed.
The passenger train's ridership is booming:
In the first seven months of Amtrak's fiscal year (Oct. 2010 – April 2011), nearly 34,000 people jumped on or off trains in Williston. That's nearly as many riders as Spokane, a city with about ten times as many people as North Dakota's biggest boom town.
If ticket sales continue at the current pace, Williston ridership will hit 57,000 by the end of Amtrak's fiscal year — a 93 percent jump from just a year ago.
Ridership in Stanley is also on track to nearly double. For the first seven months of the fiscal year, it's at 6,500 people, more than all of 2011.
Instead of riding coach, an increasing number of oil patch customers are opting for more expensive sleeper cars. For the first seven months of this fiscal year (Oct. 2010 – April 2011), more than 5,000 people have plopped down big bucks for sleeper cars in Williston and Stanley.
Tags:amtrak, stanley, train, williston
Want To Go To The Movies?
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
When you're working in the oil patch thousands of miles from home, friends are more important than ever. Just ask Kelvin Lacey, Alfredo Cantu and Julio Pulido.
Lacy, Cantu and Pulido (left, center and right in the above photograph) are from Southern California, Detroit and Chicago, respectively. The men drive water trucks for a firm in Tioga, N.D. I met them at a Mexican restaurant in nearby Stanley, where it was Julio's turn to buy dinner. Lacey and Cantu teased him about ordering extra food just so his bill would be a little higher. When the men get a little free time, they drive to Minot, a bigger city east of the oil patch, to watch movies or go grocery shopping. Cantu says he's never seen so many movies with guys before.
A couple of footnotes to this story. Before arriving in N.D., Pulido spent more than five years driving trucks in Iraq for Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), a U.S. military contractor. Pulido says the gravel roads in North Dakota remind him of roads in Iraq. Lacy, an African-American, says locals in the oil patch — a region that is overwhelmingly white — have treated him kindly. However, a little girl reached out to touch his hand while he was waiting in line at a Wal-Mart. The girl's mother apologized, saying, the girl hadn't seen an African-American before.
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Dippin' and Trippin'
One night in North Dakota, our correspondent tries chewing tobacco for the first time.
'Black Gold Boom' film documentary
The PBS doc is now available for streaming.
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Take a tour of oil country with photographer Ben Garvin.
Black Gold Boom is a multimedia public media project exploring the oil boom in western N.D. Stories air on Prairie Public. Todd Melby is lead producer.


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From: Robert Dober on 5 Apr 2010 06:39
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Andrea Dallera <andrea(a)andreadallera.com> wrote:
>> PS: I don't think it is a good idea to invest time in a piece of
>> software as that advertised in this thread.
> It's not. But it was very little time and it's been fun :-)
What puzzles me, dear Andrea, is that in some cultures you still need
to appologize for having fun... while you can criticize with a grim
voice as much as you want, as long as you make believe that you are
unhappy ('cause that makes you serious, laughable).
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
--- Confucius
From: thunk on 5 Apr 2010 07:28
this is thunkalene, no oaths being broken
thunk thinks this may break the logjam of misunderstandings
http://wiki.github.com/gkoller/Ruids/categorization-the-secret-sauce-of-a-ruid
or maybe not, he thinks it makes some things clear
but then, he is wondering if he has really gone batShit crazy
From: Andrea Dallera on 5 Apr 2010 07:33
it's cool, let's not be grumpy about it. I'm sure Robert (Klemme) didn't want
to be mean. And he's also kind of right :-)
Thanks a lot for the support, that little time I invested feels a little less
wasted now.
Keep hacking!
Andrea Dallera
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On Monday 05 April 2010 12:39:13 pm Robert Dober wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Andrea Dallera <andrea(a)andreadallera.com>
> >> PS: I don't think it is a good idea to invest time in a piece of
> >> software as that advertised in this thread.
> > It's not. But it was very little time and it's been fun :-)
> What puzzles me, dear Andrea, is that in some cultures you still need
> to appologize for having fun... while you can criticize with a grim
> voice as much as you want, as long as you make believe that you are
> unhappy ('cause that makes you serious, laughable).
> Cheers
> R.
hier speaks thunktoktor, her englisch not so good
From: Robert Klemme on 5 Apr 2010 12:21
On 04/05/2010 01:33 PM, Andrea Dallera wrote:
> it's cool, let's not be grumpy about it. I'm sure Robert (Klemme) didn't want
> to be mean. And he's also kind of right :-)
I certainly did not intend to be mean. I tried to remind everybody that
we're dealing with humans here (and not a swarm of chat bots) and that,
while it's completely legal to make fun of someone, there are better
ways to entertain oneself. We are really lucky that our community is
such a friendly place and I believe we should not risk that easily.
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Ahmed al-Senussi (1934), ook bekend als Zubeir Ahmed el-Sharif, is een Libisch voormalig legerleider, politiek gevangene en politicus.

Als vertegenwoordiger van politieke gevangenen is hij lid van de Nationale Overgangsraad die de macht in handen kreeg tijdens de Libische burgeroorlog van 2011.

Levensloop
Al-Senussi is verwant aan de Libische koninklijke familie via zijn tante Fatima die de echtgenote was van Idris I van Libië, de enige koning van Libië. Hij studeerde af aan de militaire academie van Irak in 1953.

In 1970, een jaar na de staatsgreep van Muammar Ghadaffi, plande hij samen met zijn broer, enkele officieren, ambtenaren en politici een machtsovername in het land, om de bevolking de kans te geven te kiezen tussen een monarchie of een constitutionele republiek. Hij werd gearresteerd en ter dood veroordeeld. Zijn straf werd in 1988 echter omgezet in een resterende gevangenisstraf van dertien jaar.

Al-Senussi verbleef de eerste negen jaar van zijn gevangenisstraf in afzonderlijke opsluiting. Hij werd gefolterd met stokslagen, ophanging aan de handen en de voeten, bijna-verdrinking en het breken van zijn voeten.

Toen hij in 1984 overgeplaatst werd naar de Abu Salim-gevangenis in Tripoli kwam hij voor het eerst te weten dat zijn vrouw Fatilah ongeveer vijf jaar eerder tijdens zijn gevangenschap was overleden.

In 2001 werd hij in het kader van een generaal pardon tijdens de 32e verjaardag van de regeringsovername door Ghadaffi vrijgelaten. Hierdoor was hij de langst gevangen gehouden politiek gevangene geworden van Libië. Bij zijn aankomst in Benghazi werd hij door duizenden aanhangers ontvangen.

Sinds de Libische burgeroorlog van 2011 heeft hij zitting in de Nationale Overgangsraad als vertegenwoordiger van de politieke gevangenen.

Op 6 maart 2012, tijdens een plechtigheid in Benghazi, is Ahmed al-Zubair aangewezen als leider van de Oost-Libische bestuursraad, bevoegd over het olierijke Cyrenaica.

Erkenning
Op 27 oktober 2011 werd Al-Senussi onderscheiden met een Sacharovprijs, als een uit vijf mensen uit de Arabische wereld die een hoofdrol heeft gespeeld in de Arabische Lente.

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You are here: home Articles Archive Geology Zircon U-Pb Age Determination of Volcanic Eruptions in Lutao and Lanyu in the Northern Luzon Magmatic Arc
Zircon U-Pb Age Determination of Volcanic Eruptions in Lutao and Lanyu in the Northern Luzon Magmatic Arc
Author(s): Wen-Yu Shao, Sun-Lin Chung, and Wen-Shan Chen
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2013.11.06.01(TT)
Keywords: Zircon U Pb age Volcanic eruption Lutao Lanyu Luzon arc
This paper reports for the first time zircon U-Pb ages of volcanic rocks and sands from Lutao and Lanyu, two islets off SE Taiwan in the north Luzon arc. The samples include (1) seven andesites from four volcanic units and three river/beach sands from Lutao and (2) five basaltic andesites from four volcanic units and two river/beach sands from Lanyu. The Lutao andesites contain abundant magmatic zircons, aging from ~1.54 to ~1.24 Ma for individual sample, which yielded an overall mean 206Pb/238U age of 1.31 ± 0.03 Ma (n = 190, MSWD = 2.6). This is slightly older than, or broadly coincident with, a mean 206Pb/238U age of 1.23 ± 0.03 Ma (n = 103, MSWD = 1.9) given by detrital zircons from the three sands. The Lanyu volcanics appear to have less abundant magmatic zircons, aging from ~2.72 to ~2.35 Ma for individual sample, which yielded an overall mean 206Pb/238U age of 2.61 ± 0.13 Ma (n = 11, MSWD = 1.8). This accords with a mean 206Pb/238U age of 2.69 ± 0.11 Ma (n = 34, MSWD = 4.7) obtained by detrital zircons from the two sands. The age data suggest that in Lutao and Lanyu the major volcanic eruptions occurred at ~1.3 and ~2.6 Ma, respectively. Moreover, volcanic samples from both islets contain various amounts of older inherited zircons, ~11% in Lutao and up to ~82% in Lanyu, which together with detrital zircons from the sands show main age peaks at ~150 Ma and ~1.9 and ~2.5 Ga, consistent with the notion for a "hidden" continental crust involved in the genesis of the northern Luzon magmatic arc.
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