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Debate:Science namespace
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This has been talked about in a few places recently (such as here, here and here). The proposal is to start a new namespace at RationalWiki for science-related articles. Some users have suggested that articles in the science portal wouldn't necessarily have to fit in with the missions directly: they could just be educational or general articles on scientific subjects.
1 Most recent thread on this
2 Further Discussion
3 One argument I haven't really seen
4 Same idea, different name
5 If we go ahead with this...
6 Call to question
6.1 Yea
6.2 Nay
6.3 Abstain
7 Counter proposal
Most recent thread on this[edit]
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It's certainly an idea I could get behind. While it's true that there is no way we can or would even want to compete with WP on depth and breath, you have to remember that Wikipedia is Wikipedia. A lot of its science articles suffer badly from it's writing style. On RW, we're safe to drift into informality, slightly bizarre explanations and tying things together in ways that WP just can't because of what it is. While it's data is very extensive (it's chemical data is about as reliable as the Sigma-Alrich catalogue) its ability to explain things concisely and clearly sometimes suffers when it's presented to a non-expert audience. ArmondikoVpostate 12:24, 16 December 2008 (EST)
Well, I'm in favour. So how do we go about properly bringing this 'fore the mob? --Kels 12:49, 16 December 2008 (EST)
You find the big badass power-mad ones that make lots of edits, make sure they're out of town and unilaterally go ahead without any approval :P ArmondikoVpostate 08:02, 17 December 2008 (EST)
Boo! I am still in town. - User 17:59, 22 December 2008 (EST)
I have suggested previously that a science namespace would be the solution for this.--Bobbing up 14:30, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Think that only TMT can add a new namespace & I think he's afk 'til new year.
on Toast
14:34, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Science articles are already linked via category - they could all be moved to a distinct namespace, but I don't think it's essential to do so. I also think that, by & large, they should be fairly close to the missions. Felidae is a bit of an anomaly, but obviously it's a labour of love, & there shouldn't be any more talk of deleting it or confing in to funspace. But I'm still not convinced that we should be building lots of equivalent articles to deal with every other creature classification or every application of science in as much depth. weaseLOId ~ 14:48, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Is someone having a laff? The only pussy that get's rusty is ... Na, I said too much already. Lily Ta, wack! 14:55, 22 December 2008 (EST)
At some level the entirety of science has some relationship with pseudo-science - if only as an example of what science is or is not. Any element of science could theoretically be referenced by a pseudo-science article. But if we justify science articles in that way it would have the effect of introducing the whole of science into mainspace - something which would be well beyond our mission. However given that we (a) have people who want to write explicitly about science and (b) will frequently want to reference science in our pseudo-science articles, a science namespace would be a good idea.--Bobbing up 15:45, 22 December 2008 (EST)
To my way of thinking, it would be a lot like the "Fun" namespace. It's not stuff that's necessary to the Mission, but just stuff that people like writing for a laugh. We've got a lot of people who just plain like science, even people like me who are a long way from experts. So for folks like that, having a namespace to do what they enjoy strikes me as just fine. It's not like it'd use up all the space on the wiki or anything, and it'd make a number of people happy. --Kels 16:00, 22 December 2008 (EST)
OK, you've convinced me. But what about all those science articles that are mission-related (evolution, etc.) - would they also go into the science portal or stay in mainspace? wassaiLOId ~ 16:10, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Can someone copy the relevant chunks of this to a new place to discuss it, like maybe a debate page or something? And announce it on the intercom? ħuman 16:27, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Further Discussion[edit]
As far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't aim to become encyclopedic in our coverage of sciences, or compete with WP, but I don't have a problem with creating a namespace for science subjects people here want to write about. I'm a bit concerned about how we would organise it. For example, would existing science related articles which are mission-related (e.g. theory of evolution) go into it, or just off-mission ones (e.g. felidae)? What about pseudoscience-related content? Should it go in science space, mainspace or should we also create a pseudoscience namespace? wassaiLOId ~ 17:44, 22 December 2008 (EST)
I'd say that all pseudoscience would be mainspace. Articles like Quark, Neutron and Proton are science. Some would fall between but I'd say that evolution would be mainspace.--Bobbing up 18:01, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Agreed. Stuff like Evolution would stay where they are, but say if someone wanted to do stuff on chemical interactions, or specific evolutionary histories of stuff like the whale or horse, then they'd go in Science. --Kels 18:02, 22 December 2008 (EST)
I'm very much of teh same opinion as Kels here, particularly the comment in the above section; people just plain like it. For any budding scientists in the group that would like to communicate their expertise, area of research etc. that just can't muscle in on the sheer amount of content that WP already has. And I've already pointed out that WP, while comprehensive, doesn't exactly explain some stuff in an easy to understand manner. What we'd essentially be doing is pop science (hopefully accurate pop science though). That would certainly NOT conflict or compete with Wikipedia. ArmondikoVpostate 19:08, 22 December 2008 (EST)
I'm still on the fence as far as which way I would "vote", but one problem (or not?) is that when stuff is in its own name space, it won't come up as a "random page". Is that part of the goal? ħuman 19:42, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Personally, I don't care too much, but I probably wouldn't me a major author there anyhow. But to follow up on Armond's comment, I think one thing we have going for us that WP doesn't is style and the ability to take a stand. We don't have to give lip service to "the other side" or fringe views. We can be snarky. We can be entertaining, rather than exhaustive. That's where we'd avoid duplicating WP's efforts to good effect, I think. --Kels 20:23, 22 December 2008 (EST)
I'd like to propose that our "mission" for this namespace/category should be to do correctly what CP fails at. That is, be a resource for students at the junior-high-school and high-school level. This gets us out from under the shadow of WP, since their mission is to be truly encyclopedic. As a more concrete example, the internet could benefit from a place where a student could read about complex numbers without dealing with Foxtrot's babbling about how awful they are, or his banhammering of people who try to set the story straight. I'm willing to do some of the heavy lifting, and I know there are people here who are refugees from the CP cesspit.
This should be "pure science" (and math), kept separate from the issues of controversies about evolution etc. I think a category would be better than a namespace, so it's really just a matter of people writing stuff.
Gauss 19:57, 22 December 2008 (EST)
Why do we have to only use pop science? It's not as if we're writing articles on, say, Picasso. And I'd like to see wikipedia use the same brand of humor that the felidae article has. --"ConservapediaUndergroundResistorcat! 20:22, 22 December 2008 (EST)
One argument I haven't really seen[edit]
Why do we actually need a namespace for this? Put another way, is there anything wrong with us writing articles describing scientific topics, in our unique voice of course, in the mainspace? Put a third way, is there a problem that this new namespace is intended to solve? ħuman 20:41, 22 December 2008 (EST)
It was pointed out above that putting it in a separate namespace would make the articles not come up on "random page". I think that's a good argument for making it just a category. Gauss 01:10, 23 December 2008 (EST)
I like the idea in principle but am unclear on the implementation, why a separate namespace again? Why not just open up our standards a bit an be more encouraging/receptive of general science articles? Put up a few good indexes and categories and voila? tmtoulouse 00:45, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Ah, if it'd remove it from the random page function, then it might be a bad idea (you're slowly turning me against it). I think the idea behind the namespace thing is that it just organises it better, as most of the articles would be pretty much off mission. ArmondikoVpostate 09:05, 11 January 2009 (EST)
It may certainly be possible to alter the random page function to include other namespaces. I am inclined to want to support the idea but am still unclear why a namespace. I think what we do need to do is expand our mission to include general science articles and related references, clarify that we are looking for those as well. Flesh out how they should be written, a "how to write science for rationalwiki" type article. Then maybe an index page/portal, a good template, and the right categories and I think we get everything we need without the addition of another namespace. I am not opposed to the namespace, just not sure what it gives us that the above does not. tmtoulouse 12:16, 11 January 2009 (EST)
I agree that opening up the mission would have the same effect. I was under the impression that we wanted to avoid mission creep which could result in our becoming simply a cut down version of WP. But yes, if we're happy with expanding the mission statements then I'd have no objection. The thing is that at the moment, to my reading of the mission statements, they are explicitly excluded (or at least not included). Many people want to write about them and they have relevance to what we do - or apparently are trying to do. So either or would be fine by me. --Bobbing up 17:01, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Same idea, different name[edit]
I had a suggestion when CUR wanted to broaden a mission to cover his biggy kitty cat article how about a reference namespace. We could have a large collection of short, sharp, well written and well referenced articles explaining a wide range of scientific facts, but also expand it to cover non-science facts. It would be better if we could give people information without them having to go off site for definitions or background information. (Also we can manipulate it for SEO ala ♥ K e n D o l l ♥). - User 01:55, 11 January 2009 (EST)
I think we need to decide something on this. Since the last time we discussed it, we've had a bunch of mathematics articles copy-pasted from CP, none of which directly relate to our missions. If we're hosting non-mission science/math stuff, as now seems to be the case, we should draw some sort of boundaries about what we do & don't want & where we put it. I think a separate namespace might be a good idea. Wëäŝëïöïď Methinks it is a Weasel 08:18, 11 January 2009 (EST)
It is because of the mathematics articles I want to make the title broader than science. Just Info would do. - User 19:47, 11 January 2009 (EST)
I had a think about this regarding your idea on the broader namespace and how to avoid a too broad a space blurring with the mainspace (I don't think we need to be limited to the use of namespaces like other wikis, we could use them as broad categories and have a full namespace dedicated to the pseudo-sciences too, perhaps). The science/reference section could have history, science, maths, equations and general reference material while the mainspace would contain people, movements, events (historical and current/recurring), ideologies, mythologies, current affairs and pseudo-sciences. These mainspace things can referrence the other space, which is purely for fact rather than comment. Now, I think the only reason to have the namespace is to motiviate people to fill it. If we just keep it as mainspace, editors may not be as inclinded to contribute (my hypothesis anyway). So I think that such motivation is the real problem; it's clear that we want the science and refference articles, but how we organise them well and encourage people to contribute to them is the real issue. ArmondikoVpostate 08:44, 13 January 2009 (EST)
If we go ahead with this...[edit]
I am voting Nay until someone can give a definition of mainspace (or on mission) science article and those which are not. The current proposal doesn't define what should and shouldn't be in the mainspace. - User 21:58, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Call to question[edit]
It looks like many points have been made. Shall we simply call to question then, or does more debate need to occur?
Yea[edit]
If voting, I vote Yea. Omniwombat 17:43, 10 January 2009 (EST) Update I don't much care how things are classified as long as general ignorance-fighting-but-not-necessarily-mission-fulfilling articles have a home. In this matter my opinions remain with the Weasel and the Radioactive African.
That'll be "Abstain" then? (with butter!) talk to Toast 22:25, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Nah. My vote remains the same, but thanks for asking. Omniwombat 22:29, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Yea For the reasons given in the debate above. — Unsigned, by: Bob M / talk / contribs
Yea --"ConservapediaUndergroundResistor'This isn't wookiepedia, fanboy.' 12:11, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Yea with addendum - I support a new name space but I am not convinced we should limit it to science fact maybe something a little broader. 19:50, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Yea. I don't see why more content is a problem. I'm also concerned about this project continuing if we don't start coming up with more ways to go beyond Conservapedia. Sterilerationalize 09:24, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Yea. I've given reasons in various places, no particular secret. --Kels 21:19, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Iss! (Devonian for yes, zur) Totnesmartin 13:54, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Nay[edit]
I vote Nay. It seems pointless. But thanks for moving the discussion here, etc. Any decent science article should be fine in the mainspace. It shows we know what we are talking about. ħuman 22:04, 10 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. (Mainly because it'll take it off the Random page button. If it didn't, then I'd be Aye.)fröhlich "gay" and "happy" 22:13, 10 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. Namespaces should be about "meta-data"—debate/essay/template/user/etc., not about the subject matter. Gauss 01:46, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Nay Unless someone can come up with a definition of what is a general science articles and what is a mission science article the whole scheme would be unworkable. 21:55, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. Pinto's5150 Talk 19:55, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. It seems like a science category would suffice. I like the idea of succinct, snappy, and well-sourced science explanations, though. CorryYou can always tell a Milford man. 21:20, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Nay Where would some of our articles like the flood go or if one was written on (say) the age of the universe? (with butter!) talk to Toast 22:20, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Neigh I'm with human on this one, I don't see the point. Silver Sloth 05:33, 13 January 2009 (EST)
<>Yes, for the random-page and meta-data points made above. --SpinyNorman 09:50, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. If you just want to write about science do it in your userspace.
Phantom Hoover 11:56, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. Ditto to what "Human" and "Gauss" said. ListenerXTalkerX 12:18, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. Pointless, I think. DogP 20:44, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Nay. Pointless.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 22:46, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Abstain[edit]
Abstain - I'm indifferent as to whether it's dealt with as a separate namespace, but I think we should come to some agreement about the non-mission science / math articles currently in mainspace, whether it's a new namespace or an expanded mission. Wëäŝëïöïď Methinks it is a Weasel 19:45, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Abtstain — I hold the same opinions as Weaseloid in this matter. Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments. 22:02, 12 January 2009 (EST)
Abtstain - I think the default is SCIENCE...maybe we shuld oughta have a "DEBUNK" NS to separate the usual sceincy stuff from the sciency stuff that's meant as a counter to pseudosceincy found elsewheres? CЯacke® 13:50, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Yea: 7 6 Nay: 13 Abstain: 3
The nay's clearly have it. What happens now? Omniwombat 01:40, 14 January 2009 (EST)
<sarcasm>Well if it is like the Australian Republic debate, we just keep demanding new elections until one finally goes towards changing it.</sarcasm> Or alternatively we could just give up on the idea and keep writing articles. If there is a pressing need for another namespace then we can reopen the date otherwise we can call this dead. - User 02:59, 14 January 2009 (EST)
there's also the EU referendum tactic that's quite similar: if at first they say no, wait a bit and ask again; repeat from ":" until they say yes. (with butter!) talk to Toast 03:06, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Only a fraction of votes have been cast. We should wait until we have a few more. Also, let's actually send a major site wide alert. Anyone with Town Crier powers could do this. --"ConservapediaUndergroundResistor'This isn't wookiepedia, fanboy.' 13:51, 14 January 2009 (EST)
There really isn't much point. The people interested have already voted and we probably will see a similar ratio split with more people any way. - User 17:33, 14 January 2009 (EST)
By the way, CUR, "town crier" doesn't actually do anything. ħuman 19:06, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Counter proposal[edit]
Expand our mission statement to include more general science/reference articles. Create a portal/index of the pages, and cat them accordingly. Keep it all in the mainspace. What is wrong with this idea? Why the separate namespace? tmtoulouse 17:59, 13 January 2009 (EST)
You know, that was actually my idea. I never once really advocated the science namespace. I just wanted to write science articles. --"ConservapediaUndergroundResistor'This isn't wookiepedia, fanboy.' 19:05, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Because then we begin to look like an encyclopedia and the internet is full of idiots that think they can write an encyclopaedia. A purely science encyclopaedia? How can we ever match this? That shit is hard core. I think if we wander of mission we begin to move into other people's territory and we will just look like a pale imitation. Why can't we have 101 namespaces? It would make us unique. - User 19:10, 13 January 2009 (EST)
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Well. It's a question of audience, really. Scholarpedia is clearly of a very high academic standard that we neither can nor should attempt to reach, but does it really address the "average person"? I sort of doubt it. If we are going to do this, we should probably find in niche somewhere between Scholarpedia and Wikipedia - communicating science topics in an accessible and understandable way, but without Wikipedia's NPOV. That could perhaps be a useful complement to our other mission objectives. --AKjeldsenCum dissensie 19:27, 13 January 2009 (EST)
My thoughts exactly. I think RW can be much more intriguing than Wikipedia, which means people are more likely not to zone out. --"ConservapediaUndergroundResistor'This isn't wookiepedia, fanboy.' 19:28, 13 January 2009 (EST)
Given that (a) we are not going to have a science namespace and (b) people are going to write science articles - the only solution would seem to be to enlarge the mission.--Bobbing up 03:30, 14 January 2009 (EST)
To what? (with butter!) talk to Toast 03:31, 14 January 2009 (EST)
To explicitly include science articles.--Bobbing up 04:30, 14 January 2009 (EST)
I agree. If we include "/Counter|Fight|Dispel|Challenge/ ignorance." as a fourth mission point, that would allow for general science articles while being aligned with the previous three. ʇɐqɯoʍıuɯO Wombats come from Austrailia, see?Leave a message at the beep. 10:42, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Even though it isn't explicitly mentioned in the current mission, I sort of thought some science/history/"scholarly" articles were de facto grandfathered into it. If you're writing articles about why it's ridiculous to think that vaccines are bad, it's probably useful to have "base" articles about vaccines, viruses, infectious disease, epidemics, and of course HELL!!!! so you're not sending people to WP for every single term you use. If the mission is expanded I think it'd be nice to have some sort of requirement that science articles be at least tangentially related to debunking something, unless we don't mind having articles on, say, the finer points of Yang-Mills theory.--Bayes 11:56, 14 January 2009 (EST)
(unindent)Currently a lot of science articles DO direct to wikipedia at the top. They say "outline only", but we can change that template to say "This is Rational Wiki's take on the subject matter, for a more comprehensive view, Wikipedia may help" rather than say "this is an outline" which makes the articles look incomplete and lazy. It's good to credit and direct to Wikipedia because regardless of what some people think, it is a good resource (it just shouldn't be the only resource). Do we really need to expand the official mission to be able to do this though? ArmondikoVpostate 12:04, 14 January 2009 (EST)
It is not our mission to compete with WP. WP is a reference encyclopedia with a sophistication level going all the way up to serious professional scientists. For example, they really do have an article on Stone-Cech compactification, and rightly so.
It is not our mission to compete with Scholarpedia, for the same reason, but even more so.
It is our mission to promote science understanding, and to be a reference source at the high-school and informed layperson level. Readers that are well-informed will be in a better position to understand the issues arising in evolution, medicine, geology, etc.
Accordingly, I think the fourth point of our expanded mission statement should be something along the lines of
"In furtherance of the above goals, and to promote understanding of science, RationalWiki has articles on basic science and mathematics. These are generally at the level of high-school students and educated laypeople."
(And, by coincidence, I was just over at scholarpedia reading about Yang-Mills theory. No, we shouldn't have an article attempting to explain it.)
Gauss 12:11, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Personally, I think many - even most - science articles would be implicitly covered under the current mission statement. As long as you can find one nut who denies something on the topic, we might as well have an article on it. YEC alone denies virtually every aspect of biology and physics in some way, and probably chemistry as well. ħuman 14:24, 14 January 2009 (EST)
"one nut who denies something on the topic" - does it have to be a nut? Nikola Tesla never accepted the existence of the free electron, despite his inventions depending on it to function (he thought electricity was a fluid). Einstein couldn't accept quantum theory's "spooky action at a distance". Richard Owen, creator of the word "dinosaur", was later an opponent of evolution. None of those guys were nuts. What I'm asking is, who is a nut and who isn't? David Icke fans are obviously nuts, but what about (eg) GM food haters? Where's the borderline? Totnesmartin 07:05, 15 January 2009 (EST)
We're all nuts. All those guys were nuts. So were Watson, Crick, and Russell. ħuman 14:04, 15 January 2009 (EST)
So we need to find a (non-parodist) nut who denies, for example, Atomic mass unit, and the existence of CERN - I suppose the the nuttiness around the Large Hadron Collider could be explored but it isn't. Presumably we can find a hordes of people who deny the existence of Force, Matter and Photons. They may exist - but they are certainly conspicuous by their absence in our stubs.--Bobbing up 16:37, 15 January 2009 (EST)
Surely Gene Ray could be our all-purpose denier of everything scientific, mathematical, historic, and goatable? ħuman 20:00, 15 January 2009 (EST)
As a compromise of the various ideas on this page, and per Huw's own suggestion above, I added a note to the "namespaces" section of the revamped community guidelines regarding the mainspace including articles on general science and math. I feel this compromise adequately addresses numerous concerns on the matter: it allows us to continue hosting general science articles, and, while it does not explicitly expand our mission goals, it still acknowledges such articles as legitimate under our current mission goals. Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments. 21:00, 16 January 2009 (EST)
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Unfortunately, some Republicans, who are not as strong on gun rights as others, have weakened the bill by adding a provision that empowers the Agriculture Commissioner to prohibit concealed carry at the State Fair. They've discussed weakening the bill further, and had even attempted to send H562 to the Rules Committee, where bills usually go to "die." Thanks to your phone calls and emails, that didn't happen, and now this critical gun rights bill is up for consideration by the House Appropriations Committee.
It's disappointing to see some Republicans dither on gun issues after they were such pro-gun stalwarts during campaign season, but such is the nature of politicians. In large part, gun rights supporters were responsible for handing Republicanstheir supermajority, but it shouldn't be surprising that citizens must remain vigilant, particularly after the voting booths are back in the storage closet. Thankfully, "vigilance" is not just a word to GRNC supporters, and below, you'll see what you can do to remind your representatives of this.
Politicians may not be reliable, but one thing is sure: when they know their constituents are watching, they miraculously become much better at moving the ball. That is why we're asking GRNC supporters to attend the House Appropriations Committee meeting this Wednesday, May 6, at 8:30 AM. The committee will be discussing H562, a bill critical to gun rights in our state. If you attend, you can be sure the politicians who work for you will take notice, and they will not be tempted to weaken the bill further, and weakening it has indeed been discussed by the ostensibly pro-gun Republicans. Rather, with GRNC supporters like you at the meeting, they will be compelled to strengthen the bill and move it forward.
Below, under 'Immediate Action Required,' you'll find details regarding the meeting. You'll also see how you can easily send a message to the Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee to let them know what you expect of them. Please send them a message, and please attend the meeting. Advancing gun freedom in North Carolina may depend on it.
*H562 "Amend Firearms Laws." This comprehensive bill would further open up the state fair to concealed handgun permit-holders (if the weakening provision is removed), remove restrictions from educational properties, permit guns in locked vehicles at places of employment, remove CLEO discretion in signing BATFE paperwork for Title II firearms, authorize hunting with short-barreled rifles, and more.
ATTEND THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. Please dress for the press: No clothing with inflammatory slogans, business casual or better preferred, etc. Meeting details below.
Due to morning traffic, parking considerations, and limited seats in the committee room, please allow for plenty of extra travel time. Arriving an hour early would not be a bad idea.
Suggested Subject: "Strengthen & Advance Gun Rights Bill, H562"
As a North Carolina gun rights voter who in large part was responsible for creating the Republican supermajority, I am writing to insist that you not weaken the gun rights bill, H562 ("Second Amendment Affirmation Act"). Rather, I'm calling on you and your colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee to strengthen and advance this important bill.
I understand that Republicans recently added a provision to H562 which would empower the Agriculture Commissioner to bar the otherwise lawful concealed carry of firearms at the State Fair. It's as dangerous as it is senseless to arbitrarily prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves and their families at the fair. You may not be aware that, in 2014, fairgoers were robbed at gun point while returning to their vehicle. This occurred even after Agriculture Commissioner Troxler promised top-notch security to the very fairgoers he went out of his way to disarm. Please work to remove the provision from H562 that could disallow practical self-defense (concealed carry) at the State Fair.
H562 is critical to advancing gun rights for the law-abiding people of North Carolina. For this reason, I insist that you, as an ostensibly pro-Second Amendment member of the House Appropriations Committee, reject any weakening provisions, and instead work to strengthen H562, and advance it toward passage.
I will be monitoring your actions on this issue through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.
A person is needed to expand the GRNC alert team. Good writing skills is a must along with the ability to coordinate with personnel at various levels. Knowledge of HTML and ability to manipulate HTML style emails on the code level. Strong understanding of desktop publishing concepts and Microsoft Office tools. Person should be able to translate legal, political, technical and firearms jargon into layman's terms and make the public care about the issue. Familiarity of a mass emailing system like Constant Contact is a nice to have.


As pig farming is mainly a family-oriented business, it has been a practice to involve children in the farm and task them with specific responsibilities. In 2003, a youth version of the PQA Plus® program was launched to mirror the content, but presented in a format more conductive to a younger audience. Recently, educators and livestock industry professionals noticed National Pork Board's success with Youth PQA program and determined the need for a multi-specie, science-based education program for exhibitors ages eight to 21, nationally.
In May 2018, the National Pork Board fully implemented Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) as the quality assurance program for swine exhibitors. The Youth PQA Good Production Practices (GPPs) are within the YQCA content, only identified in a different way. For additional information on YQCA visit, http://yqca.org/.
Exhibitors with current Youth PQA certificates will be accepted at shows until June 2021 when all current certifications will expire.
Some states have pursued state-specific youth quality assurance education and have created state-specific programs that meet the minimum standards of Pork Checkoff approved youth certification programs.


Then Jacob departed from BeerSheva and went toward Haran.
Esau was infuriated with his brother, Jacob. The second-born son of Isaac became the possessor of both the birthright and the blessing traditionally belonging to the first-born. Esau lost everything. Jacob got it all. The result? Like Cain before him, Esau planned to murder his brother. The difference between the two accounts is that Able was utterly innocent. Jacob was not. The birthright was acquired fair and square. Jacob stole the blessing.
Running for his life, Jacob fled north towards Haran and the house of Laban, his uncle. Enroute, Jacob decided to take a little nap using a stone for a pillow. It's hard to imagine a rock being an excellent place to rest one's head.
Ahhh…, but not so fast. Let's take a closer look.
Jacob had a restless night. On the run for his life, Jacob's prospects seemed limited. Maybe his conscience bothered him. Whatever was going on, the Lord chose to appear to Jacob in a dream.
A ladder from earth to heaven appeared and "the angels of God were ascending and descending on it." A reaffirmation of the covenant blessings promised to Abraham and Isaac was now given to Jacob. The Lord Himself promised good to Jacob and his future descendants. At the time, Jacob had no wife and no children. But he would one day. The land he was sleeping on would belong to them as an eternal inheritance. And through Jacob and his family, the families of the entire earth would be blessed.
What had Jacob done to deserve all of this? NOTHING! He coveted what did not belong to him. Jacob deliberately took advantage of Esau's baser instincts and sold him a bowl of red stew in exchange for the birthright his brother disdained. Jacob deceived his father and stole the blessing that Isaac intended to bestow on Esau.
God chose Jacob. Jacob did not choose God. While deeply flawed, God did for Jacob what he could not do for himself. And Jacob believed. You might say, "Jacob got saved." God gave Jacob hope that would sustain him through the next 20 years of hard labor and the rest of his life. Hard lessons would come as God refined the man who would father the Jewish people, the nation of Israel. God always delivers on His promises. Some of the promises made to Jacob he saw fulfilled during his life. Some are coming true today. Others will be fulfilled in the future. Jacob did not see it all, but he saw enough.
If you haven't already, read John 1:43-51. About 1,800 years after Jacob's dream, Jesus began his public ministry. All of the men that Messiah selected as his first disciples were sons of Jacob. Imperfect as they were, God chose them as He had their famous father. It took just a few hours for their world to be turned upside down. Expectantly they had been looking for the promised Son of David, the Anointed One that was to come. Suddenly, there He was!
Philip met Him. Then he introduced Nathanael to the One of whom Moses and the Prophets spoke, "Jesus of Nazareth." You can almost hear Nathanael's incredulous retort. "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" The hometown of Jesus was the 1st Century equivalent of "Podunk." Nathanael was very transparent. What you saw was what you got. Of course, the God / Man already knew this. He created Nathanael. "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit," was Jesus' reply. Today, Jesus might have said. "Whoa, a son of that old deceiver Jacob. This one is as honest as the day is long." Taken aback, Nathanael wanted to know how Jesus knew all about him, that he was not like his father, Jacob. That was when Jesus blew Nathanael's mind!
"Before, Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Jesus wasn't a fortune teller or a magician. He is God; He has always existed. God knows everything. The Jewish rabbis of the 1st Century held that a good place to meditate on Scripture was in the shade of a fig tree. It is highly possible that Nathanael was thinking about God's Word when he encountered Jesus.
Maybe. Just maybe, Yeshua's next comment sheds a little more light on what Nathanael had been meditating on, tieing the calling of Nathanael to God's calling of Jacob during his initially restless night.
"Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." There is no way to prove it, but I think Nathanael may have been meditating on the account of Jacob's dream.
The stone on which Jacob rested his head was set up as a memorial in the place where Jacob met God. Who exactly did Jacob meet? Throughout the Bible, the second person of the God-head is often identified as a stone, as a rock (Psalm 118:22, Matthew 21:42-44, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, 1 Peter 2:4-8, Acts 4:11, Isaiah 8:14, Romans 9:33, Isaiah 28:16, Daniel 2:34, 45, 1 Corinthians 10:4). Jacob then performed the first anointing of the Old Testament. He poured oil on the stone and renamed the place Bethel, the House of God.
Long before God became a man in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, Jacob found rest in the Anointed One of Israel, Jesus the Messiah. Like his forefather, Nathanael recognized the presence of God as well.
I am probably a lot more like Jacob than Nathanael. Praise God that He has revealed Himself to me as He did to Jacob and Nathanael. Like them, I too believe in the Rock of Israel. I now rest in Him.
Can I tell you His story?


An examination of four specific post-apocalyptic works, produced following the attack on the World Trade Center, illustrates an increase in pessimism in three specific types of social situations: biological, religious, and heritage. Examining each novel's word choice, connotation, and tonal establishment indicates how this harsh realism manifests itself as hopelessness. Examinations like this reveal new insight into this specific time frame. The works that I have examined and identified as examples of this stark decrease in optimism include The Road by Cormac McCarthy; Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood; Wool book 1 by Hugh Howey; and Immobility by Brian Evenson, all of which are compared with the early classically optimistic work Earth Abides by George Stewart from 1949. By utilizing both media archeological techniques and historical approaches it becomes clear that the events of 9/11 altered the American mindset for just over a decade, resulting in a marked decline in hope. Focusing on the shift in writing in the post-apocalypse genre reveals an understanding of the American reaction to this historical event.
Hageman, Elizabeth Rose, "Hopeless decade : post-apocalypse literature in the wake of 911" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 792.


A new Rice University study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that socioemotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat.
Denise Chen, assistant professor of psychology at Rice, looked at how the brains of female volunteers processed and encoded the smell of sexual sweat from men. The results of the experiment indicated the brain recognizes chemosensory communication, including human sexual sweat.
Scientists have long known that animals use scent to communicate.
Chen's study represents an effort to expand knowledge of how humans' sense of smell complement their more powerful senses of sight and hearing.
"With the exception of the hypothalamus, neither the orbitofrontal cortex nor the fusiform region is considered to be associated with sexual motivation and behavior," Chen said. "Our results imply that the chemosensory information from natural human sexual sweat is encoded more holistically in the brain rather than specifically for its sexual quality."
Humans are evolved to respond to salient socioemotional information.
Distinctive neural mechanisms underlie the processing of emotions in facial and vocal expressions. The findings help explain the neural mechanism for human social chemosignals.
The understanding of human smell at the neural level is still at the beginning stage. The present work is the first fMRI study of human social chemosignals.
The research, co-authored by Chen and Wen Zhou, graduate student in the Psychology Department, appeared in the December 31 issue of Journal of Neuroscience.


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Q: Error de theme.appcompat al crear un dialogo en android Buenas como dice en el título, tengo el siguiente problema, tengo un alertdialog creado en una clase pero al intentar abrirlo la app me salta con el siguiente error:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.

El caso es que no entiendo el porque se está produciendo este error ya que en todas las activities y tanto en el manifest como en el styles.xml está puesto como tema por defecto Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar
Aquí dejo parte de la clase:
private void showGroups(){

    ListAdapter adaptet = new ArrayAdapter(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.listview_groupsmain, R.id.groupName, g);
    listErrands.setAdapter(adaptet);
    listErrands.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, final int position, long id) {

            AlertDialog.Builder alerDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getApplicationContext());
            alerDialogBuilder.setTitle(R.string.finisherrands);
            alerDialogBuilder.setMessage("Are you sure about that?");
            alerDialogBuilder.setCancelable(false);
            alerDialogBuilder.setPositiveButton(getString(R.string.yes), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    finishErrands(ipServer+"finish.php", position);
                }
            });
            alerDialogBuilder.setNegativeButton(getString(R.string.no), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    dialog.cancel();
                }
            });
            alerDialogBuilder.create().show();

        }
    });
}

Aquí el manifest:
 <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">

y aquí el styles.xml:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

He probado a cambiar el tema en la activity que me está dando el problema y tampoco a funcionado

A: Al final conseguí solucionar el problema cambiando el getApplicationContext() por el nombredelaclase.this y ademas de esto cree en el archivo styles.xml un apartado para el tema del dialogo
<style name="MyAlertDialogStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert">
    <!-- Used for the buttons -->
    <item name="colorAccent">#FFC107</item>
    <!-- Used for the title and text -->
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#FFFFFF</item>
    <!-- Used for the background -->
    <item name="android:background">#202732</item>
</style>troducir el código aquí

y el objeto del alertDialog quedaría asi
  AlertDialog.Builder alerDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(Prueba.this, R.style.MyAlertDialogStyle);

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Ross Procedures in Children With Previous Aortic Valve Surgery
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Sep 29;76(13):1564-1573. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.058.
Edward Buratto 1 , Fraser R O Wallace 2 , Tyson A Fricke 1 , Johann Brink 2 , Yves d'Udekem 3 , Christian P Brizard 3 , Igor E Konstantinov 4
1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
3 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The Melbourne Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Regenerative Medicine, Murdoch Children's Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The Melbourne Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Regenerative Medicine, Murdoch Children's Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: igor.konstantinov@rch.org.au.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.058
Background: The Ross procedure in children is performed either as a primary operation, or a secondary operation after initial aortic valve surgery.
Objectives: The study aimed to determine whether the outcomes of primary and secondary Ross procedure are similar.
Methods: All patients who underwent Ross procedure between 1995 and 2018 were included in the study. Outcomes were compared between those who had primary Ross procedure and those who had secondary Ross procedure, after aortic valve surgery. Propensity score matching for baseline characteristics and risk factors for death and reoperation was performed.
Results: Of 140 Ross procedures, 51.4% (n = 72 of 140) were primary operations, while 48.6% (n = 68 of 140) were secondary operations. Patients undergoing primary Ross procedure tended to be older (median age 8.6 years vs. 7.0 years; p = 0.10) and have a higher weight (28.9 kg vs. 19.4 kg; p = 0.07). There were no significant differences in survival or freedom from reoperation in the unmatched cohort. Propensity score matching resulted in 50 well-matched pairs. In the matched cohort, survival at 10 years was 90.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 77.5% to 95.7%) in the primary Ross group, compared with 96.8% (95% CI: 79.2% to 99.5%) in the secondary Ross group (p = 0.04). Freedom from autograft reoperation at 10 years was 82% (95% CI: 64.1% to 91.5%) in the primary Ross group, compared with 97.0% (95% CI: 80.4% to 99.6%) in the secondary Ross group (p = 0.03).
Conclusions: Secondary Ross procedure performed after initial aortic valve surgery achieves superior long-term survival and freedom from autograft reoperation compared with primary Ross procedure. A strategy of initial aortic valve repair followed by delayed Ross procedure may provide better long-term survival and freedom from autograft reoperation.
Keywords: Ross procedure; aortic valve disease; congenital aortic stenosis; pediatric.
Crown Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Disease / mortality
Aortic Valve Disease / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Reoperation / statistics & numerical data*
Victoria / epidemiology


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import com.mmnaseri.couteau.basics.api.Filter;
import com.mmnaseri.couteau.enhancer.api.MethodDescriptor;
import com.mmnaseri.dragonfly.security.SubjectFilter;

/**
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Joseph Sugden
Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
Debut July 20, 1893
Final Game May 18, 1912
Born July 31, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA USA
Died June 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA USA
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After his playing career ended, Joe Sugden was a Detroit Tigers coach in 1912, at which time he was pressed into service as a player when the Tigers' players went on strike in support of Ty Cobb on May 18th; it was Joe's final playing appearance. He later coached for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1921 to 1925 and was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies staff in 1926 and 1927. He then scouted for the Cardinals from 1928 until his passing.
He umpired two National League games in 1897.
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Retrieved from "https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Joe_Sugden&oldid=1065028"
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Economic Update as at March 2020
Economic Update as at March…
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COVID-19 has continued to spread rapidly around the world and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
This has caused a severe shock to the global economy and financial markets have responded with sharp drops in share prices, a rise in credit spreads and a flight to defensive assets over March.
Global shares and other risky assets declined all around the globe with Hedged Overseas Shares returning -13.4% whilst its Unhedged counterpart returned -8.3%, with the depreciation of the Australian dollar benefiting unhedged Australian investors. In anticipation of the economic growth fallout, S&P Global Ratings lowered its forecast for global growth to 0.4% in 2020 with a rebound to 4.9% in 2021. According to Bloomberg, the Q2 GDP average estimate (-11.2% annualised) would be the worst post WWII quarter on record, surpassing Q1 in 1958 with a GDP of -10%.
Unemployment spiked as companies laid off and furloughed workers, as governments forced businesses to close in order to facilitate social distancing. Given the global economic impacts and business disruptions resulting from COVID-19, central banks and governments worldwide announced fiscal and monetary rescue packages. The US fiscal stimulus package approved by the Senate totals US$2.2 trillion, which represents 10% of the US GDP. Whilst the Australian government announced a A$130 billion JobKeeper package to help keep Australians in jobs. Other packages were released in Japan, Singapore and the European Union (EU). For now, geopolitical tensions, including trade issues between the US and China, have faded into the background. Nonetheless, the oil price war that broke out between Russia and Saudi Arabia has put a constraint on oil prices.
Amid the virus outbreak, the US election season continues with Joe Biden securing the Democratic Party nominee.
Global shares and other risky assets declined over the month. The decline during the month was consistent with the drawdowns seen in past recessionary periods. Share prices in developed markets recovered a portion of their losses in the latter half of March. Factor performance signalled solid risk aversion as investors favoured low volatility and low beta stocks as well as growth stocks. Markets in Japan were resilient whilst return dispersion in Emerging Markets were significant, as Latin America and Russia suffered from falling commodity prices. China outperformed global markets as manufacturing restarted.
The spread of the virus prompted a rally in developed government bonds relative to risky assets, with the Bloomberg Ausbond Treasury Index rising 0.2% and the FTSE WGBI Non Australia Index (Hedged) returning flat over March. However, credit suffered as spreads widened. The Fed cut rates twice in March to a range of 0-0.25% and began quantitative easing, including unlimited buying of Treasury debt, mortgage securities and corporate debt, which has never been done before. Central banks in the UK, Canada and Australia also cut rates and European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and Reserve Bank of Australia initiated QE programs. REITs tumbled on concerns of reduced leases in the commercial real estate sector, with Australian REITs returning -35.2% and Global REITs (Hedged) returning -23.2% over March.
The Australian share market lost ground over the economic fallout related to COVID-19, with the S&P/ASX300 returning -20.8% over March, underperforming its hedged international counterpart. Domestic small caps also displayed negative performance and underperformed domestic large caps, returning -22.4%. Consumer Staples (-3.6%) and Healthcare (-5.6%) were the top performing sectors, whilst Energy was once again the bottom performing sector, returning -37.6%.
Mercer's most recent views and commentary regarding the Coronavirus can be found through the following link: Coronavirus Outbreak Investment Implications Update.
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered the cash rate by an additional 25 basis points to 0.25% per annum (pa) during March. This decision was made against the backdrop of the global coronavirus outbreak. Governor, Philip Lowe, noted that the spread of the virus is having a major impact on the economy and financial system, and it is the RBA's priority to support jobs, incomes and businesses. As such, the Reserve Bank Board agreed to the following package to support the Australian economy through this challenging period:
Reduction in the cash rate target to 0.25%;
Target for the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds of around 0.25%;
Term funding facility for the banking system, with particular support for credit to small and medium-sized businesses;
Exchange settlement balances at the Reserve Bank will be remunerated at 10bps, rather than zero as would have been the case previously.
There is considerable uncertainty regarding the near-term outlook for the Australian economy. The RBA's policy package complements the fiscal response from governments in Australia and acts to support jobs, incomes and businesses through this difficult period, as well as assist the Australian economy in the recovery. The Board has noted that it will not increase the cash rate target until progress is made towards full employment and it is confident that inflation will remain sustainably within the 2-3% target range.
Australian seasonally adjusted employment increased by 26,700 in February, above expectations for a 6,300 rise, while January figures were revised to an increase of 12,900. The unemployment rate decreased to 5.1% for February, below expectations for 5.3%. The participation rate decreased to 66.0%, below expectations for 66.1%. Part time jobs increased by 20,000 and full time jobs increased by 6,700.
Australian building approvals increased 19.9% month-on-month to February, compared to the previous level of -15.1% (revised) for period ending January.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index recorded 49.1 in March, above consensus for 44.5, and below the 50.1 recorded in February. Of the 18 manufacturing industries, Printing & Related Support Activities and Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products were the top contributors, whilst Petroleum & Coal Products and Textile Mills were the largest detractors over the month.
The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index recorded 52.5 in March, above consensus for 43.0 and below the 57.3 recorded in February. Of the 18 non-manufacturing industries, the top performers in March were Health Care & Social Assistance and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing, while Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Transportation & Warehousing were the two industries, which reported the largest decreases over the month.
US Non-Farm Payrolls decreased by 701,000 in March, below the 275,000 increase (revised) recorded for February. The unemployment rate increased to 4.4% over March.
US gross domestic product (GDP) third estimate for Q4 2019 is 2.1% quarter on quarter (QoQ) annualised, in line with expectations.
The Caixin Manufacturing PMI in China recorded 52.0 in March, above expectations for 44.8. After deteriorating at the quickest pace on record in February, business conditions faced by Chinese manufacturers were broadly stable over March.
A preliminary estimate of the European Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded 1.0% over the year to March, below expectations for 1.1%.
The Eurozone composite PMI decreased to 29.7 in March, below expectations for 31.4.
The final estimate recorded for Q4 2019 Eurozone seasonally adjusted GDP is 1.0% for year-on-year (YoY) and 0.1% QoQ.
AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES
The Australian share market underperformed its hedged overseas counterpart index over the month, as the S&P/ASX 300 Index returned -20.8%. The S&P/ASX 50 was the strongest relative performer, decreasing 20.3%, while the S&P/ASX Mid 50 was the weakest, returning -22.7% over the month.
The best performing sectors were Consumer Staples (-3.6%) and Healthcare (-5.6%), while the weakest performing sectors were Energy (-37.6%) and Real Estate (-35.6%). The largest positive stock contributors to the index return were CSL, BHP and Rio Tinto with absolute returns of -4.0%, -13.5% and -2.5% respectively. In contrast, the most significant detractors were NAB, ANZ and Westpac with absolute returns of -33.0%, -31.2% and -29.6%, respectively.
The broad MSCI World ex Australia (NR) Index decreased 13.4% in hedged terms and decreased 8.3% in unhedged terms over the month, as the Australian dollar (AUD) depreciated against most major currencies. The strongest performing sectors were Healthcare (+1.5%) and Consumer Staples (+0.1%), while Energy (-25.6%) and Financials (-18.2%) were the worst performers. In AUD terms, the Global Small Cap index was down 16.5% and Emerging Market index was down 10.9% over March.
Over March, the NASDAQ decreased 10.1%, the S&P 500 Composite Index decreased 12.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 13.6%, all in USD terms. In local currency terms, major European share markets experienced negative returns as the CAC 40 (France) decreased 17.0%, the DAX 30 (Germany) decreased 16.4% and the FTSE 100 (UK) decreased 13.4%. Returns were also negative in Asia, as the Japanese TOPIX (-6.0%), the Indian S&P BSE 500 (-24.1%), Hang Seng (-9.5%) and the Chinese SSE Composite (-4.5%) all decreased over March.
The Real Assets sector experienced negative returns over March. The FTSE Global Core Infrastructure Index returned -14.5% and the Global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Index decreased by 23.2% over the month (both in AUD hedged terms). Domestic REITs decreased 35.2% over March, while Australian Direct Property (NAV) returned 0.3% on a one-month lagged basis.
Global bond markets produced mixed returns over March for hedged Australian investors. The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Bond Index (Hedged) decreased 1.7% over the month and the FTSE World Government Bond (ex-Australia) Index (Hedged) returned flat. Ten-year bond yields decreased in the US (-48bps to 0.67%) and the UK (-12bps to 0.31%), whilst ten-year bond yields increased in Japan (+17bps to 0.02%) and Germany (+18bps to -0.46%). Two-year bond yields also decreased over the month in the US (-65bps to 0.25%) and the UK (-18bps to 0.13%), whilst two-year bond yields increased in Japan (+11bps to -0.14%) and Germany (+7bps to -0.71%).
Returns for Australian bondholders were positive over March, with 10-year yields (-4bps to 0.77%), five-year yields (-16bps to 0.42%) and two-year yields (-32bps to 0.25%) all decreasing. Of the Bloomberg Ausbond indices, the Treasury index produced the highest return, increasing 0.2% over the month.
The AUD Trade Weighted Index decreased to 54.7 over March, down by 4.0% from the previous month. The AUD depreciated against most major currencies, including the Euro (-5.5%), Japanese Yen (-6.0%), US dollar (-5.1%) and Pound Sterling (-1.1%).
Iron Ore decreased 0.6% over March, finishing the month at US$84.0 per metric tonne. The S&P GSCI Commodity Total Return Index decreased 25.7% over the month. Gold prices finished the month at US$1,612.10 per ounce, increasing 1.6% over the month, and the oil price decreased 55.3% to US$22.60 per barrel over March.
Source: Mercer
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Director Melvin Van Peebles Says Responding to Police Brutality is Not Complicated
Shari S. LoganMarch 15,2016
Director Melvin Van Peebles will be awarded the "Spirit of Queens" award from the organizers of the Queens World Film Festival [QWFF], which begins today, for his film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."
Van Peebles wrote, produced, scored, directed, and starred in the 1971 film about a young Black man who is framed for a murder he did not commit.
In the midst of the current Black Lives Matter campaign seeking, in part, to end the killing of unarmed Black people by law enforcement. BlackStarNews.com asked Van Peebles at the Festival press conference in February, what inspiration can Black audiences draw from this film where the main character was brutalized by police and escaped to Mexico in the end?
"Well, the whole story is right there. The second part is move, get out, kick ass, when you have to. I don't think it's that complicated. What's the first rule of the block? Don't write no check your ass can't cash."
Van Peebles continued to say that everyone should speak out against police brutality since many groups of people besides African-Americans are also victims.
"It's happening to the purple, the White, the Chinese …the Black community is probably the worst received right now... people, in general, should feel just as bad for the Black community [as they would] for the purple. If they don't, then hey, that's wrong. You don't have to be Black to say 'Yo, homey, don't play that,'" he said.
After the press conference, Van Peebles said that it feels greats receiving the "Spirit of Queens" award. When asked if he was working on any upcoming projects he repeatedly said, "I can't talk about it, her husband might get mad."
Also, in attendance at the press conference were the actors, directors, and production staff from the other films in the Festival including Tyrik Washington.
He wrote and directed "Under the Heavens," which is about a character who got involved in the fight for justice after seeing the killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man who was put in a chokehold by a New York Police Department officer, on television.
"The film takes on the perspective that maybe there's a time for war. I know that I will have people who are uncomfortable with that perspective but in my opinion; until we know as individuals that we have … the right to defend ourselves, I think that this system will not change," said Washington.
Another issue the film grapples with is the lack of emotional and psychological support that the African-American community receives after high profile police killings. "I read an article about Sandy Hook, which was a tragedy, [that said] the Federal government sent therapists to that community. I think it goes beyond Sandy Hook.
"We too as Black men, Black women, are … scared of the cops and the drug dealer. We're living in a community where we are under attack by multiple things from economic racism to institutional racism. So as a filmmaker, as an artist… Rather than getting angry about it, I said 'I'm going to find a way to express this frustration.'"
"Under the Heavens" is garnering attention internationally as well. Washington said that he will debut the film overseas in South Africa this month, followed by Italy and Chile.
The festival ends on March 20 and features 138 films from 25 countries. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song will be shown at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens on March 16 at 7 p.m.
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At last, Ben Franklin has a museum of his own in the city he called home. The Benjamin Franklin Museum opens Saturday in Philadelphia on the site of the home where this popular Founding Father lived.
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Benjamin Franklin, American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father, Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler by trade, had 17 children; Benjamin was the 15th child and the 10th son.
This exhibition features several works depicting the brilliant writer, inventor, politician, patriot, and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), who has been the.
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Mar 2, 2016. There's a reason that the Franklin Institute—the sprawling, science-y, eminent Ben Franklin Parkway landmark—is the most visited museum in.
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790), known as "the First American," was an American statesman whose efforts were critical to the success of the American Revolution and the unification of the 13 colonies into a new nation. Serving as the American minister to France along with John Adams, he secured decisive military and financial support during the Revolution, while.
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As Pennsylvania's most visited museum, the Franklin Institute carries on the legacy of the inventor, Benjamin Franklin. Along with an interactive museum full of.
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Apr 5, 2017. Memorial contributions may be made to The Benjamin Franklin Museum, care of Independence National Historic Park, 143 S. 3rd St.
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia museum dedicated to the city's most famous Founding Father is reopening after nearly two years of renovations. The new Benjamin Franklin Museum will welcome its first.
One of the leading figures of early American history, Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. Born into a Boston family of modest means.
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Ancestry. Benjamin Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler, a soaper and candlemaker.Josiah was born at Ecton, Northamptonshire, England on December 23, 1657, the son of blacksmith and farmer Thomas Franklin, and Jane White.Benjamin's father and all four of his grandparents were born in England.Josiah had seventeen children with his two wives.
Jan 20, 2014. We had to rush through the Ben Franklin Museum, which is unfortunate because we really liked it. It was also one of the more interactive and.
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Review: Ryan Adams
Sheffield City Hall
By Mark Casci
Friday, 4th May 2012, 12:07 pm
The rarefied surroundings of Sheffield City Hall have probably never hosted an evening as intimate as it did when Ryan Adams arrived in town.
The singer-songwriter, often cast as an alternative-country artist (much to his chagrin), has been touring again over the last few months after an absence of nearly three years. The prolific artist (13 albums since the new millennium) was famed for his often erratic shows when audience frustration at bizarre onstage behaviour led to sometimes ugly confrontations.
Much has been made of the fact that he is newly sober but the bottom line is that Adams finally seems at ease with playing live.
Tonight it's like he is performing in your living room. His vocals are soft, his guitar and piano playing intricate and his banter with the audience friendly and relaxed.
"I've come to make you sad," he jokes before spending two hours playing material from his lengthy and illustrious songbook. Renditions of Chains of Love and Lucky Now from his new record Ashes and Fire are spellbinding while his closing cover of Alice in Chains' Nutshell is harrowingly wonderful.
The whole experience is powerful and overwhelming. Often compared to Neil Young and Gram Parsons, Adams is earning his seat at the table of great American songwriters with his uncommonly gifted tales of love and loss. A rare and wonderful talent.


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Control combat is deep but there's more to it than shooting
Vitor BrazFriday, August 09, 2019
If the previous trailers are anything to go by, Control combat is deep and fun. Remedy's years of experience with third-person shooters and physics-based action sequences culminated in a highly anticipated game that is likely to become another hit for the Finnish developer.
Following on Quantum Break isn't an enviable task, but Remedy seems to be on the right track, according to the official PlayStation blog. Speaking with game director Mikael Kasurinen, several points of Control were covered in detail, including the sophisticated sci-fi aesthetic, combat, the setting, and its non-linear nature.
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Jesse Faden is the main protagonist in Control. She is drawn to a mysterious New York building that is home to the sinister government agency called the Federal Bureau of Control. Soon she finds herself involved in an unfathomable tale, filled with supernatural powers and an arresting look inspired by some popular movies and books, with Twin Peaks being cited as one of the inspirations:
"We've been looking at movies that demonstrate elements that are bizarre and beyond our understanding, but somehow connect with the human condition. Movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stalker and Annihilation," says Mikael.
The article goes on to say that Control combat is deep and fun—far from your basic shooter. Jesse begins as your standard action shooter heroine, taking cover and gunning down the opposition, but things quickly evolve thanks to her supernatural abilities. The first one, Launch, allows Jesse to lift a piece of furniture in the air and throw it at her enemies. Evade is a dodge ability where Jesse travels a short distance to avoid an enemy attack.
As Control unfolds, additional abilities are unlocked and turn the game into a sandbox of destruction. No room feels linear, you never feel confined to a single strategy or ability. Mastering the abilities and the weapon will result in different and unpredictable scenarios. Control combat is deep, but the game isn't just about shooting, with some puzzles to be solved along the way. Some of the puzzles focus on narrative elements, while others are physics or mechanics based.
"This game has more puzzles than what we've ever done before," says Mikael. "It's about us wanting to create an adventure for the player, a world filled with mystery and wonder, with rewards to find and lore to discover."
Control isn't a linear game, encouraging exploration in order to understand more about Jesse's past and why she is experiencing this adventure. There are several side quests, limited-time events and boss battles that will take players away from the main campaign, which takes roughly around 10-15 hours to beat.
Control launches for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on August 27.
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How To Dress Well streams bonus track 'Let U Know'
The song features on the deluxe edition of new album 'What Is This Heart?'
by Chris Bound: July 25, 2014
After Tom Krell aka How To Dress Well released his latest studio album 'What Is This Heart?' last month, the producer is now streaming the bonus track that features on the deluxe edition of his new work.
Krell explains that 'Let U Know' was the lynchpin in what his new album would become, saying "In singing [the song], I discovered the title of my album and a lot of its meaning... I needed this song to be heard by people, even though i couldn't find a place for it on the album proper."
'What Is This Heart?' is now available to buy and download and you can listen to 'Let U Know' in the player below.
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Q: createBufferStrategy cannot be made as a variable? The title roughly sums it up. Why can I not do this?
private void render() {
    bs = window.getCanvas().getBufferStrategy();

    if (bs == null) {
        bs = window.getCanvas().createBufferStrategy(3); // this is the line with the error: cannot convert from void to BufferStrategy.
    }
}

however I can do createBufferStrategy(3) with no variable. Why is this?

A: createBufferStrategy returns void (or, well, doesn't return anything). It does not the return BufferStrategy it creates.


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