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French Open Flashbacks May 26, 2020
Halep serves notice in run to first final in Paris
Simona Halep's run to the championship match of the 2014 French Open announced that the Romanian was ready to contend on the game's biggest stages.
By WTA Staff
Welcome to French Open Flashbacks, where wtatennis.com will take a look back at some of the most memorable narratives from Roland Garros over the past 20 years. After recapping Charleston's classics, Stuttgart's standards, Madrid's magic moments, and Rome's records, our retrospective heads to the culmination of the clay season in Paris - up next is Simona Halep's run to her maiden Grand Slam final at the 2014 French Open.
THE MOMENT: In 2013, Simona Halep exploded onto the scene by winning six WTA titles en route to being named WTA Most Improved Player of the Year — but a run to the final of the 2014 French Open helped cement the Romanian's status as one of this decade's elite players.
Reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in Melbourne and winning her first Premier 5 title in Doha to start that season, Halep arrived in Paris also having shown off her clay-court prowess and earned her place as the highest-ranked Romanian in WTA history.
With five of her first 10 WTA final appearances coming at clay-court tournaments, the Romanian notched another milestone on the terre battue by reaching the biggest showpiece match of her career at the Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrid Open.
Along the way, she defeated former Grand Slam champions Ana Ivanovic and Petra Kvitova, before finishing runner-up to Maria Sharapova in a thrilling three-setter that foreshadowed a similar classic in Paris.
Entering the French Open as the No.4 seed, Halep became the first woman to reach her maiden Grand Slam final without dropping a set since Martina Hingis at the 1997 Australian Open by virtue of victories over Sloane Stephens, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Andrea Petkovic, among others.
In the championship, Halep battled Sharapova for over three hours on Court Philippe Chatrier, with the challenger overcoming several deficits in what became the first women's final at Roland Garros in 13 years to go three sets.
Facing two break points in the eighth game of the second set, Halep held firm, and she later won four straight points from a 5-3 deficit in the ensuing tiebreak to take the match the to a final set.
Later in the decider, the No.4 seed again showed her mettle as she evened proceedings at 4-4 from a 4-2 hole, before Sharapova ultimately won the last eight points of the match to win, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 in three hours and two minutes.
THE MEANING: Despite the defeat, Halep proved that she was ready to be a force to be reckoned with at just 22 years old — with even Sharapova calling the match "the toughest Grand Slam final I've ever played."
With wins under her belt, but having been an unproven commodity at Grand Slams until that point, the Romanian also affirmed that her runner-up finish inspired her own belief to perform on the game's biggest stages.
"[I learned] that I can play at very high level. I can play the finals without big emotions. I had incredible, two incredible weeks here," Halep said.
"I saw that I can play good at the Grand Slam, because before I had pressure. Before the tournament, in Grand Slams, I cannot play my best tennis. But here I did, and I'm really proud of this."
From then on, Halep firmly entrenched herself amongst the game's best. In the next three years, she went on to win her first titles at Premier Mandatory level, had her best-ever Wimbledon and US Open results and ended 2017 ranked World No.1.
But there was one thing missing from the Romanian's decorated resume in that time: a Grand Slam triumph.
Three years after falling to Sharapova, Halep experienced more Parisian heartbreak as she let a 6-4, 3-0 lead slip against first-time Grand Slam finalist Jelena Ostapenko in the 2017 championship match, and later fell to Caroline Wozniacki in a marathon three-set final in Melbourne less than a year later.
Nonetheless, it was that adversity that made her maiden victory all the sweeter: in the end, Halep authored a comeback of her own to finally lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen in 2018 — rallying from her own set and a break deficit to beat Stephens in the championship.
For more classic moments, check out our other French Open Flashbacks:
1999: Stefanie Graf wins 22nd and final Grand Slam title
Career rewind: The best of Samantha Stosur
Career Retrospective
Marathon Marvels 2023: All this year's three-hour matches
2023's Longest Matches
Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023
2023 WTA Main Draw Debuts
Champions Corner: Aryna Sabalenka finally finds her zen on the court
The 2023 Adelaide International 1 champion explains why she's content to win the "boring" way.


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Q: GetGeopositionAsync() never finishes, works pefect the second time it is called I have used GetGeoPositionAsync() in my app and it works fine in the code of another feature, however when using it in the feature I am currently implementing, it freezes the first time I try to call it, and works the second time. I call this function when navigating from another page. Here's the code:
   private async Task GetLocation()
   {
        Geolocator myGeolocator = new Geolocator();
        Geoposition myGeoposition = null;
        try
        {
            myGeoposition = await myGeolocator.GetGeopositionAsync();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            if ((uint)ex.HResult == 0x80004004)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Unauthorized access.");
            }
        }
    }

I tried browsing SO, but haven't found a working solution for this. Why does it work in some pieces of code, and in some it just doesn't. What is the cause of this behaviour?

A: Ok, so I found a solution:
        try
        {
            IAsyncOperation<Geoposition> locationTask = null;
            try
            {
                locationTask = myGeolocator.GetGeopositionAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
                myGeoposition = await locationTask;
            }
            finally
            {
                if (locationTask != null)
                {
                    if (locationTask.Status == AsyncStatus.Started)
                        locationTask.Cancel();

                    locationTask.Close();
                }
            }
        }

A: This sounds like the position is cached! The first time you call the method it tries to get your position (this can take many seconds if you are inside a building), the second time it seems to use the cached position.

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In the scam, the caller claims to be a representative of Xcel and informs the customer they are behind on their payments.
The scammer states Xcel crews are "on their way" to shut off electrical service to the home or business unless payment is made immediately.
Some scammers then ask the customer to provide payment information over the phone. Others provide a number for customers to call back with payment information.Upon calling the number, a recorded greeting indicates the customer has reached Xcel Energy.
Xcel reminds customers who are behind on their bills that they will receive a disconnect notice by mail first.
Customers who have not received a disconnect notice by mail who receive a phone call about a past-due bill are asked to hang up and dial 1-800-895-4999 to check the status of their account.
If a past-due balance exists, Xcel agents will advise customers on the appropriate methods of making payment.
More information on avoiding scams is available at connect.xcelenergy.com/scams.


Impress your friends and family with these incredible facts about the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Located on a latitude of between 74° to 82° north, Svalbard is the very definition of remote.
Top of so many people's bucket lists, Svalbard is the home of the world's northernmost… well, pretty much anything. Among many other things, the world's northernmost full service hotel, liquor store, supermarket, cinema, library, and kebab van can all be found here.
But that's not where my fascination with this Arctic desert (fact number 6!) ends. I've pulled together this list of fascinating facts about Svalbard to help you understand more about this remarkable place. Enjoy!
1. Even Norwegians need to show their passport when travelling to Svalbard. That's because while Norway is part of the European Schengen area, the archipelago is not. Flights to Longyearbyen airport leave from the non-Schengen zone of Oslo Airport, and everyone is required to show their passport regardless of nationality.
2. You must carry a gun outside the settlements. In a 2012 law the Governor of Svalbard requires anyone travelling outside the settlements to have the means to scare off a polar bear. This means carrying a firearm is mandatory, and items like flare guns are also highly recommended.
It is prohibited to use a weapon within the settlements though. Several of the shops, restaurants and other public buildings have 'no firearms permitted' signs on the main doors.
3. Anyone can live on Svalbard. Effective since 1925, the Svalbard Treaty that defines Norway's sovereignty over the archipelago has some very interesting conditions. The most curious is that the islands are an entirely visa-free zone. This gives citizens of all treaty signatories the right to live there.
This goes a long to explaining the very diverse nature of the people living in Longyearbyen. However, this right doesn't give a 'back door' into Norway's immigration system. Years of living on Svalbard do not count towards the time required to apply for a permanent residence permit, for example.
4. There are polar bears than people. The population of Svalbard changes seasonally but tends to hover between 2,500-3,000. Nearly everyone lives in the capital, Longyearbyen.
But the real natives of these islands are the polar bears. Numbers have actually increased of late and are said to number around 3,500. The bears tend to stay clear of the settlements, although hungry bears do sometimes approach buildings out of desperation.
5. Seven of Norway's 47 national parks are on Svalbard. Norway's national parks are created to ensure the preservation of nature for future generations. They are scattered all over Norway, with 85 percent of them being mountainous.
Sixty percent of Svalbard's land is protected. The seven national parks are: Forlandet, Indre Wijdefjorden, Nordenskiöld Land, Nordre Isfjorden, Nordvest-Spitsbergen, Sassen-Bünsow Land, and Sør-Spitsbergen. The mountains, glaciers and islands of Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park are home to historical monuments including former whaling stations and burial grounds.
6. Svalbard is classified as a desert. Because of its rock and ice, cold temperatures and low humidity, Svalbard falls into the northern part of our planet known as 'Arctic desert'. The area receives minimal precipitation, and the air is almost as dry as it would be in a 'hot' desert.
However, average temperatures on Svalbard have increased rapidly over the last few years and the climate is becoming wetter as a result. Earlier this year, Svalbard recorded its 100th consecutive month of above average temperatures.
7. Less than 10% of the landmass has any vegetation. Much of the islands are covered with rock and ice, making it nearly impossible for vegetation to grow. See the photo just above to appreciate what this looks like! However, nearly impossible is not the same as impossible. The flora of Svalbard is surprisingly diverse, albeit in small areas.
8. Svalbard could save humanity as we know it. Opened in 2008, the Global Seed Vault is built into the bedrock above Longyearbyen Airport. Almost one million seed samples from all over the world are stored here, with a total capacity for up to four times that.
It's commonly believed that the vault's purpose is to help humanity reboot in the event of a major global disaster. While that's true, the vault has already proved its worth. In 2015, the Vault returned some seeds to Syrian scientists working to preserve and duplicate their seeds in the face of conflict.
9. You can see the northern lights during the day. It's well-known that to see the northern lights you need darkness, which means travelling to the north of Norway in the winter. But Svalbard is so far north that the sun doesn't rise for four months during the winter.
For almost three of those months, it's completely dark all day, making it possible to see the aurora borealis at any time of day. In October and February you can enjoy the stunning blue Arctic light during the daytime, and hunt the northern lights at night.
The northern lights at night, or is it daytime?
10. You are not allowed to die on Svalbard. Because of the permafrost on Svalbard, burial isn't possible as bodies simply won't decompose. However, there is a small cemetery, but it stopped accepting 'newcomers' in the 1950s. One of the reasons was the fear that the preserved bodies may still contain traces of a flu virus that killed seven miners decades before.
11. You cannot give birth on Svalbard. There's no such thing as the circle of life this far north. Just as you can't die, you can't be born on Svalbard either. When a pregnant women has a few weeks remaining before her due date, she must travel to the mainland to give birth.
However, there are plenty of children living in Longyearbyen! The town's main settlement is home to a kindergarten, a school and a youth club.
12. You take your shoes off when entering buildings. This tradition dates back to the time when the only people who lived in Longyearbyen were miners. To prevent the black dust from covering the interior of buildings, it became commonplace to remove outdoor shoes at the door.
This tradition continues today, and many museums and hotels still ask you to remove outdoor footwear. There is usually a shoe rack or even a whole room for this purpose, and many establishments provide slippers to use while you're inside.
Do you have any other Svalbard facts? Feel free to share them in the comments below!


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"A Proudseye View of Dublin" – a talk on FINNEGANS WAKE 21 May 2014
On Wednesday 21/5/14 at 1pm, in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Oran Ryan will speak on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. The talk is part of a festival of events celebrating 75 years since the publication of Finnegans Wake in May 1939.
In the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral we have the perfect setting to explore the strange and fantastic work of Joyce's last masterpiece. Though written in a style that poses undoubted challenges to any newcomer, once the sheer scale of JJ's ambition in his brilliant and ambitious book opens itself to the reader, Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is a work that is there to provide delight, insight and entertainment to readers for a lifetime. Written not for the few but for everyone, the famous oft repeated Wakean phrase -Here comes Everybody', calls not simply to all future readers of the Wake but to the epic panorama of history, poetry, mythology and everyday life that this comic masterpiece is filled with. This talk is designed to provide both an introduction to the work and to lead listeners into the underworld of night and day, to the new world of dreams and vast historical and mythological vistas that Joyce's masterpiece provides. Joyce even mentions Christ Church in the Wake. A Proudseye view is for newcomers to the book and experienced readers of the epic alike.
Lasts 50 mins. Ticket price Eur 5 (approx) Tea/coffee provided.
All welcome. For more information please visit the website. See www. Phizzfest.ie
Oran Ryan is a writer living in Ireland. He has written novels: The Death of Finn (Seven Towers, 2006) Ten Short Novels by Arthur Kruger (Seven Towers 2007), and One Inch Punch (Seven Towers, 2012). He has written plays for the Stage and radio.He has lectured on James Joyce, written and published short stories, poetry and literary critical articles. He is currently working on his next novel called Hardcastle Dies Laughing.

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The 1990 World Men's Curling Championships was held at the Rocklundahallen in Västerås, Sweden from April 1–7.  The men's winner team Canada skipped by Ed Werenich.

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The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) continues to encourage its members to seek specialist education regarding SMSF lending, and is now offering a free bare trust and trust deed with its SMSF lending accreditation program.
The MFAA began its SMSF lending accreditation program following concerns brokers were going to be excluded from the SMSF lending space, MFAA's chief executive Phil Naylor told SMSF Adviser.
"We felt there was a need to ensure that if our members were going to be involved in recommending finance to SMSFs, they really needed to understand what they could and couldn't do and how they could work with the other professionals involved," he said.
The association is now offering a free trust deed and bare trust to brokers on purchase of the course for use in a personal SMSF fund or to become familiar with the documentation.
"It's just so that [brokers] have got a good understanding of what they look like, what is in them and how they operate," Mr Naylor said.
Mr Naylor also said there has been a "fair bit of interest" in the SMSF space generally from brokers.
"More than 3,000 SMSFs are being established each month in Australia and, with the proper training, mortgage brokers have the opportunity to deepen their relationships with clients through managing the process of gaining a loan for clients' SMSFs," he added.


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Metal Warriors is mech combat 2-d Side scroller in which the player pilots several mecha in either single player or 2 player versus player mode.
Metal Warriors is a battlemech action game with platforming elements, similar to Cybernator in concept. Play Metal Warriors online!
The game's distinctive feature is the ability to pilot six different mechs, which vary considerably in gameplay style. Each of these mechs is equipped with its own melee weapons, firearms, and shields. Most of the mechs can only walk, but one of them is able to fly while the other rolls.
In the year 2102 the United Government of Earth is under attack by an organization known as Dark Axis, led by a man named Venkar Amon. The Metal Warriors are mecha pilots whose goal is to defend the planet and eventually expel the enemies. At first, they need to complete a few rescue and intelligence-gathering missions in space before the government can clear the path for a return to Earth and an assault on enemy bases.
The player character can leave the mech and explore the stages on foot, and also change mechs in the middle of the exploration. Power-ups can be found in special containers and include weapon upgrades (up to four levels), bouncing and heat-seeking shots, as well as heavy shoulder weapons such as a grenade launcher.
Beside the single-player mode, the game also includes a two-player versus mode, in which two players try to exploit the strengths of the various mech types and their equipment to defeat each other in combat.


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Cheops skepp, även känt som Solskeppet, är ett intakt fartyg från det forntida Egypten som förseglats i ett hålrum i pyramidkomplexet vid foten av Cheopspyramiden omkring 2500 f.Kr. Skeppet är med stor sannolikhet byggt för Cheops, den fjärde faraon i Egyptens fjärde dynasti av det Gamla riket i Egypten.

Det är ett av de äldsta, största och mest välbevarade fartygen i historien. Det är 43,6 m långt och 5,9 m brett och beskrivs som ett "mästerverk av träarbeten" som skulle kunna fungera än idag om det sattes i vatten.  Fartyget var troligen inte byggt för segling (ingen rigg) eller paddling (ingen plats). Fartyget hittades vid en arkeologisk utgrävning 1954.

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Head of Health Ministry Organization: "We are going to produce the medicines with new compound and suitable price".
Criticizing the brickbats against Food and Medicine Organization of Health Ministry and rejecting false sayings on importing medicine from Argentine, Head of said organization said that not only they are not following import of medicine but also a domestic pharmaceutical company is determined to produce some biotechnological medicine in terms of " Contractual manufacturing" in the aforesaid country following preparing necessary backgrounds until the end of the year.


Travel apps for your phone and tablet that aren't mere memory thieves.
With a stampede of travel apps on the market, it's hard to wade through the tide of pretenders to find the one or two truly special ones that you'll actually use on the road. Now the International Travel Writers Alliance has compiled a list of stand-out apps, based on suggestions from its travel journalists and tourism industry members. Steve Madgwick picks through them to find 10 simple, do-one-thing-really-well apps that stand out so much that even hardened travel writers rate them.
Passbook stores bar-coded tickets in your phone/device so they can be scanned directly from your screen at the other end (at the airport). Instead of carrying handfuls of printouts through check-in, boarding passes can be added from apps and emails or scanned in via your camera. Best when you have no check-in luggage. Free.
For those who prefer to keep an eye on their holiday expenses (or for those who need to). A mini accountant in your phone, Trail Wallet monitors your daily ins and outs – although you have to take time to input the figures. Big plus: being able to change between currencies when you are wandering inter-country. Free.
Saves a pocketful of business cards at the end of the night by being able to read each one and then saving it into your contacts. Then you can sync all your saved cards across your various devices. CamCard's a bit too 'new skool' for those looking to show off their fancy embossed cards. Free.
If you prefer your travel information to flow through your headphones rather than having to read it then this one could be for you. HearPlanet has a limited amount of information (from Wikipedia and its own database) on around "300,000 locations" worldwide (although no Australian Traveller content yet so…).
Before you commit to a long afternoon of wi-fi access at your hotel or a comely coffee shop, it's best to see just how fast it will be. Speedtest discovers your download, upload and ping speeds in just a few seconds.
For long days at the beach, when time blurs, this app reminds you when to re-apply your sunscreen. Sunscreen detects the UVI rating of wherever you've decided to lay your towel and counts down to your next application of lotion (once you've input your skin type and cream factor).
For taking panorama shots with your standard iPhone camera, using up to 16 photographs. Pano includes a semi-transparent guide and alignment, blending and color-matching algorithms to help with apparently seamless panoramas of your fave travel landscapes. ($2.49).
9. JetLag Genie – is this the cure?
Heading overseas to a place where the language barrier may see you at an utter disadvantage? iStone is a translator app for those with rudimentary foreign linguistic skills. It records and translates into 12 languages, including Japanese, Chinese and several European languages, with more than 300 holiday-friendly phrases.
I'm definitely trying out the Sunscreen app, that sounds super useful!
Also using Endomondo as a path tracker through a new city sounds like an interesting new use case… wouldn't that cost too much battery life though?


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Lions are big winners at midget AAA hockey awards gala
The Lac St-Louis Lions carted away plenty of hardware from the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League awards gala on Sunday.
John Meagher, Montreal Gazette
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Lions forward Justin Hryckowian was the big winner, taking home three individual trophies, including the Outstanding Player Award (La Coop fédérée trophy).
Hryckowian also won the Sylvain Turgeon/CCM Trophy as the league' s leading scorer and the Patrice Bergeron Trophy as the league's Most Gentlemanly player on and off the ice.
The 17-year-old Île-Bizard native captured the scoring crown by putting up 34-41-75 point totals in 40 games this season.
Lions coach Jon Goyens said Hryckowian was a deserving winner of all three individual awards, including the Patrice Bergeron Trophy.
"It's sort of like a Lady Byng Trophy because he put up all those points and found a way to stay out of the penalty box," Goyens said.
"Justin only took 16 penalty minutes all season, and usually those guys are targets for other teams. Every time he stayed away from the BS, he gained more and more respect from the referees."
Lions goalie Devon Levi was another big winner, taking home Academic Personality of the Year honours and the Daniel Brière Trophy for best hockey and academic achievement.
Lions forward Christopher Duchaine of Lachine was also honoured with the Martin St-Louis Fourth Star Trophy, the league's unsung player award.
Goyens said the league couldn't have picked a more deserving recipient than Duchaine, a 5-foot-4, 139-pound package of determination.
Goyens said Duchaine, who tallied 16 goals and 53 points while playing on the Lions top line, was a delight to coach.
"He's a guy who flew under the radar but had a heckuva season," Goyens said. "The epitome of Christopher Duchaine . . . he's only 5-foot-4 but he was our net presence on the power play.
"He was such a pleasure to coach. He has a blue-collar work ethic and smiled everyday he came to the rink."
Goyens, in his 10th season as Lions head coach, was presented with a Recognition Award from the league. Goyens passed the 200-win benchmark this season and has coached over 400 games in the league. "It just means I've been in the league a long time," he said with a laugh.
Both Hryckowian and Levi were named to the league's First All-Star Team, while Lions winger Brandon Frattarolli of Pierrefonds was named to the Second All-Star Team.
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Dramatic play compels audience to ponder the nature of justice West Island community calendar for the coming week
News From Montreal
And the challenge of sorting the belongings of victims of Flight 752
Investigators have set up a crime scene perimeter and deployed detector dogs.
Police said the children could be material witnesses in their investigation.


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Lady Frogs beat Texas Southern 76-55
The TCU women's basketball team used a strong second half performance Thursday night to down Texas Southern, 76-55, at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
Leading by only one at the break, the Horned Frogs shot nearly 68 percent from floor in the second half of play, including 83.3 percent from behind the arc, to pull-away following the 15-minute intermission. TCU's bench did most of the damage, scoring 23 second half points.
Overall, the Purple and White's bench outscored TSU, 33-15, Thursday night.
The Horned Frogs were dangerous from deep all night, going 6-of-8 shooting for 75 percent, which is the highest three-point percentage in a game since dialing up 80 percent against San Diego State in 2008.
With the win, TCU moved to 7-6 on the season, while Texas Southern dropped to 2-9.
Sophomore Starr Crawford had a solid outing for the Frogs, scoring a game-high 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor. She was followed by Helena Sverrisdottir, who moved into No. 2 all-time in career assists Thursday with six assists to go along with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 3-of-4 from deep. Freshman Briesha Wynn was also productive Thursday, tying a career-high with 10 second half points.
Finally, Antoinette Thompson chipped in with a seasonal-best eight points, while freshman Latricia Lovings in only her third game back posted a career-high eight points on 4-of-6 shooting.
TSU had three players score in double-figures, including NaDosha Strickland, who posted 13 points. Jasmine Cannon tallied 12 points, while Gabrielle Rosiji recorded 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.
Thompson helped put TCU ahead 33-28 early in the second period, scoring five-straight points, including a tough three-point play on a backdoor lay-up. Sverrisdottir's three with a little over 16 minutes remaining was part of an 18-4 run for the Horned Frogs.
Micah Garoutte's turn-around jumper off a pass from Sverrisdottir made the score 45-30 at the 14:28 mark of the second half. Fellow senior Rachel Rentschler increased the Horned Frog lead to 49-32 a few moments later off a cross from Henson.
With a little over 10 minutes remaining in the half, Lovings gave TCU a 19-point lead at 53-34 finding the bottom of the net on a turn-around jumper. The Tigers continued to battle though, pulling within 14 at the 8:15 mark of the second period. Crawford put an end to the mini-run for TSU, scoring four-straight points to push the Frog lead back to 60-42.
Two-straight three's by Sverrisdottir gave TCU its biggest lead of the night up until that point at 68-47 a few moments later. The Frogs would push their lead to 25 and Wynn put the finishing touches on the night, scoring a fast break lay-up to give the Frogs' the 76-55 victory.
Senior Emily Carter jumped started the Purple and White early, scoring TCU's first five points of the game. Following a 10-0 run by Texas Southern, Lovings found the bottom of the net inside the paint to put a halt to the run for the moment, but TSU kept firing away, jumping out to a 17-7 lead.
Two backdoor lay-ups by DeLisa Gross and Crawford brought the Frogs within nine, while some beautiful ball movement on the next trip down the court allowed freshman Aron Garcia to score easily underneath the basket to make the score 20-15. Garcia's bucket was part of an 8-3 run for the Horned Frogs.
Lovings' basket off the pass form Carter with a less then 3 minutes remaining made the score 22-19 in favor of the Tigers. Sverrisdottir's look ahead to Lovings' made the score 22-21 at the 2:19 mark of the first half. With the assist, the senior moved into No. 2 all-time in career assists in school history, surpassing former Frog great Jill Sutton.
A driving lay-up by freshman guard Meagan Henson in the closing seconds of the first half gave TCU a 25-24 advantage at the 15-minute intermission.
TCU will return to the court Sunday, Jan. 2 against nationally ranked Oklahoma. Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m. CT.
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Life for retired opera singers in the house that Verdi built
Old and young alike are now benefiting from the composer's home for retired musicians
Angela Giuffrida in Milan
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An English National Opera production of Verdi's La Traviata at the London Coliseum. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Renato Franco Perversi and Irena Domowicz are squabbling over who does the better rendition of the Neapolitan classic, O Sole Mio. Perversi, 87, sings deep, while Domowicz, who says you must never ask a woman her age, immediately replicates the kind of performance she might have given during her career as a mezzo-soprano.
"There is more theatre in here sometimes than in the outside world," she joked.
Mezzo-soprano Irena Domowicz.
Hardly surprising. The pair are among the 60 retired opera stars playing out their days in an elegant mansion in Milan founded by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi, famous for compositions including La Traviata, Aida and Otello, was in his 80s when he conceived the idea of a refuge for musicians who, he said, "are not favoured by fortune, or who, when they were young, did not possess the virtue of saving".
He did not want to be thanked for his generosity, and so stipulated that the home be opened after his death. The composer died in 1901, and the first nine guests moved into Casa Verdi a year later. For the next few decades, royalties from Verdi's 27 works paid for the residents' keep, including medical costs, and the building's maintenance.
Today most of the costs are covered by investments made by the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation, with residents paying according to their means.
"The motives for which Giuseppe Verdi chose to build this house are still valid," said Roberto Ruozi, president of the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation. "In the sense that there are numerous personalities who have dedicated their lives to music, who need to enter into a retirement home as they no longer have the economic means to sustain themselves, or who have complicated family lives."
Over the last 117 years, Casa Verdi has hosted 1,500 guests from across the musical spectrum, some of them famous, others less so. Perversi played the violin at La Scala for 10 years, while Domowicz toured with philharmonic orchestras across the globe. Another resident is 94-year-old Bissy Roman, a musicologist who was teaching well into her 70s.
"Music is my life and I am very lucky to be here with other musicians," said Roman.
Casa Verdi in Milan with the composer's statue outside. Photograph: Casa Verdi
Casa Verdi is not so much of a "rest home" in the traditional sense. The sound of music is everywhere. On the morning the Guardian visited, guests were wrapping up a singing session around the piano. Instruments fill the rooms, including a wooden spinet gifted to Verdi to practise on as a child, while concerts are a regular occurrence.
The home is also a museum to Verdi, containing items of his clothing, letters and paintings he commissioned from poor artists. The composer is nearby, having been laid to rest in Casa Verdi's courtyard alongside his wife, the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi.
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When the sculptor and politician, Giulio Monteverde, wrote in a letter to Verdi: "Tell me the truth. What is your favourite work?", the maestro replied: "The home I built in Milan for retired musicians."
The only big alteration to Casa Verdi came in 1999, when it was opened up to 20 music students, an initiative aimed at assisting young people as well as bringing the generations together. The two groups mix and the older musicians give the young people invaluable guidance.
"For the elderly people, the youngsters are injections of life and vice-versa, for the young people, the elderly are their teachers," said Ruozi.
Roman said that one of the best things about living in Casa Verdi was the students. Among her favourites is Corrado Neri, a 25-year-old singer and composer from Sicily.
Bissy Roman. Photograph: Angela Giuffrida/The Guardian
"When I first came to Milan I really struggled to find a place to stay and study," said Neri, who through Roman's connections has been collaborating with a music company in New York. "I had applied to Casa Verdi and two years later they called to say there was a place. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. These people are my family and best supporters, I have learned so much from them."
Perversi has been a resident since early 2016. "There are no words to describe Verdi's generosity … we still feel him around us," he said. "It's an extraordinary place to live, and yes, even though these are our final days, Verdi has given us the possibility to live well."
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We all take basic precautions. We store some extra food, water and medicine. We have flashlights and radios and batteries. We employ prudent security measures. We have contact lists and plans to get home during emergencies. We learn to do things for ourselves. We carry "fire and steel" and other goodies that will help mitigate any problems that we could encounter as we go about our daily lives. Maybe we grow a vegetable garden. And by so doing, we are ahead of a large percentage of the population.
By taking these basic preparedness steps we are in a good position to handle any problems that are likely to come down the pike. If you are in this company - Congratulations, you will probably make it. You are prepared for what I call High to Medium Probability Events. Things like blizzards, floods, temporary breakdown of services caused by anything from a gas shortage to a Teamsters' strike. Heck, you are even prepared for a terrorist attack that temporarily impacts on your life. You have stuff. It's probably at home. And home is where you are going to stay come Hell or high water. If your home burns down due to a lighting strike – well, you've got insurance and family near by to stay with until you get a new house built. Again – Good Job – you will likely come through just fine anything thrown at you.
See, you will likely come through because you are prepared for likely events. You are miles ahead of your neighbors because they don't even like to think about the things you are prepared for. You have accepted that those things are possible – even likely over the span of time and you have taken steps to mitigate any problems. Great. Do not allow yourself to become smug.
Just when you think you have it whickered – Murphy shows up. And he usually brings friends. I am speaking of - you got it: Low-Probability High-Consequence Events. WHAT IF nukes went off 300 miles up wind of your homestead and lethal fallout was rapidly approaching?
WHAT IF the bad guys were aiming for something else and missed?
WHAT IF the 4th Mongolian Horde (Airborne) parachuted in 20 miles east of you and started moving west?
Uh, huh – tell that to the Georgians.
Or the Christians in Sudan.
WHAT IF your house burned down for a totally "normal" reason and, as you were watching the firemen save your foundation, TEOTWAWKI happened (pick your own scenario this time).
We don't like thinking about those things, do we?
It makes all of the steps we have taken, all of the work we have done, all of the plans (most of us) have made kinda moot – doesn't it?
In scenarios like these, we become like the sheeple we scoff at. THEY don't want to consider some type of emergency where .gov does not come rescue them. They think planning for that is ridiculous. They really don't think it's ridiculous – they are afraid to embrace the monster. In cases like these – so are we.
I encourage you to think about what would "rock your world" (that would be High Consequence) and think through how you would deal with it. I encourage you to take steps now to help mitigate what you would face.
This is where PACE planning comes in. Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency. If it's easier for you to think of it as Plans A through D that's okay with me. Whenever you have a Plan A – develop a Plan B. When you have that set up, ask yourself, WHAT IF that didn't work and take more steps along the path.
Can you prepare for everything? Probably not.
Can you prepare for more than you are prepared for now?


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Clearer Responsibility for Vulnerable Road Users is Needed – The Case for Change and a Call for Evidence
This week saw the first meeting of the Roadshare Steering group which has been set up to campaign that there should be 'presumed liability' for motor vehicle drivers in the event of a collision with vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. I was invited along to the meeting as I have been working on road accident analysis for many years. Other attendees included relatives of those killed in fatal road accidents, elected representatives, lawyers, medical practitioners and cycle campaigners.
Reporting on the meeting, the Edinburgh Evening News ran the headline "Cyclists bid to make drivers prove innocence" but I do not think this is actually a story about legal compensation culture, but about protecting vulnerable road users. Equitable sharing of road space is something that affects us all. 80% of all trips involve us being vulnerable road users at some point in the journey by walking. The confusion at the Evening News may be because the presumed liability campaign has been funded and supported in its first year by Cycle Law Scotland who have been aware of the problem, and also had the ability to do something about it. It is now time for more people to get behind them.
The idea of presumed liability in civil law ensures that responsibilities are clearer and everyone including drivers are protected. If there was concern that a reckless badly trained or uninsured cyclist might be given special rights then this is misplaced. Drivers' rights and protection in criminal law are not affected by allocating civil responsibilities more clearly.
Thankfully I have never personally had a road accident as a driver or as a pedestrian/cyclist, but if I did, I would want presumed liability to avoid complex legal proceedings. I find it abhorrent that my insurance company would currently act on my behalf to defend my innocence as a driver in court when 'fault' is probably the least important issue for everyone involved. Imagine that a pedestrian hidden by a parked van suddenly ran out in front of my car and I was completely unable to stop. If the collision resulted in a serious injury to the pedestrian I would feel terrible and want to help. If the pedestrian could not work for some months as a result of the collision and had no income they would need financial support. The privilege of driving a car is regulated by a requirement to hold motor insurance since cars can be dangerous things and can injure people. Personally, losing my insurance no claims bonus would be a small price to pay for the peace of mind of knowing everyone involved was protected.
Imagine the collision where I was the pedestrian. What if I lost my income and needed to try to prove negligence by a driver in order to protect myself. Again the current legal system does not protect the victims. In a world where motorised vehicles are normal most countries have responded by creating presumed liability provisions. Scotland is now one of only a few countries in Europe without some form of presumed liability legislation and I think that needs to change.
The law should reflect the realities of modern transport systems. As an engineer and transport analyst attempting to design safe infrastructure I want to see the right legal framework to back up good design. We already recognise the fact that cars and lorries can potentially be dangerous, so we require drivers to be trained, and to carry insurance. However, vulnerable road users may or may not be trained and may or may not carry insurance so they need protected too.
We do not know precisely how the car insurance markets would respond to a change in the law, but a fall in car insurance levels is just as likely as a rise. There should be cost reductions from safer roads and being able to settle claims quickly and easily. Currently most of the money paid out by insurers goes to lawyers arguing cases in criminal courts. So back to the Evening News headline, it is because we do not want to spend so much time in court that we need some form of presumed liability. This is not a story about legal compensation culture but about social progress.
I first looked into this topic in detail when working on the Scottish Office road safety plan in 1994. The focus then was on presumed liability in pedestrian casualties, and drivers' rights in the prevailing culture of the 'great car economy' dominated the debate. However, we have come a long way in 20 years and the time seems right for a change in the law. Inactivity is a growing health problem and levels of walking have been falling faster than the most serious casualties making walking more dangerous on average.
The available analysis seems to be overwhelmingly in favour of a change in the law to introduce presumed liability including: the need to act in Scotland on pedestrian and cycle safety due to a poor international record, the lack of international evidence to suggest that presumed liability would be associated with any problems, the availability of evidence to suggest that it forms part of many successful road safety programmes, and the prospects that clearer allocation of responsibilities in the way we share road space could reduce legal costs and be part of helping to build a stronger and more inclusive society.
The campaign has set out the evidence, case and precedents for change in more detail at http://www.cycling-accident-compensation.co.uk/strict-liability.aspx. It is important that STSG facilitates the strongest available evidence to support this debate so please add to this thread any other evidence or opinions that might help. I look forward to continuing the debate within STSG and on the new Steering Group of Roadshare.
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I believe that there was an estimate, a few years ago, that presumed liability would add about £50 pa to the average motor insurance premium – which is about £750-800 pa. The estimated cost on the average premium for fraudulent whiplash claims meanwhile was about £90.
£50 doesn't sound unreasonable – and I am sure that savings in litigation costs and improved safety culture would be outweighed by the increased payouts to people who need and thoroughly deserve them, and that is undoubtedly a good thing.
I wasn't aware that Scotland was – yet – a country in its own right but if it is, it is one of six out of 28 in the EU which have no presumed liability law for motor claims, the others being England/Wales, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus and Romania. Four of those five presumably because they follow the English Common Law approach to jurisprudence, while all other EU states are modelled on the Code Napoleon civil law approach. Including Romania – really don't know why they haven't followed the pack, but one can hardly regard it as a respectable example to follow.
Dave Holladay says:
We have a significant cultural misalignment when it comes to our lives with motor vehicles on the road, and not only in civil law. To take the presumption of liability, the topic being discussed, first. In any other area of activity, where a party is using equipment that can cause substantial damage or injury the law (generally through citing health & safety legislation) is very clear about the duty of care, and the burden of proof encumbent on the person using the hazardous equipment that they are liable for any damage or injury arising from that activity – using a chainsaw, firing shotguns, even driving a motor vehicle on a site which is not a public road. Only when the place is on a public road do we have the aberration of requiring protracted legal battles over liability, when let's face it, if the parties in collision have both been on foot or on bikes, the outcome would have been substantially less severe. So bring a motor vehicle in to the equation and expect that society demands you must deliver the duty of care that goes with it.
In 1903 this issue was recognise in the drafting of the Motor Car Act, and lives on in the requirements of Section 170 RTA 1988 making it a requirement of drivers of motor vehicles to provide insurance details to any person reasonably requiring them, when the PRESENCE of their motor vehicle causes damage or injury. We simply have not completed the detail, which in Scotland (Roman Law) should to be properly precise be called Strict Liability, but is perhaps better explained as the presumption of same.
I mentioned a wider failing of the law, when it comes to the soft landing for those facing the courts for motoring issues. Only for motoring do we have denial of "causing death by driving" of various sorts. Kill someone in any other way with a piece of machinery, or even run them over with a truck on a building site and the charge is simple and straightforward – Manslaughter, with the rarer cases where intent or deliberate action is proven – Murder. That change would at a stroke align a cornerstone of law where the average citizen is likely to have a pseudo-criminal record of a of a few penalty points on their driving licence, wiped clean after a few years – unlike a 'real' criminal record. Being a driving law-breaker is socially acceptable compared to being a real crook.
Currently the PFS and CPS waver about selecting careless or dangerous driving as the charge to bring – manslaughter will simplify that (and align with the charge generally used for the rare occasions when cyclists carry the blame for a fatal crash). This would cut delays, costs, and trauma for all involved in bringing cases to Court
Making that sort of change is a big push but getting progress on the civil law detail is a good place to start.
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Scots are now 19 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured if they walk a mile compared with driving.
The latest road casualty statistics show that there is a need for change in the way we protect vulnerable road users in Scotland. If we want people to lead more active lifestyles then we need to make it safer to do so. People still live longer on average if they walk and cycle more, despite the greater accident risk, but our good car safety record in Scotland is not matched by good walking and cycling safety levels. Cycle fatality rates are still more than twice the casualty rates in some other countries.
At the start of this century Scots walked on average 220 miles and cycled 25 miles per year. In less than 14 years people's walking has fallen to roughly 150 miles, and cycling has increased to approximately 35 miles on average. The latest casualty statistics show that the number road casualties per mile has risen and fallen broadly in line with walking and cycling activity. Despite government claims of large casualty reductions, once changes in travel behaviour are included, the actual improvement in the most serious casualty numbers has been less than 10%.
Over the same period the fall in the number of the most serious car user casualties has been about 50%. In 2000 the fatal and serious casualty rate for walkers was 12 times that for car users per mile travelled but by this year this ratio has risen to 19.
The personal consequences of these injuries are also more severe for walkers and cyclists. When a car user is injured and unable to work, their car insurance protects them against the greatest financial losses. In contrast walkers and cyclists are not required to carry insurance and often find that they and their dependents suffer real hardship from loss of income due to injury.
The Roadshare campaign argues that presumed liability legislation is the simplest way of providing financial protection to vulnerable road users. As roads across Europe have become busier nearly every country has adopted a system of presumed or strict liability to ensure that vulnerable road users are protected. Requiring injured walkers and cyclists at a time of trauma to go to court and show that drivers were at fault is not civilized. Better legislation will help to ensure that money gets to those who need it without treating drivers who have had an accident as criminals.
If car drivers have greater liability for vulnerable road users then all of the available evidence is that they also drive more carefully, helping to reduce the risk of accidents. Every country has different legislation to suit its own legal system. Scotland needs to develop laws that are consistent with the social conscience of the population.
These latest statistics are a wake-up call that more action to protect vulnerable road users is needed.
There has been a debate in Local Transport Today (LTT) about the apparent lack of evidence to support a change in the law. My input to this is posted below which centres around two key questions:
1 – Why should anyone object to civil law provisions that ensure that everyone on the roads is protected in the event of an injury?
2. – Should we be paralysed into not doing something new because of a lack of certainty about the scale of the positive impacts?
"Going to court is a waste of everyone's time and money – we need better road sharing legislation
In LTT 649 to 651 there has been a continuing debate about the case for strict and presumed liability legislation to protect vulnerable road users. For over 20 years in various consultancy and research projects I have noted the lack of protection given to vulnerable road users and generally supported changes that would address this. I support the Roadshare campaign for better liability legislation because it is difficult to see a way forward that does not involve clearer liability laws, but I recognise the knee jerk reaction of many transport professionals when seeing a lawyer campaigning on this agenda. Nobody wants to open the door to a destructive compensation culture.
However engineers like myself and lawyers like Brenda Mitchell share the painful experiences of seeing families in real difficulty as a result of our current arcane laws. I therefore have some questions for those who would oppose better strict and presumed liability legislation. They avoid two diversions that have narrowed the terms of the LTT debate: firstly focusing on cyclists who are just one small group who could be helped by new legislation; and secondly attempting to separate out impacts of legal changes from the overall effects of well-designed packages of engineering, education, enforcement and publicity programmes.
The first question is to ask whether it is right that an injured pedestrian, who finds themselves unable to work as a result of a road accident and therefore unable to support their family, should be forced to go to court to show that the car driver who injured them is at fault. In all probability the car and the pedestrian both made mistakes and the combination of errors led to the casualty. However, the car driver is protected by a steel box and is required by law to carry insurance because cars have the potential to cause damage. The pedestrian's need for financial help and lack of insurance often mean that expensive action in a criminal court is often the route chosen to get help, unnecessarily criminalising drivers. Nobody is arguing that pedestrians should be required to hold insurance to use the roads, so why should anyone object to new civil law provisions to ensure that everyone on the roads is protected in the event of an injury?
The second question is to ask if there is any evidence that the strict and presumed liability provisions that have been introduced in most civilised countries around the world have resulted in harm being caused. There is disputed evidence about whether such laws have had a neutral or very positive impact on casualty rates, but I have yet to see any evidence that they have made casualty rates worse. There is also disputed evidence about whether the net effect on driver insurance premia has been upwards or downwards. Lower court costs reduce premia, but more pay outs are made to vulnerable road users. New well drafted laws in this country will not simply copy those from another country, but be designed to fit within our legal systems. Should we be paralysed into not doing something new because of a lack of certainty about the scale of the positive impacts?
The debate over the last month in LTT does not yet do justice to this important topic. I think it is very clear that we need to improve our presumed and strict liability laws. We all need to be able to walk safely, yet pedestrian activity has been falling faster than pedestrian casualties in many places. For example In 2000 the fatal and serious casualty rate for walkers in Scotland was 12 times that for car users per mile travelled, but in the latest statistics this ratio has risen to 19.
We must be able to share our roads better, and set out the rules for doing so more clearly, so I would encourage everyone to sign up in support of the campaign at http://www.roadshare.co.uk."
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Great piece on Roadshare legislation by SNP Councillor Jim Orr in the Scotsman suggesting the SNP should change their policy on this at their forthcoming conference. http://www.scotsman.com/news/after-an-accident-the-driver-s-insurers-should-pay-1-3595751
Being dead is not the best way to reduce traffic. However current policy often assumes this is the case by using taking population level analysis of values of time and values of life. A more rational approach to policy would be to identify ways to save lives and ways of funding these improvements.
http://www.elseviersocialsciences.com/transport/pdf/tra28_2.pdf
This great paper from Esra Hauer (1994) exposes why policy is often wrong. People's preferences are not well-defined, stable, and consistent over time. David Levinson (2014) argues that giving legitimacy to public policy via a jury or a ballot may be better. Perhaps the opportunities emerging through the digital democracy movement can help to solve this long standing problem.
If anyone does not support the Roadshare Campaign then can they tell me why it matters whether the 13 year old schoolgirl in the following example was 50%, 70% or 90% to blame for her injuries. Surely what matters in a civilized society is that we protect all road users. Pedestrians are not required to carry insurance and nobody is suggesting that they should. Therefore to protect all road users we need Presumed Liability legislation.
"On the 12th January 2004, on the A98 between Banff and Fraserburgh, a 13 year old schoolgirl was seriously injured in a collision with a car. She had got off a school minibus and gone around the rear of the stationary bus to cross the road. She was struck by a car travelling at 50mph. The case was heard before a Judge who found the girl 90% to blame. The decision was appealed and
the Appeal Court found the girl 70% to blame. That decision was also appealed and the Supreme Court found the girl 50% to blame issuing judgement on the 18th Feb 2015, more than 10 years after the incident."
Should our children need to wait 10 years to receive compensation for serious injuries? Had the girl lived elsewhere in Europe where there is presumed liability legislation the girl would have been automatically awarded compensation as road traffic liability laws are designed to protect children. To be a socially responsible nation Scotland needs Roadsharing legislation. Back the campaign at https://www.change.org/p/pass-a-member-s-bill-for-presumed-liability-between-motorists-cyclists-and-pedestrians
The case of Sally Low. An excellent article in the Law Society of Scotland Journal by Brenda Mitchell http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/60-9/1020696.aspx
The feature on BBC Good Morning Scotland about the research on the benefits of roadsharing legislation is now available at audioboom https://audioboom.com/boos/2975753-research-report-derek-halden-and-jamie-aarons-discuss-findings
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This is where the laws of physics come into it, and we need to understand that the Second Law of Thermodynamics controls all such heat transfers. That law tells us that, if there are unbalanced energy potentials in an isolated system, then there will be a propensity for those to vanish as the system approaches what is called "maximum entropy" and this is because that is the only way the system can go, always increasing entropy, assuming no new energy is added.
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Now, as molecules move between collisions there will be an interchange of this potential energy and the kinetic energy, just as happens when you drop a stone to the ground and the initial potential energy is partly converted to kinetic energy.
But temperature is a measure of the mean molecular kinetic energy, and so the temperature is affected in such a way that, when thermodynamic equilibrium is attained, we actually have a vertical temperature gradient which is cooler at the top.
It is important to understand that this happens because the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy remains constant, just as it does when you drop that stone. So molecules at the top (with more potential energy) have less kinetic energy.
Now the critical issue is what happens when the state of thermodynamic equilibrium is disturbed by, for example, the absorption of new thermal energy at higher altitudes only.
What we find is that the new energy then spreads out in all directions away from the source of that energy. This is because there will be a propensity to reach a new state of thermodynamic equilibrium which will have a temperature profile with the same gradient but at a higher overall level.
And that is how the required extra thermal energy (which James Hansen was looking for) gets into a planet's surface.
But the temperature gradient is reduced in magnitude by radiating molecules such as in the so-called "greenhouse gases" like water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane. This is because inter-molecular radiation has a temperature leveling effect which works against the gravitationally induced gradient.
We find that in moist regions the gradient is reduced by about a third, and so the whole plot of temperature against altitude rotates downwards at the surface end. Hence these greenhouse gases lead to lower supported surface temperatures and not warmer ones.
There is a study in the book which confirms that water vapor does in fact cool in the real world, and this single fact completely smashes the greenhouse conjecture. And so, in this context and with this breakthrough in understanding of climate, you will find errors in many climate blogs wherever they imply carbon dioxide warms.
Please now read the "Evidence" page and view my 15-minute VIDEO.
EXPERIMENT with CENTRIFUGE MACHINE REFUTES the RADIATIVE GREENHOUSE HYPOTHESIS.
The strange looking machine at the right is a centrifuge machine recently invented so as to produce a gas stream at -272°C which is about 1°K, that is, only one degree above absolute zero. This experiment proves that a centrifugal force field creates a temperature gradient, and so too does gravity in the lower layer of the atmosphere which is called the troposphere.
But those who postulated that so-called greenhouse gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane raise the surface temperature assumed the temperature would be the same at all levels in the troposphere if there were no greenhouse gases.
Many climate blogs promote the views of the owner as to whether or not, or by how much carbon dioxide might affect Earth's surface temperature. But this compelling evidence proves it has no effect.
In the book Why It's Not Carbon Dioxide After All and my paper I explain the real physics of climate based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the associated state of thermodynamic equilibrium which that law says will evolve.
The overall level of Earth's surface temperatures is set by solar radiation and also cosmic ray levels, as these can affect cloud formation. There are natural long and short term cycles which are clearly evident in the climate records.
There is a very interesting strong correlation between the climate cycles and the 934-year and superimposed 60-year cycles in the above plot which is derived from planetary orbits. For those who are interested it is the inverted plot of the scalar sum of the angular momentum of the Sun and all the planets. Magnetic fields from the planets may affect solar activity and cosmic rays.
The whole Earth+atmosphere comes into radiative balance with the Sun at a temperature which is about 18 degrees below the freezing point of water. This is an average temperature and is typical of temperatures found about 4Km to 5Km above the surface. This is nearly half way up the troposphere, which is the region which contains most of the air in the atmosphere and gets colder by about 7 degrees with each 1Km increase in altitude.
But what has baffled climatologists such as Dr James Hansen is the fact that the average (mean) surface temperature is of course warmer than that and may be around 14 to 15 degrees above freezing point, that being about 33 degrees warmer than the effective radiating temperature.
You might well think that the Sun can warm the surface to the observed temperatures with its direct radiation. However, when we consider the whole globe and the average intensity of the Sun's radiation, the amount of cloud cover and the incident radiation absorbed by the atmosphere, the laws of physics tell us that the remaining solar radiation just simply is not enough.
You are familiar with this diffusion process which can be observed if your car is left in the Sun and then driven into your garage. Close the garage door and open the car doors and gradually you will feel the temperature of the air in the garage warming and that of the air in the car cooling.
This plot is derived from planetary orbits.
"maximum around 2050...next Little-Ice-Age around 2400"
Climate blogs, notably those run by Anthony Watts, Judith Curry and Roy Spencer are operated by people without a correct understanding of the physics pertaining to climate change. Their "Lukewarm" stance in effect endorses the false IPCC and NASA claims about radiative forcing. But, since they have a vested interest in the AGW "science" they simply delete comments by those like myself who don't agree with their opinion. Anthony Watts has banned many, and when he dedicated a post to his attempts to smear me, it backfired on him with some supporting my right to post and not be banned for life regardless. At the right is a screen capture here on Judith Curry's thread.
Any questions and comments may be posted on my blog.
Complaint to CSIRO: click here.
Click for 15 min. VIDEO!


The situation on the border between Slovenia and Austria remains tense.
Hundreds of migrants broke through the border fence at night.
Video captured hundreds of migrants climbing over the fence and entering Austria.
The police were able to restore some order but not before hundreds of migrants flooded into the country.
This video was reportedly filmed the evening of October 20,2015.
Thousands of migrants cram the camp on the border.


I'm not really into bar soap so much. I much prefer liquid soap myself. I wanted to mention that so you could understand that it affects my scoring. This soap was really nice. It lathers up really well with a shower puff and it feels so nice on the skin. The scent was a little "soft" for my liking.
The Sandalwood Jasmine soap is a Dr. Bronner's Australian market exclusive so our sincerest condolences go out to Estados Unidos y Canada. And the rest of the world for that matter!
Sandalwood: sooooo good! It is definitely one of my favourite scents, probably my favourite actually, but crikey it's expensive stuff!
The first thing I noticed was how BIG this bar of soap was. Dr. Bronner's have certainly not skimped in that department. This was the first time I had used any Dr. Bronner's products. At AUD $7.95 it is not too expensive considering it is A LOT bigger than most others. That compensates for the slightly higher price and makes it really good value. An associate of ours has sworn that she has seen a single bar of soap go for as much as $80!
Dr. Bronner's use the Triple Milled Process, also known as French Milled, to make their soap. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it to anyone who listens: In my opinion, Triple Milled/French Milled is inferior to Cold Process.
I love Sandalwood and this bar smells fantastic but, like Nashua, I found it was a little light on the scent side. It's a lathering machine with a shower puff and it feels really nice on the skin. The palm oil, and all of Dr. Bronner's palm oil is sourced ethically from a sustainable operation in Ghana.
It's no Dindi or Scrumpy Soap!
Feel free to tell us what you think in the comments.
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Actually I didn't because that would be an utterly ridiculous way to buy I car. The last time I bought one, I looked at it, I test drove it, I got a mechanic to look at it. You can do all of these things with Free and Open Source software, including getting a good look at the engine. This is much harder and sometimes not even possible with proprietary software. So why would you use an RFP process to purchase software, when you have the opportunity to actually evaluate it in a meaningful way instead.
If you are hoping for me to have an answer to this I am afraid I don't. What I do know is that a typical RFP process discriminates against Free and Open Source software, mostly because we can't lie. I am not saying that I know for sure proprietary ILS vendors lie, (although there are documented cases of their employees lying about Open Source before) but if people can't see your code, you can say it does whatever you like. When talking about Koha, there isn't this option. The code is there for everyone to see, the bugs are logged publicly, we have publicly archived lists, publicly logged IRC channels. What you see is exactly what you get, we can't say "Koha will make your coffee" because you can check if that is true or not. So I guess this is a long winded way of saying, choose Free and Open Source software … we can't lie to you.
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Exactly, they will read written statements, base a shortlist on that, then trial something without looking under the hood.


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The death of pop performer Michael Jackson was greeted by the media with such an outpouring of syrupy attention that I was moved to write a letter to the editor of Canada's self-styled national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, which itself had provided examples of celebrity journalism.
My letter to the editor appeared in the Globe on June 29. I have reproduced the letter below with the few significant bits removed by the Globe prior to its publication indicated in italics.
The death of Michael Jackson has occasioned a deluge of so-called news coverage involving this has-been performer. One expects this sort of thing in the tabloids while still hoping for some sense of proportion in mainstream media. Sadly the hallmark of the coverage since Jackson's death lies in the absence of perspective, in the demonstration of how far celebrity 'journalism' has replaced quality news reporting.
I am disappointed but not surprised that Canada's national newspaper has succumbed to the temptation to elevate the unimportant to prominence: q.v., from June 27 the gag-inducing front page story "A tortured star's last days" and (later on) "Heal the world: A planet in mourning".
However this can be said in the Globe's favour: unlike the risible and repetitive cable television coverage of the trivial on CNN and CBC Newsworld (e.g., endless helicopter shots of the LA hospital to which Jackson's body was taken) the paper redeems itself in the same Saturday issue. It offsets the puerility of Jackson stories with the refreshing and welcome perspective about him and the post-Princess Diana response to his death in the columns of Christie Blatchford and Rex Murphy.
"Ever since [the death of Princess Diana] every quasi-famous person to die -- including those who achieved fame only in death, such as random victims of gunplay -- have been sent on their way with a ghastly array of stuffed animals, handmade drawings and the tears of strangers. Only the size of the memorial changes and there is nothing makeshift about any of it.
" The public mourning [for Jackson] promises to be protracted and ridiculous, with people who had never met him or even seen him in concert all but bursting into flames with grief. Oddly, for a change the usual grotesque circus will actually suit the deceased. ... The man was a train wreck."
"The American media went the full Niagara with the news of Michael Jackson's passing. ... There is something Pavlovian about the modern mass media when they deal with any of the various extreme moments of a hyper-celebrity's life. The bell rings and report - at length - they must. The great and mixed technology of modern communications goes into full gear feeding continuously on the barest fact. The news or entertainment shows haven't anything new to offer on the instant.
"Obviously, in most cases, they simply cannot. Often only one 'fact' is all that is known. ... the video must run, the inane chatter of the anchors must fill the empty air with more empty air.
"The reportage, so called, is simply an immense static flowing out of the celebrity event. Its purpose is not to supply information but to indicate, by its sheer volume and continuousness, the rank of the celebrity concerned."


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Top 22 NBA Players of All Time
Michael Jordan or LeBron James, Shaq or Kareem, Kobe or Jordan and etc. We compare them all the time. Statistics, rings, popularity or contracts. But we sure that they are the best all of time.
updated by Melisa Kaya
Top NBA Players of All Time
#1 Emperor of Hooks
Career Years: 1969-1989
Career Teams: 1969-1975 Milwaukee Bucks, 1975-1989 Los Angeles Lakers
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the most scoring player in NBA history (38,387 points). Abdul-Jabbar can be considered as the most talented and successful player of the 1970s and 80s. Abdul-Jabbar was selected in 1st Round and 1st Pick in 1969 NBA Drafts. Kareem won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in the same year. During his career, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. In his career, Kareem was a member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach. Abdul-Jabbar was selected twice NBA Finals MVP.
#1 Best Scorer of All-Time
Career Years: 1984-1993, 1995-1998, 2001-2003
Career Teams: 1984-1993, 1995-1998 Chicago Bulls, 2001-2003 Washington Wizards
Michael Jordan, in the opinion of many people he is the greatest basketball player of all time. The six-time championship, the five-time Most Valuable Player award and numerous records are the main reasons why we can give him the title. Michael Jordan has been the best scorer in 10 seasons and this is a record. In addition, he was selected nine times in the NBA All-Defensive First Team. It is seen that Michael Jordan is a star with defensive features as well as offensive-power. Career averages, two times the Olympic Gold Medal, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the All-Star team for which he has been selected 14 times, is a certain little part of Michael Jordan's career and achievements.
#1 King of 2000's
Career Years: 2003-present
Career Teams: 2003-2010 Cleveland Cavaliers, 2010-2014 Miami Heat, 2014-2018 Cleveland Cavaliers, 2018-present Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James is the most complete basketball player of the 2000s. With 3 championships and 2 Olympic Gold Medals, LeBron is a success icon that ranks high in all statistics. He started his career in Cleveland and went back to his home after the two championships with Miami Heat. After he turned to Cleveland, he reigned the championship with Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James, who currently continues his career in the Los Angeles Lakers, is perhaps the most successful basketball player in NBA history in career statistics. Wearing the All-Star jersey 15 times, winning 4 times the Most Valuable Player award, 12 times the All-NBA First Team, 5 times the NBA All-Defensive First Team, LeBron James won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 2004. LeBron James, who was directly drafted from the High School to the NBA, was not difficult to predict at that time that he would jump his career steps so successfully and have such a career.
#1 Center of Celtics
Career Teams: 1956-1969 Boston Celtics
Words are not enough to describe the achievements of some athletes. Bill Russell had 11 championships in 13 years career. He is one of two athletes who won most league titles in American sports history. Bill Russell has won five-time the NBA Most Valuable Player and has been named 12 times the All-Star. During his university career, he was the leader of his team in two championships in the NCAA league with the University of San Francisco. In addition, he won a gold medal with the American National Team at the Summer Olympics in 1956. Bill Russell is arguably one of the most important players in NBA history.
Hakeem Olajuwon
#1 Legend of Houston
Career Teams: 1984-2001 Houston Rockets, 2001-2002 Toronto Raptors
If we say he's the most important basketball player in the history of the Houston Rockets, I guess no one is against it. When he was selected as number one in the draft elections in 1984, this was no surprise. Hakeem won the championship with Michael Jordan's break in basketball and won the championship ring twice in 1994 and 1995. Hakeem Olajuwon, who won the Most Valuable Player award in 1994, was selected 12 times in the All-Star team. In 1985, Hakeem started his NBA career by winning the Best Rookie award and his 34th jersey was retired by the Houston Rockets. Hakeem Olajuwon was one of the few best players in the low post during his career. His success in rebounds, points and blocks statistics makes Hakeem one of the most important pivots in NBA history.
#1 Logo of NBA
Career Teams: 1960-1974 Los Angeles Lakers
Jerry West is one of the most important guards in NBA history. The NBA logo was created using his silhouette. In addition to his playing career, he has a very successful career as an executive. Jerry West was picked Round 1, Pick 2nd at the 1960 draft. In his 14-year career, he had a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Jerry West, who once won the Finals Most Valuable Player award, has been named All-Star 14 times. He won 8 titles in his executive career. He has the Scoring Leader in 1970 and the Assist Leader in 1972. Jerry West's number 44 was retired by the Los Angeles Lakers. In addition, Jerry West is a Hall of Fame member.
#1 Best Scorer of 2000s
Kobe Bryant is the most successful scorer of the 2000s, according to most basketball fans. He has made his mark on the NBA history with five championships and two the Most Valuable Player of the Finals. With the pair he formed with Shaq, Kobe gave the Los Angeles Lakers the golden seasons of the 2000s. Kobe Bryant was selected 18 times for the All-Star team, 11 times for All-NBA First Team, and nine times for NBA All-Defensive First Team. A complete player, Kobe is the best scorer in the NBA after Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant, who has spent his entire career in the Los Angeles Lakers, won two Olympic gold medals with the US national team.
#1 Best Sharp Shooter
Larry Bird is the most important long-range shooter of the 1980s. In his 13-season Boston Celtics career, Bird has won three NBA titles and was named the most valuable player of the finals twice. Larry Bird, who won the most valuable player of the season three times in a row between 1984-86, is one of the members of the dream team that took part in the Summer Olympics held in Barcelona in 1992. Bird, who has retired his number 33 shirt by the Boston Celtics, is, according to many authorities, the most successful white player in NBA history. In 12 of his 13 seasons, he was elected to the All-Star team and was named 9 of All-NBA First Team in the league. Larry Bird is one of the most important stars in NBA history, not only in his time.
#1 Magic in Hollywood
Career Years: 1979-1991, 1996
Career Teams: 1979-1991, 1996 Los Angeles Lakers
Magic Johnson is one of the most important playmakers in NBA history. He has won the nickname Magic as a unique player with his long height and ability to read games. With a unique pass ability, Magic Johnson is the unchanging playmaker of the Los Angeles Lakers, the most successful team in the 1980s. He also served as a member and playmaker of the Dream Team formed by America at the Barcelona Olympics held in 1992. Although Magic Johson ended his NBA career early due to his AIDS disease, he has achieved many successes. 5 times NBA champion, 12 times All-Star, 4 times NBA assists leader, 3 times finals MVP, 3 times regular-season MVP are just some of the awards and achievements.
Oscar Robertson
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In our thirty-seventh episode, we have two amazing special guests – Spencer Hickman (Death Waltz) and Mo Shafeek from MondoTees.com. We talk about Mondo's latest album release – 'They Live', which you can get here in time for Valentine's Day. Discussions include how the entire process of making the album came about and more. There was a great BLOODY QUESTION that was asked: "If you could drop one of your favorite horror characters into another horror property to see how they'd stack against that film's situation, which character and what film would you pick and why?" We also read our Reddit answers on the subject, which are quite comical.
We also give you "Bloody Recommendations" of four horror films and soundtracks that range from 'Nightmares Come At Night' to the 'Critters' Soundtrack. Our big topic is, of course, is 'THEY LIVE', where we discuss the film, its production history, the actors, and more. It was so much fun. This episode is guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you. Thank you to Spencer Hickman and Mo Shafeek again for having a good time with us on the show.
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SAN DIEGO – March 6, 2017 – Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB), today announced the appointment of Tony Gale as vice president and general manager of NextBus®, Cubic's Real-Time Passenger Information (RTPI) business. Gale is an executive with more than 20 years of experience in Software as a Service (SaaS) as well as domestic and international IT/Geographic Information System (GIS) markets.
Prior to joining NextBus, Gale was general manager of TripSpark Technologies' School Transportation Division, a business unit of Trapeze Software. His previous leadership roles include profit and loss leadership, operations, program management, business development and sales and marketing.


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Q: SQL LIKE Querying PHP Serialized data with Drupal 7 Using Drupal 7, and I'm trying to get results from the database using the LIKE command but it doesn't recognize my wildcards. I'm not sure if this is even a Drupal issue, or if I'm doing something wrong. Anyways here's an example of the data I'm trying to match, along with my patters
Data to Match
a:2:{i:1;s:2:"17";i:2;s:1:"3";}

My like Queries
$pattern1 = 'a:2:{i:1;s:2:"17";i:2;s:1:"%";}'//works
$pattern2 = 'a:2:{i:1;s:1:"%";i:2;s:1:"3";}'//fails

$result = db_query(
    "
        SELECT pa.nid, pa.model, pa.combination
        FROM {$Product_Adjustments} pa
        WHERE pa.combination LIKE :pattern
    ",
    array(
        ':pattern' => $pattern1
    )
);

Additionally, I've tried the '_' wildcard, but that doesn't bring anything up either

A: Are you sure the pattern is correct? Notice pattern 1, the first string is 2 long, and in pattern 2 you're looking for one that's only 1 long. Are you sure that's right? Are the lengths of the individual pieces of that serialized data predictable enough to even query this way? It seems unlikely, and you'll probably have to store some normalized data instead.