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Transformational Change Washes over the U.S. House. Observer Effect on Full Display
Observation and uncertainty go hand in hand in quantum mechanics, and over four frenzied days last week, not even the logic-defying U.S. House of Representatives could deny the immutable laws of physics. As Republicans narrowly elected Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, the mysterious Observer Effect kicked in to trigger transformational change.
The Observer Effect holds that observing a situation necessarily changes it. Not maybe. Not sometimes. Necessarily. Now, it appears this quirky phenomenon that has the power to flip an itty-bitty photon from particle to wave has unleashed the winds of change across the fruited plains from kitchen tables to congressional podiums.
To quote Federalist reporter Emily Jashinsky,"The real story of McCarthy's winding road to the speakership is bigger than he is, bigger than the GOP, and bigger than the 118th Congress."
Observer Effect scores big
Evidence of the Observer Effect on full display can be seen in the image above. After witnessing 14 or so votes for Speaker of the House go down in flames, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) boarded the crazy train and lunged at noncompliant Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-FL). The ripple effects of Rogers losing his cool cost him a major committee position.
Rumor has it that Rep. Dan Crenshaw bloodied his knuckles in frustration after Gaetz voted for former President Donald J. Trump instead of Rep. McCarthy.
Each failed vote prodded McCarthy to agree to more demands of the 20-member Freedom Caucus. A senior congressional aide told The Federalist on Sunday that the concessions to the holdouts resulted in "the most significant win for conservatives in a decade, possibly the biggest in a generation." [editor bold]
The aide added, "The rules package, if adopted, will actually impact policy outcomes by forcing a transparent and open process."
"Everything that Republicans and conservatives say they hate—giant, thousand-page spending bills negotiated by a handful of people with little input from anyone else, plum committee assignments reserved for insiders, and a closed off amendment process—is addressed here," the aide said.
Concessions included: · A single member may call a vote to oust the Speaker · Votes on law maker term limits and border security · Freedom Caucus member on the Rules Committee · Pro McCarthy PAC stays out of 'Safe' primary races · Select Committee (AKA another Church Committee) on Weaponization of the DOJ · 72 hours to read a bill before it goes to the floor · Reveal salaries of government officials.
Observers of The Twitter Files are resetting the House trajectory
The release of the Twitter Files and a lawsuit from Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry exposed the government. Federalist reporter Joy Pullman wrote on Jan. 9:
Cross-referencing new information from "The Twitter Files" and a state attorneys general lawsuit against Big Tech with what we know about Spygate from years of investigations reinforces and enlarges shocking conclusions about the corruption of American government. Those two illuminate further how the U.S. bureaucracy interferes in elections, in these cases by pushing communications monopolies to shut down discourse that undermines the administrative state.
Now, thanks to shining a light on these illicit activities, the legislative branch may once again slam the brakes on the government's skulking about under cover of darkness and conducting influence campaigns on We the People (The Hoover Commission and the Church Committee tapped the brakes in years past, but the realignment appears to have worn off.).
Pullmann's article revealed all sorts of government agencies using strong-arm tactics, and their reach extended beyond Twitter to legacy media and Big Tech. Documents indicate three-letter government agencies applied--and are still applying--overwhelming pressure on Google, YouTube, Facebook, and others, even blogs with hardly any followers.
Resistance was futile. Even those few who pushed back eventually caved to Uncle Sam's pressure. All censored free speech on purely political topics, ranging from the Hunter Biden laptop to Afghanistan and Ukraine to the origins of COVID-19 and its vaccines.
Americans are 'Impressionable'
In June 2016 Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Americans are "impressionable" people. In hindsight, his choice of words spoke volumes, especially considering the research findings of Roger Epstein and Princeton University.
As Michigan Fair Elections (MFE) published in November 2022, Epstein's research on computer screen impressions, called ephemeral because they appear and disappear without record, indicates that each ephemeral can exert powerful subliminal influence on our thoughts and emotions.
Search results that favor one candidate…can shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by up to 80 percent in some demographic groups after a single search.
Epstein wrote, "In 2020, the 1.5 million ephemeral experiences…showed us manipulations that were sufficient, in theory, to have shifted more than six million votes to Joe Biden (whom I [Dr. Epstein] supported)."
Observed Effects, whether conscious or subliminal, change minds.
When a government controls communications in order to manipulate thought on political matters, it's called propaganda. Merriam Webster defines propaganda as "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person" and "ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause."
Totalitarian states are masters at it.
This leads us back to McCarthy's election as Speaker.
The manipulation is ongoing
Today, in drafting this article, this writer tapped "McCarthy concessions" into a Google search. Here is a screenshot of the results:
Really? How could CNN possibly warrant two featured links, whereas Fox News and Newsmax, which host four or more times the viewers, are not listed at all? Where are the references to articles in the New York Post, the nation's fourth largest daily? How about The Federalist? All have covered the topic.
The algorithms manipulating Google's search engine results appear to be alive and well.
The Church Committee
The Church Committee was a U.S. Senate select committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service.
There we have it.
In observing and exposing government abuses, Elon Musk's release of the Twitter Files and a feisty Louisiana attorney general have let the Observer Effect genie out of its bottle.
Growing awareness, fortified with individual chutzpah, created sufficient pressure to force transformational changes in the U.S. House. Now, as the new Speaker launches a Church-Committee style investigation, as he agreed to do, the ripples from the Observer Effect may well surge to tidal waves of change.
This is how a government of the people and by the people is supposed to work.
A couple of bloodied knuckles, a threat of coming to fisticuffs--these are small prices to pay for a nation of free people correcting its course. Change doesn't come easily, so perhaps a few bumps and bruises are symptoms of a healthy representative government renewing and revitalizing itself.
A passionate commitment to ideals could prove the necessary ingredient for preserving our way of life. As Benjamin Franklin said, he and the other Founding Fathers gave us "a republic if you can keep it."
"From John Boehner to Paul Ryan to McCarthy, House conservatives are gradually shocking Republican leadership into representing their own voters," Jashinsky wrote.
No one can predict where the upcoming select hearings on the Department of Justice will lead, but one thing is near certain: The act of observing will continue to expose, change, and rock our world. Kudos to those who are making a difference, if only in viewing this message.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow at MFE's Zoom at Noon.
Members only. Sorry no press.
Don't miss this Saturday's PIME meeting:
The Making of a Deplorable Election Denier Conspiracy Theorist
EPSTEIN: Google is shifting votes on a massive scale, but a solution is at hand


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Nezamabad Tourist Area
Local nameمنطقه گردشگری نظام آباد فیال
LocationBorujerd, Iran
Fial is a village in Hemmatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,460, in 607 families.
A view of Fial village,… @ Asadi s
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fial,_Iran
Address Iran
Coordinates 33°54'5.635" N 48°43'2.401" E
Google Trips Alternative What to See in Asia What to See in Iran What to See in Lorestan What to See in Borujerd County What to See in Central District Jameh Mosque Imamzadeh Ja'far Fial

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Lecturing, project supervision for Greek/English combinations.
Lecturer to students opting for Greek/English combinations. Examiner for the Greek/English combinations on both the MA and Diploma.
Advisory Council for Adult Ed.


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GH Recasts Kristina!
In a few weeks, Kristina Davis will be coming home to Port Charles while on her summer break from Yale — and Alexis and Sonny's daughter will have a new face! TV Line broke the news that GENERAL HOSPITAL has cast daytime newcomer Lindsey Morgan in the role previously played by Lexi Ainsworth. According to a show rep, the character will be taken in a new direction.
Morgan was born in Georgia and raised in Texas. Her television credits include guest spots on HAPPY ENDINGS and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. "Last two days have been crazy! Chemistry read for a recurring role on Jane By Design. And just finished a screen test for a new contract role on General Hospital! Who. Knows. What. Will. Happen. Next. Regardless, thankful for the experiences!!" the actress posted on her Facebook page on April 12. Look for Morgan to make her GH debut the week of May 21.


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Interior designers first make drawing or paste a design on the paper. They make layout design, space planning, make use of equipments and furnishings, choose and coordinate color shame. They estimate requirements of material and their cost. Interior designer consults with their clients and customer to know about their required designs. Also they suggest customers with their own designs.
Objective: In search of responsible and challenging position of interior design.
Responsible for managing primary inventory work, made drafting of space plans, responsible for site measurement, elevations etc.
An interior designer designs or improves the indoor spaces or rooms of homes and offices. He should have clear ideas and should be able to convert them into actual tangible work in close consultation with clients. Also needed are good communication and interpersonal skills to be able to work with engineers, architects, labor supervisors, etc. A formal degree in interior design acquaints a candidate with building codes, material and material sourcing, construction and design. Practical knowledge of related aspects of engineering and architecture and computer knowledge is also needed. Interior designers work as freelance or with construction companies.
Seeking an entry level interior designer position with a major reputed construction company.


Alert Correlation is one of the best features in the ServiceNow Event Management module, especially Rule-based correlation. This feature provides a better overview by correlating multiple alerts into one (parent/child).
Alert to incident is the main purpose with Event Management, and when you have alert correlation, you might not want to create incidents for each alert in the group. This blog explains how to create a single incident, based on automatic alert correlation.
I have created a basic correlation rule for print errors.
Per default this will create two incidents, which might not be desirable when you already decided on creating automatic correlation.
In conclusion, Alert Correlation enables us to create a single incident for a group of alerts, instead of creating multiple irrelevant incidents. By doing so, we limit the amount of incidents to the necessary and provide a better overview of the incidents we need to focus on.


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World of Rally / WRC News
Škoda Motorsport confirms APRC, CZ and WRC2 programmes
by Tom Stajduhar · Published April 15, 2015 · Updated April 16, 2015
Huh, but what happened to European Rally Championship, in which Škoda dominated for so long? The R5 category cars are top class in ERC and it would seem natural for Škoda to bring their latest and most elaborate rally weapon to this particular series. I don't have a clue, but I do have some possible explanations, none of which may be based on actual facts, mind you. For one, Škoda maybe does not want to launch its ERC comeback with one third of a season already finished. If titles are their goal, they probably want a fresh season, even though a limited ERC programme would not hurt them I suppose. In the presentation, Škoda said they want to introduce the car to new audiences, hence APRC participation with Pontus Tidemand. Škoda does not need special introduction in Europe – privateers will use the car in ERC I suppose, and it will meet its market goals even without direct manufacturer participation. Fabia R5 popularity will grow, if she can prove she is fast and reliable and for that I am sure WRC2, APRC and CZ national championships are enough.
It may also be that Škoda does not have a fully developed ERC programme, if they wish to run APRC, CZ and WRC2 alongside ERC campaign. Jan Kopecky should be fully capable of competing in ERC but if Škoda feels the need to show its potential in domestic market, perhaps it's not possible to run ERC and CZ championship programmes at the same time. I would assume it's important for Škoda to make a good first impression on key markets, and WRC2 should allow them to do that in key European regions without actually competing in the ERC. Besides, their announcement says Kopecky will "primarily" compete in Czech national championship. Primarily does not mean exclusively.
It's a proper, elaborate and I would hope well thought out programme, with talented drivers and high ambitions. To me this is a final stage in preparation for full on assault in 2016, but what they'll be attacking next year remains to be seen. For now I am very happy to see one of my favourite teams back in the WRC(2) – may it give Fiesta R5s a run for their money, finally.
Official announcement by Škoda Motorsport follows below. Oh, by the way, the new livery is sweeeet.
The new ŠKODA Fabia R 5
Green light: the new ŠKODA Fabia R 5 celebrates its debut on the world's rally tracks. ŠKODA Motorsport will contest three elite rally championships this year. Fans can see the new high-tech four-wheel drive Fabia R 5 in action in the WRC 2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and the Czech Rally Championship (MČR). The new car hoping for victories will also contest the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) during the course of the season. New recruited Swedish super talent Pontus Tidemand will represent ŠKODA in the prestigious championship, with the final being held in the core market of China. Asia-Pacific Champion Jan Kopecký (CZ) and European Champion Esapekka Lappi (FIN) will also take the wheel for the ŠKODA Motorsport works team – now in the new Fabia R 5.
"We are delighted that the International Automobile Federation, the FIA, homologated our new ŠKODA Fabia R 5. Now we want to see how competitive our new rally car is," said ŠKODA Motorsport Director Michal Hrabánek. He is hoping that the new Pontus Tidemand/Emil Axelsson (S/S) team will be a breath of fresh air: "We already have the Asia-Pacific champion and the European champion driving for us, who have both delivered strong performances over the past few years. In Pontus Tidemand and Emil Axelsson we have added another very talented duo to ensure we have an even better standing for the future."
Former Junior World Rally Champion Tidemand and his co-driver will contest the APRC for ŠKODA. His season gets underway with the rally in New Zealand from 17 to 19 April – initially in the Fabia Super 2000. Jan Kopecký's victory in ŠKODA's core market of China clinched the title hat trick in the APRC in the Fabia Super 2000 for the Czech car manufacturer last year. "I am really looking forward to the new challenge. I am proud that my name has been added to the list of drivers for a brand as successful as ŠKODA," said 24-year-old Tidemand, regarded as one of the most talented rally drivers in Europe.
Esapekka Lappi, who is the same age, achieved something sensational when he won the European title in 2014. Alongside his co-driver Janne Ferm, this year he will compete with the world's elite in selected races in the WRC 2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship. ŠKODA Motorsport makes its return to the WRC at the Rally Portugal from 21 to 24 May in the new ŠKODA Fabia R 5, after a break of almost two years.
"We can't wait for our first race in the new Fabia R 5. We are excited about the new car, it's something really special," said Lappi. "We are delighted to return to the WRC top tier." Also in the new rally car, Jan Kopecký/Pavel Dresler will primarily compete in the Czech Rally Championship, which gets underway with the Rally Šumava Klatovy on 24/25 April.
"I am delighted that we are able to show off the new ŠKODA Fabia R 5 and what it's capable of to the fans in our home country," said Kopecký. Like Pontus Tidemand, he will also make selected appearances in the WRC 2 during the course of the season. The rally old hand believes that the Fabia R 5 will be an instant success: "We have tested the new car extensively. I am convinced that our team of many international engineers has done a great job."
After an extensive inspection, the highest authority in motorsport, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) gave the new ŠKODA Fabia R 5 the green light on 1 April. The Fabia R 5 is based on ŠKODA's spectacular new production Fabia and is the successor of the Fabia Super 2000, which went down as the most successful rally car in the 114 years of ŠKODA Motorsport's history. The Fabia Super 2000 has picked up almost 50 national and international titles in total since 2009, in part due to the successful customer programme.
The new ŠKODA Fabia R 5 is to continue the success story. The new high-tech construction is fitted with a 1.6 litre turbo engine, as stipulated by the FIA regulations. That is a significant difference to the two-litre naturally aspirated petrol engine of the Fabia Super 2000. The new car with four-wheel drive also makes use of a sequential five-speed transmission and McPherson struts. As stipulated by the regulations, the car weighs at least 1,230 kilogrammes. To ensure that everything fits together perfectly, the ŠKODA Motorsport team has invested 15 months in intensive development since the start of the project. The aim is the reward on the rally tracks around the world.
FIA World Rally Championship 2 (WRC 2)
Rally Monte Carlo 22/01 – 25/01/2015
Rally Sweden 12/02 – 15/02/2015
Rally Mexico 05/03 – 08/03/2015
Rally Argentina 23/04 – 26/04/2015
Rally Portugal 21/05 – 24/05/2015
Rally Italy 11/06 – 14/06/2015
Rally Poland 02/07 – 05/07/2015
Rally Finland 30/07 – 02/08/2015
Rally Germany 20/08 – 23/08/2015
Rally Australia 10/09 – 13/09/2015
Rally France 01/10 – 04/10/2015
Rally Spain 22/10 – 25/10/2015
Rally Great Britain 12/11 – 15/11/2015
Czech Rally Championship (MČR)
Rally Šumava Klatovy 24/04 – 25/04/2015
Rally Český Krumlov 22/05 – 23/05/2015
Rally Hustopeče 19/06 – 20/06/2015
Rally Bohemia 10/07 – 12/07/2015
Barum Czech Rally Zlín 28/08 – 30/08/2015
Rally Příbram 02/10 – 04/10/2015
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC)
Rally Whangarei – New Zealand 17/04 – 19/04/2015
Rally New Caledonia – New Caledonia 15/05 – 17/05/2015
Rally Queensland – Australia 19/06 – 21/06/2015
Rally Malaysia – Malaysia 14/08 – 16/08/2015
Rally Hokkaido – Japan 18/09 – 20/09/2015
Rally China – China 30/10 – 01/11/2015
Tags: asia pacific rally championshipesapekka lappijan kopeckypontus tidemandškodaškoda fabia r5škoda motorsportwrc2


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Q: How to fix overly sensitive switch The switches in the presenter (clicker) depicted below normally close when firmly pressed, by giving way and making contact with a positive feeling and sound. However, the bottom-right switch appears to close at a mere touch, so much so that when the switch above it is pressed, the faulty switch also closes. In presentations this is a problem, because when I press page-down (the top-right switch) the presentation disappears (due to the action of the bottom-right switch). Is there a way I can fix the faulty switch?  I tried lifting the plastic sheet that covers them, and apparently the metallic tops of the switches are attached to it rather than soldered on the PCB.

A: Those flexible contacts are supposed to be centered on their places. These are called "tactile membrane switches", by the way.
It seems that metal switch domes were attached carelessly misaligned (shifted down and to the left), but the one in bottom-right corner is shifted more than others. It practically touches middle contact with its top-right "leg".

Peel the tape with domes on it. Clean those golden circles and dots in the middle of them with an alcohol. Align domes properly centered on the circles and it should be OK.
In cheap devices the domes usually held in place with a piece of sticky tape, so if it does not stick back nicely, you can also replace the tape. You can use pretty much any scotch tape or whatever non-conductive sticky tape you have at hand.
The easiest way to do it is put tape upside-down first, then use contact circles as guides for arranging domes on the tape. When everything is in place, flip the tape, do a final alignment and press it down.

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I am delighted to tell you that the first annual National KidsDay was a success. Because of generous partners like you, over 250,000 people agreed and celebrated in more than 500 community events nationwide. What's more, countless others participated independently in their homes, neighborhoods and communities thanks to the tools we produced and distributed. Through newspaper ads and countless local articles, radio and television sponsor spots, hundreds of television clips and our amazing Web site, we entered homes across the nation. We are especially grateful to... Bob Schiers, Blockbuster's public relations consultant, for...[his] impassioned work on behalf of National KidsDay.


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import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

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The current wave of digital transformation is rapidly changing industrial production processes. The Internet of Things, cloud computing and other innovations facilitate a more software-driven, individual and efficient way of producing goods and services. And it presents a formidable challenge to EU policymakers, since only a successful transformation of European industry in general and of manufacturing industry in particular can ensure Europe's competitiveness in the future.
If the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the EU is to be a success, an important ingredient is bound to be the mass upgrading of the digital skills of European workers, which will enable them to keep up with the pace of technological progress. This means that in education policy policymakers are primarily concerned with reskilling and upskilling opportunities for companies, employees and skilled craftsmen. Furthermore, reskilling opportunities should be industry-specific and provided at a local level. The main obstacle to a comprehensive provision of reskilling opportunities for European citizens is the multi-faceted digital divide within the European Union. Without outside support, less innovative European regions and SMEs may well miss out on the current wave of digital transformation. In the absence of a regional or internal capacity to develop reskilling programmes or to find out more about the possibilities of new production methods, many European manufacturing companies could easily be outcompeted by their American and Asian rivals.


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The Press 1960-1969 -> Documents -> Home
Cette page en français
UFOs in the daily Press:
PHENOMENA IN FRANCE, 1966:
This article was published in the daily newspaper Le Provençal, France, on June 23, 1966.
"FLYING SAUCERS" IN THE SKY OF THE PROVENCE?
A military officer from Aix was the witness of four
nocturnal phenomena in a strange continuation
Initially, at a few seconds of intervals, two small gray balls in the sky. Then, a spot of oval form, twice as big as the Moon, which took colours then dies out."
To check his say, my interlocutor refers to the standard of the fist. Arm tended in the prolongation of the shoulder: three degrees between two phalanges. A ten francs coin to circumscribe the Moon.
This is the gesture of the artillery officer checking the trajectory of the fusing shooting of his guns.
Indeed, it is precisely a senior officer of artillery who talks to me. Of a strange phenomenon that he managed to follow in the sky during the night from last Friday to Saturday.
Four white balls
"It was three hours fourty, he tells me. I was on the road of the Alps, a little above Aix. The night was very dark. No clouds in the sky, since one saw the stars shining there.
"I was suddenly intrigued by the appearance of a white ball, south-eastern side.
"Is this the Moon?", questioned the person who accompanied me.
"The ball suddenly lit up more, then lost its light. A greyish mass remained in place, visible in light on the dark sky.
"20 to 30 seconds later, same phenomenon, but closer, with the testimony of dimension. Inscribed compared to the first from the point of view of two convergent lines going up for approximately 45 degrees.
"At the end of the same lapse of time, at last came the most puzzling appearance of this triple succession of effects. Still in the continuation of their movement: this large spot of oval form, large like twice the Moon (diameter with my fist, 3 to 4 degrees). It appeared initially pale, a rugby ball with vague contours, as through a very heavy fog.
"Then here it is, suddenly, lighting up: red and oranges gleams, diluted, in the highersphere, of greenish nuances in its lower part.
"The colours shine approximately for 5 seconds then wash away. An oblong cloud, dark gray, is hovering against the backgorund of the sky.
"I expect a fourth projection, at the same time clearer and denser, above my head.
"It occurs, indeed, but breaking the continuation. Towards the East. And it takes approximately the dimensions as the second one.
"A quarter of an hour later, the traces of these last three phenomena were still visible, hovering at the same spots in the sky.
A flying "cuttlefish"?
The man who speaks to me worked in Colomb-Béchard and Hammaguir. He knows, at least as regards explosions, the effects and the causes of the various caused phenomena.
"I thought of one moment, he tells me, of explosions accompanying the trajectory of a launched spacecraft. The orientation suggested this to me. Having checked, I managed to establish, indeed, that the azimuth of 140 degrees by which the first ball passed, skirts Corsica, crosses Sardinia and reaches the Gulf of Gabès. At the very spot where the building charged to observe the setting on orbit during launching of the latest French satellite stationed.
It did not appear to me, specifies the officer, that any object could exist inside the formed clouds. It was, at least I think it, the remainders of a combustion, as for a fusing shooting.
"But then, by jerks? By spaced projectiond, as a "cuttlefish"? ...
"By " pulso-jets"?...
"But from what machine?"
The word "saucer" was in the air. But it was not said.
L.P. SEMENE.
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Chadwick Boseman bags four nominations at SAG Awards
Writer: Heidi Hsia
5 Feb –Chadwick Boseman recently made history by bagging four nominations posthumously at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards for his Netflix movies.
The actor, who passed away in April last year after four years of battling colon cancer, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spike Lee's "Da 5 Blood", and Best Actor for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
At the same time, the two movies also scored Best Ensemble, which meant that Boseman has been nominated in four categories in total.
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" was Boseman's final film
Spike Lee says he didn't know the actor was battling cancer while filming his movie
Boseman will be up against Leslie Odom Jr. ("One Night in Miami"), Daniel Kaluuya ("Judas and the Black Messiah"), Sacha Baron Cohen ("The Trial of the Chicago 7"), and Jared Leto ("The Little Things") in the Best Supporting Actor category, while in Best Actor, he will face tough competition from the likes of Anthony Hopkins ("The Father"), Steven Yeun ("Minari"), Riz Ahmed ("The Sound of Metal"), and Gary Oldman ("Mank").
Prior to this, Boseman had won a SAG award for Best Ensemble in 2019 for the superhero movie, "Black Panther".
Boseman was previously revealed to have been nominated in the Best Actor category at the 2021 Golden Globes for his role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
Cinema Online, 05 February 2021
Chadwick Boseman wins Best Actor at the Golden Globes
The late actor won the said award posthumously for his role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Lupita Nyong'o says Ryan Coogler has exciting ideas for "Black Panther 2"
The actress stressed that they will not replace Chadwick Boseman following the actor's passing
Anthony Hopkins admits surprise over Oscars Best Actor win
The veteran star shares a video to express his thanks and pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman
Howard University names college after Chadwick Boseman
The university's performing arts school is now called Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
Netflix creates Chadwick Boseman scholarships for Howard students
The streaming giant is awarding USD 5.4 million to cover the four-year studies of incoming Howard students in fine arts
Black Panther's Shuri actress denies anti-vaccine claims
Letitia Wright dismisses report from THR saying she expressed anti-vax views on the set of "Black Panther 2"
Chadwick Boseman's brother supports recasting T'Challa / Black Panther
Boseman's passing should not mean an end to the character
"Wakanda Forever" resumes filming after latest setback
Cast & crew recover from COVID-19, Letitia Wright recovers from set injury


The Oakland Raiders are riding high on top of the AFC West at 10-2 their offense is one of the best currently in the league. The last time that the Raiders have been this explosive was back in 2002. The Oakland Raiders have been on the look out for their franchise quarterback ever since Rich Gannon. The team went through Sixteen quarterbacks later until they finally found their quarterback Derek Carr.
The Oakland Raiders selected Derek Carr in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft with the 36th overall pick from Fresno State. Carr throughout his young NFL career has put up mind-blowing numbers, 77 touchdowns 33 interceptions 10,632 passing yards. He currently is having his best season yet 3375 passing yards, 24 touchdowns to only five interceptions. Carr numbers have been unbelievable due to playing behind one of the best offensive lines only behind the Dallas Cowboys. Derek Carr has only been sacked just twelve times this season and just once over the past three games.
The Raiders made quite an impact this offseason they spent more than $70 million to plug big holes on offense and defense. Oakland spent 37.5 million for the offensive line just behind the Minnesota Vikings at $39.6 million according to Spotrac. They made a big splash in signing offensive lineman Kelechi Osemele, linebacker/defensive end Bruce Irvin and cornerback Sean Smith while re-signing left tackle Donald Penn.
Oakland ranks in the top ten in all respected categories offensively 28.8 points (3rd), 391.7 yards (5th), 227.1 passing yards (4th), 114.6 rushing yards (7th). The Raiders are a very entertaining and an explosive team to watch. The Raiders are versatile they are a balanced team because they can expose teams on the ground or in the air. This team is stacked with several weapons that give any defense nightmares on game day when they have to face them. The best pound for pound wide receivers duo, in the NFL right now is Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree they are both former number one draft picks.
In the 2015 NFL, the Oakland Raiders selected Amari Cooper with the 4th overall pick from Alabama. I knew that he would be a star because of his unbelievable career at Alabama. The Raiders were in desperate need of a number one wide receiver, the last one that the team had was Randy Moss back in 2005.
Cooper made history as a rookie as he became the first Raider wide receiver to record 1,070 yards in a season he only had six touchdowns. He's on pace for another 1,000 yards this year he will shatter his rookie record in yards this season.
Over the years the Oakland Raiders were infamous for their horrible draft picks over the years. In 2009 The Oakland Raiders selected Darrius Hayward-Bey with the 7th overall pick. It was the wrong selection because he ended up being a bust and he never lived up to potential due to the fact he always injured.
The Raiders were very interested in Michael Crabtree. However, he was selected by their rivals the San Francisco 49ers with the 10th overall pick from Texas Tech. Crabtree had a couple of great years with the 49ers he even had a SuperBowl appearance against the Baltimore Ravens in 2012 but the 49ers ended up losing 34-31.
In the 2015 season, Crabtree was a free agent he decided to sign a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders. In 2015, he had his best season to date since 2012 with 922 yards he also tied his best mark in touchdowns with nine. One year later Crabtree scored a new contract with the Oakland Raiders he agreed to a four-year deal that was worth 35 Million.
Michael Crabtree is on pace to hit 1,000 yards with only 215 yards away and he will break his touchdown record he currently has seven. Ever since coming to Oakland Michael Crabtree has resurrected his career. Crabtree is only 29 years old he is one of the leaders of this team because the team is filled with young players. Crabtree is in the perfect system because he can be used as a decoy to get Copper open or the other way around. The Oakland Raiders are on pace to have their best season to date after 14 years of suffering and misery. Oakland will only go as far as Carr, Copper, and Crabtree will take them.


Short stature is defined as height under the 3rd percentile for age of the general population.
Many causes for short stature exist; orthopaedic causes are addressed here.
Diagnosis usually is apparent from birth or early childhood.
Patients with epiphyseal involvement are most likely to have contractures and arthritis because of involved joint surfaces.
The term rhizomelic often is used when extremity shortening is greatest in proximal segments, as in achondroplasia.
~1 per 3,000-1 per 5,000 live births.
Most dysplasias are transmitted autosomally as dominant or recessive traits.
However, many affected persons acquire the disorder as a new mutation and may pass it on to their children.
Genetic testing is becoming available for many disorders and may be useful in family planning when the history is positive.
A defect in the locus for the fibroblast growth factor receptor accounts for achondroplasia.
The gene for the cellular sulfate transporter accounts for diastrophic dysplasia.
Mucopolysaccharidoses are the result of enzyme deficiencies in the pathway of mucopolysaccharide metabolism.
Not all causes are identified.
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia is 1 of the most common dysplasias.
Hypochondroplasia is an autosomal-dominant, mild, short-limb dwarfism.
Severe cases share many features with achondroplasia.
Diastrophic dysplasia is a rhizomelic dwarfism.
The patient should be examined for proportionality and physical maturity.
Vary with the different types of disorder.
Most dysplasias show alterations in cartilage, ligament, and tendon.
Consult with a geneticist or endocrinologist.
Orthopaedic management of patients with osteochondrodysplasia is mainly symptomatic, correcting and achieving alignment and stability.
Evaluate and treat cervical spine instability with collar or fusion, if indicated.
Decompress neurologic claudication from spinal stenosis, if indicated.
Document and follow scoliosis and kyphosis.
Accurate genetic counseling is indicated.
Recognition and treatment of musculoskeletal abnormalities and intrinsic medical problems are needed.
With age, many patients need powered devices for transport because arthritis or spinal disorder decreases mobility.
Growth hormone is not useful for increasing stature.
Limb lengthening may gain up to 1 additional foot of height in those with achondroplasia.
Physical therapy will not correct skeletal deformity, but it may improve the patient's function.
No medications are available for skeletal dysplasia at this time.
Spinal fusion, decompression, and instrumentation are used to correct spinal disorders.
Osteotomy is used to correct extremity deformities.
Patients with early osteoarthritis from epiphyseal deformity may benefit from joint replacement.
Spinal instability, stenosis, and arthritis frequently are associated with many of the dysplasias.
Degenerative disease of the hips and knees is common.
Cervical instability is seen in spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and mucopolysaccharidoses.
Complications vary with the different types of disorder.
Patients should be followed approximately every 6 months to monitor developmental milestones and skeletal deformities.
Refer families when a positive history becomes known.
Q: How do I make the diagnosis of short stature?
A: It is a statistical definition: Height below 2 standard deviations from the mean for the age. The cause may be determined by physical examination, skeletal survey, and consultation by a geneticist or endocrinologist.
Q: What is the role of growth hormone in short stature?
A: The role varies with the cause. For all skeletal dysplasias, little gain in height occurs. For constitutional short stature, more benefit may accrue. An endocrinologist is best qualified to make recommendations.


Hill stations to visit in Tamil Nadu. Find list of top Tamil Nadu and enjoy your holidays or picnic in the lap of Nature.
Coonoor located in Tamil Nadu is a famous hill station in the lap of Nilgiri Hills. It is located only 17 km from Ooty at a height of 1800 meters above the sea level. The place is famous for its picturesque landscape and the amazing tea gardens with their factories. Coonoor tourism is popular because it offers a panoramic view of the lush greenery with valleys and waterfalls.
Kodaikanal is one of the popular hill stations in Tamil Nadu because of its picturesque and scenic beauty. Situated in the famous Palani Hills in the Western Ghats, it is often known as the Princess of hill stations. Located at a height of 7200 feet above the sea level, it offers spectacular views making it an important part of Kodaikanal tourism.
Ooty is undoubtedly the queen of hill stations and also the capital of the Nilgiri district. The picturesque landscape contributes to Ooty tourism to a great extent and attracts lots of visitors across the world. Popularly known as the queen of hills, it became popular from the British era as an ideal place for picnic and relaxation.
Yercaud is a beautiful hill station which is situated in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It is situated in the Shevaroys range of hill of Easter Ghats. It is situated at 4970 ft above from Sea level. The beautiful hill station is famous for dense forest and lakes. This is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tamil Nadu.
Yelagiri is a small village and hill station which is situated in Vellure district of Tamil Nadu. It is located at 1,110.6 metres above from Sea Level. It is surrounded by orchards, rose- gardens and lush green valleys. It is one of the best sightseeing points to visit in Tamil Nadu.
It is a hill station which is located at 2554 feet above from Sea Level. It is situated on the Anamalai mountain range. It is also famous for Anamalai Tiger Reserve and wildlife sanctuary which lies in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. This is most beautiful hill station which offers natural scenic views of Mountains and lush green dense forest. This is the ideal hill station to visit in Tamil Nadu.
Valparai is a Taluk and a hill station which is situated in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. It is situated in the Anaimalai mountain range of Western Ghats. It is located at 3,500 feet above from Sea level. The most beautiful hill station is surrounded by large forest areas. This is one of the best hill stations to visit in Tamil Nadu.
Kotagiri is a hill town which is located in The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the three most popular hill stations in Nilgiris. It is located on 1793 m above from Sea level. Kotagiri is famous for evergreen vegetation, tea growing area and cool climate. This is one of the best hill stations and sightseeing place to see in Tamil Nadu.
Ketti Valley View is one of the famous tourist spot in Ooty, India. It is located on the Ooty Coonoor road (NH 67) at a distance of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Ooty bus stand. It is one of the best tourist centre in Ooty.
Kolli Hills also known as Kolli Malai is a mountain name which is derived from the name of Goddess Ettukkai Amman. It is a part of Namakkal district. It is surrounded with mountains with evergreen forests. Kolli Hill is also a site of pilgrimage because of a sacred Arapaleeswarar temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This is the greatest hill station to visit in Tamil Nadu.


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Q: tutorials on migrating SQL 2008 BI-stack to Azure SQL Data Warehouse? Are there any tutorials available on the subject of migrating from an existing BI-stack based on SQL Server 2008 to Azure SQL Data Warehouse? I'm specifically interested in best practices with regards to how to handle cross database joins on non-premium tiers (our existing procedures and UDFs are full of joins on multiple database objects) and how to migrate existing SSAS cubes and its related programmability and ETL.

A: What BI-stack are you using? This will determine your next steps for the actual BI tools.
Specifically for cross-database queries when moving to the cloud, the guidance is to move the databases into schemas and then update your scripts to use schema based (2 part names) vs. database (3 part names) when referencing objects. For example, if you have staging and production databases you can simply move your staging objects into a [staging] schema within a single database.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is commonly used as a backing store for SSAS cubes (MOLAP/ROLAP/Tabular mode). In the Azure cloud, customers have created IaaS SQL Server VMs to host ETL process (SSIS) and cubes (SSAS) with direct connections to SQL Data Warehouse.


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Dan, je bilo slovensko katoliško društvo v Pragi.

Društvo je ustanovilo 11 katoliških študentov 15. maja 1910. Politična diferenciacija, ki je zajela slovenski narod v začetku 19. stoletja, je vplivala tudi na slovenske študente, ki so študirali na univerzah na Dunaju, Gradcu in Pragi. Poleg dotedanjih pretežno liberalnih študentskih društev so nastala še radikalna in katoliška. Društvo Dan se je zavzemalo za slovenske narodne pravice  in za slovensko univerzo v Trstu.

Viri

Zgodovina Slovenije
Slovenska društva
Ustanovitve leta 1910

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Category: Other People
Don't speculate on others' mental health from afar
In The Guardian, Nick Davis makes a clear and timely case for affirming The Goldwater Rule. The Rule, which binds members of the American Psychiatric Association, forbids giving an opinion on the mental state of someone you have not examined.
The US president's behaviour has brought the rule back into the public eye, but Davis argues that we shouldn't lose sight of the importance of the Rule, and how it protects us all from speculation about our mental health – speculation which is often flavoured by simple prejudice:
Read the article here: The Goldwater rule: why commenting on mental health from a distance is unhelpful
Author tomstaffordPosted on July 29, 2017 Categories Other People2 Comments on Don't speculate on others' mental health from afar
This map shows what white Europeans associate with race – and it makes for uncomfortable reading
This new map shows how easily white Europeans associate black faces with negative ideas. Since 2002, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have logged onto a website run by Harvard University called Project Implicit and taken an "implicit association test" (IAT), a rapid-response task which measures how easily you can pair items from different categories.To create this new map, we used data from a version of the test which presents white or black faces and positive or negative words. The result shows how easily our minds automatically make the link between the categories – what psychologists call an "implicit racial attitude".Each country on the map is coloured according to the average score of test takers from that country. Redder countries show higher average bias, bluer countries show lower average bias, as the scale on the top of the map shows.Like a similar map which had been made for US states, our map shows variation in the extent of racial bias – but all European countries are racially biased when comparing blacks versus whites.
In every country in Europe, people are slower to associate blackness with positive words such as "good" or "nice" and faster to associate blackness with negative concepts such as "bad" or "evil". But they are quicker to make the link between blackness and negative concepts in the Czech Republic or Lithuania than they are in Slovenia, the UK or Ireland.
No country had an average score below zero, which would reflect positive associations with blackness. In fact, none had an average score that was even close to zero, which would reflect neither positive nor negative racial associations.
A screeshot from the online IAT test.
IAT, Project Implict
Overall, we have scores for 288,076 white Europeans, collected between 2002 and 2015, with sample sizes for each country shown on the left-hand side.
Because of the design of the test it is very difficult to deliberately control your score. Many people, including those who sincerely hold non-racist or even anti-racist beliefs, demonstrate positive implicit bias on the test. The exact meaning of implicit attitudes, and the IAT, are controversial, but we believe they reflect the automatic associations we hold in our minds, associations that develop over years of immersion in the social world.
Although we, as individuals, may not hold racist beliefs, the ideas we associate with race may be constructed by a culture which describes people of different ethnicities in consistent ways, and ways which are consistently more or less positive. Looked at like this, the IAT – which at best is a weak measure of individual psychology – may be most useful if individuals' scores are aggregated to provide a reflection on the collective social world we inhabit.
The results shown in this map give detail to what we already expected – that across Europe racial attitudes are not neutral. Blackness has negative associations for white Europeans, and there are some interesting patterns in how the strength of these negative associations varies across the continent.
North and west Europe, on average, have less strong anti-black associations, although they still have anti-black associations on average. As you move south and east the strength of negative associations tends to increase – but not everywhere. The Balkans look like an exception, compared to surrounding countries. Is this because of some quirk about how people in the Balkans heard about Project Implicit, or because their prejudices aren't orientated around a white-black axis? For now, we can only speculate.
When interpreting the map there are at least two important qualifications to bear in mind.
The first is that the scores only reflect racial attitudes in one dimension: pairing white/black with goodness/badness. Our feelings about ethnicity have many more dimensions which aren't captured by this measure.
The second is that the data comes from Europeans who visit the the US Project Implicit website, which is in English. We can be certain that the sample reflects a subset of the European population which are more internet-savvy than is typical. They are probably also younger, and more cosmopolitan. These factors are likely to underweight the extent of implicit racism in each country, so that the true levels of implicit racism are probably higher than shown on this map.
This new map is possible because Project Implicit release their data via the Open Science Framework. This site allows scientists to share the raw materials and data from their experiments, allowing anyone to check their working, or re-analyse the data, as we have done here. I believe that open tools and publishing methods like these are necessary to make science better and more reliable.
Edit 4/5/17. The colour scale chosen for this map emphasises the differences between countries. While that's most important for working out what drives IAT scores, the main take-away from the map is that all of Europe is considerably not neutral. That conclusion is supported by a continuous colour scale, as used in this version of the map here
Author tomstaffordPosted on May 3, 2017 May 4, 2017 Categories Other People13 Comments on This map shows what white Europeans associate with race – and it makes for uncomfortable reading
Why women don't report sexual harassment
Julie A. Woodzicka (Washington and Lee University) and Marianne LaFrance (Yale) report an experiment reminiscent of Milgram's famous studies of obedience to authority. Reminiscent both because it highlights the gap between how we imagine we'll respond under pressure and how we actually do respond, and because it's hard to imagine an ethics review board allowing it.
The study, reported in the Journal of Social Issues in 2001, involved the following (in their own words):
we devised a job interview in which a male interviewer asked female job applicants sexually harassing questions interspersed with more typical questions asked in such contexts.
The three sexually harassing questions were (1) Do you have a boyfriend? (2) Do people find you desirable? and (3) Do you think it is important for women to wear bras to work?
Participants, all women, average age 22, did not know they were in an experiment and were recruited through posters and newspaper adverts for a research assistant position.
The results illuminated what targets of harassment do not do. First, no one refused to answer: Interviewees answered every question irrespective of whether it was harassing or nonharassing. Second, among those asked the harassing questions, few responded with any form of confrontation or repudiation. Nonetheless, the responses revealed a variety of ways that respondents attempted to circumvent the situation posed by harassing questions.
Just as with the Milgram experiment, these results contrast with how participants from a companion study imagined they would respond when the scenario was described to them:
The majority (62%) anticipated that they would either ask the interviewer why he had asked the question or tell him that it was inappropriate. Further, over one quarter of the participants (28%) indicated that they would take more drastic measures by either leaving the interview or rudely confronting the interviewer. Notably, a large number of respondents (68%) indicated that they would refuse to answer at least one of the three harassing questions.
Part of the difference, the researchers argue, is that women imagining the harassing situation over-estimate the anger they will feel. When confronted with actual harassment, fear replaces anger, they claim. Women asked the harassing questions reported significantly higher rates of fear than women asked the merely surprising questions. Coding of facial expressions during the (secretly videoed) interviews revealed that the harassed women also smiled more – fake (non-Duchenne) smiles, presumably aimed at appeasing a harasser that they felt afraid of.
The research report doesn't indicate what, if any, ethical review process the experiment was subject to.
Obviously it is an important topic, with disturbing and plausible findings. The researchers note that courts have previously interpreted inaction following harassment as indicative of some level of consent. But, despite the real-world relevance, is it a topic that is it important enough to justify employing a man to sexually harass unsuspecting women?
Reference: Woodzicka, J. A., & LaFrance, M. (2001). Real versus imagined gender harassment. Journal of Social Issues, 57(1), 15-30.
Previously: a series of Gender Brain Blogging
Much more previously: an essay I wrote arguing that moral failures are often defined by failures of imagination, not of reason: The Narrative Escape
Author tomstaffordPosted on February 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 Categories gender, Other People11 Comments on Why women don't report sexual harassment
The Social Priming Studies in "Thinking Fast and Slow" are not very replicable
In Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow" he introduces research on social priming – the idea that subtle cues in the environment may have significant, reliable effects on behaviour. In that book, published in 2011, Kahneman writes "disbelief is not an option" about these results. Since then, the evidence against the reliability of social priming research has been mounting.
In a new analysis, 'Reconstruction of a Train Wreck: How Priming Research Went off the Rails', Ulrich Schimmack, Moritz Heene, and Kamini Kesavan review chapter 4 of Thinking Fast and Slow, picking out the references which provide evidence for social priming and calculating how statistically reliable they:
Their conclusion:
The results are eye-opening and jaw-dropping. The chapter cites 12 articles and 11 of the 12 articles have an R-Index below 50. The combined analysis of 31 studies reported in the 12 articles shows 100% significant results with average (median) observed power of 57% and an inflation rate of 43%. …readers of… "Thinking Fast and Slow" should not consider the presented studies as scientific evidence that subtle cues in their environment can have strong effects on their behavior outside their awareness.
The argument is that the pattern of 100% significant results is near to impossible, even if the effects known were true, given the weak statistical power of the studies to detect true effects.
Remarkably, Kahneman responds in the comments:
What the blog gets absolutely right is that I placed too much faith in underpowered studies. …I have changed my views about the size of behavioral priming effects – they cannot be as large and as robust as my chapter suggested.
The original analysis, and Kahneman's response are worth reading in full. Together they give a potted history of the replication crisis, and a summary of some of the prime causes (e.g. file draw effects), as well as showing off how mature psychological scientists can make, and respond to critique.
Original analysis: 'Reconstruction of a Train Wreck: How Priming Research Went off the Rails', Ulrich Schimmack, Moritz Heene, and Kamini Kesavan. (Is it a paper? Is it a blogpost? Who knows?!)
Kahneman's response
Author tomstaffordPosted on February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017 Categories Other People, Reasoning1 Comment on The Social Priming Studies in "Thinking Fast and Slow" are not very replicable
The troubled friendship of Tversky and Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman, by Pat Kinsella for the Chronicle Review (detail)
Writer Michael Lewis's new book, "The Undoing Project: The Friendship That Changed Our Minds", is about two of the most important figures in modern psychology, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman.
In this extract for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Lewis describes the emotional tension between the pair towards the end of their collaboration. It's a compelling 'behind the scenes' view of the human side to the foundational work of the heuristics and biases programme in psychology, as well as being brilliantly illustrated by Pat Kinsella.
One detail that caught my eye is this response by Amos Tversky to a critique of the work he did with Kahneman. As well as being something I've wanted to write myself on occasion, it illustrates the forthrightness which made Tversky a productive and difficult colleague:
the objections you raised against our experimental method are simply unsupported. In essence, you engage in the practice of criticizing a procedural departure without showing how the departure might account for the results obtained. You do not present either contradictory data or a plausible alternative interpretation of our findings. Instead, you express a strong bias against our method of data collection and in favor of yours. This position is certainly understandable, yet it is hardly convincing.
Link: A Bitter Ending: Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and the limits of collaboration
Author tomstaffordPosted on February 3, 2017 April 17, 2017 Categories Other People1 Comment on The troubled friendship of Tversky and Kahneman
William James, dude
William James, founding father of modern psychology is often known by photos of him in his later years. But, here we see him in his early twenties on a trip to Brazil and looking f.i.n.e.
See the full photo on Wikimedia Commons: William James in Brazil, 1865
h/t @GregoryHickok on twitter
Author tomstaffordPosted on February 2, 2017 Categories Other People, Uncategorized3 Comments on William James, dude
echo chambers: old psych, new tech
If you were surprised by the result of the Brexit vote in the UK or by the Trump victory in the US, you might live in an echo chamber – a self-reinforcing world of people who share the same opinions as you. Echo chambers are a problem, and not just because it means some people make incorrect predictions about political events. They threaten our democratic conversation, splitting up the common ground of assumption and fact that is needed for diverse people to talk to each other.
Echo chambers aren't just a product of the internet and social media, however, but of how those things interact with fundamental features of human nature. Understand these features of human nature and maybe we can think creatively about ways to escape them.
Built-in bias
One thing that drives echo chambers is our tendency to associate with people like us. Sociologists call this homophily. We're more likely to make connections with people who are similar to us. That's true for ethnicity, age, gender, education and occupation (and, of course, geography), as well as a range of other dimensions. We're also more likely to lose touch with people who aren't like us, further strengthening the niches we find ourselves in. Homophily is one reason obesity can seem contagious – people who are at risk of gaining weight are disproportionately more likely to hang out with each other and share an environment that encourages obesity.
Another factor that drives the echo chamber is our psychological tendency to seek information that confirms what we already know – often called confirmation bias. Worse, even when presented with evidence to the contrary, we show a tendency to dismiss it and even harden our convictions. This means that even if you break into someone's echo chamber armed with facts that contradict their view, you're unlikely to persuade them with those facts alone.
News as information and identity
More and more of us get our news primarily from social media and use that same social media to discuss the news.
Social media takes our natural tendencies to associate with similar minded people and seek information that confirms and amplifies our convictions. Dan Kahan, professor of law and psychology at Yale, describes each of us switching between two modes of information processing – identity affirming and truth seeking. The result is that for issues that, for whatever reasons, become associated with a group identity, even the most informed or well educated can believe radically different things because believing those things is tied up with signalling group identity more than a pursuit of evidence.
Mitigating human foibles
Where we go from here isn't clear. The fundamentals of human psychology won't just go away, but they do change depending on the environment we're in. If technology and the technological economy reinforce the echo chamber, we can work to reshape these forces so as to mitigate it.
We can recognise that a diverse and truth-seeking media is a public good. That means it is worth supporting – both in established forms like the BBC, and in new forms like Wikipedia and The Conversation.
We can support alternative funding models for non-public media. Paying for news may seem old-fashioned, but there are long-term benefits. New ways of doing it are popping up. Services such as Blendle let you access news stories that are behind a pay wall by offering a pay-per-article model.
Technology can also help with individual solutions to the echo chamber, if you're so minded. For Twitter users, otherside.site let's you view the feed of any other Twitter user, so if you want to know what Nigel Farage or Donald Trump read on Twitter, you can. (I wouldn't bother with Trump. He only follows 41 people – mostly family and his own businesses. Now that's an echo chamber.)
For Facebook users, politecho.org is a browser extension that shows the political biases of your friends and Facebook newsfeed. If you want a shortcut, this Wall Street Journal article puts Republican and Democratic Facebook feeds side-by-side.
Of course, these things don't remove the echo chamber, but they do highlight the extent to which you're in one, and – as with other addictions – recognising that you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
Author tomstaffordPosted on December 12, 2016 Categories Other People, Reasoning12 Comments on echo chambers: old psych, new tech


A New Lease of Life with Pardons and Waivers - Application for Pardon - Application Granted!!Application for Pardon – Application Granted!!
The society that you live in is hypocrisy personified. It has separate set of rules for separate groups. The rich seems to be exempted from the law system and the under privileged or mediocre class of people are the ultimate sufferers. Once the stigma of crime has been placed on you nothing you do will ever enable you to wipe it away and allow you to live a life of normalcy. You have been tabooed for the rest of your life. It is not your future that the society stagnates but in reality it is your life that is taken away from you. You can only seek the hope of redemption from the option of pardons and waivers. The pardons and waivers provide you with a new lease of life.
The spot of crime once behind your name makes it difficult for you to survive even between those you consider to be your own. It is therefore difficult for you to even socialize as you will never be allowed to do so. You will be the subject of booing and shooing. Pardons and waivers come as a breakthrough that purges you of the soiled records of criminal charges. It is like the whiff of fresh air in the claustrophobic arena of the civilized humans. Pardons and waivers give you the gateway to a normal life.
The authority concerned is entrusted with the responsibility to have the final say as far as the pardons and waivers are concerned. The pre-requisite on which the authority bases the decision is that of your past records pertaining to the criminal activity. Even though pardon can be obtained singularly, yet if you want to move to a better location in order to earn a living or better opportunities, you need to apply for both pardons and waivers. This will enable you to live a life of dignity even in the land outside the individual's own land.
The option of pardons and waivers offer you the opportunity to live life on your own terms with the social recognition and the financial stability that you seek. However your past records can hamper that prospect in case you do not have the clearance that the pardons and waivers provide. One thing that you must keep in mind that if your criminal charges are too serious to be redeemed, in that case you may as well not receive the benefit that this option has to offer. The reason for this rejection is that you have the lost the grounds of credibility and it is considered that if you are given the free reign you may as well resume your old activities.
The grant of a fresh life on any part of the globe that the pardons and waivers provide will not be enjoyed by you if you fail to obtain it. The various officials relating to the different places are more likely to deny you an entry if you fail to show them the satisfactory documents that prove that you have been given the clean chit by the respective authority of the pardons and waivers. It is therefore your access to the rest of the world and a life of respect as well.


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'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story': Netflix Series Has Passed 1 Billion Viewed Hours!!
December 6, 2022 · by Mirza Baig · in Features, TV. ·
Ryan Murphy's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story just keeps getting bigger on Netflix. After dominating the streamer's charts since its release, the series has passed another milestone, reaching a staggering 1 billion hours viewed. It now sits as one of three series in the streamer's history to surpass that mark within 60 days, joining global juggernaut Squid Game and Stranger Things 4.
For a considerable time starting from Monster's release on September 21, Murphy had the top spots on Netflix's viewing charts firmly locked down for himself. The Evan Peters-led true-crime series got off to a hot start, becoming one of the most-watched series in Netflix's history within the first two weeks of its release with 496 million hours watched and 56 million households tuning in. It steadily crept up the streamer's all-time viewership charts all while keeping an iron grip on the Global Top 10 and even reigned as Nielsen's top streamed series for three straight weeks until Murphy's other true-crime darling, The Watcher came in and overtook it. By the end of its reign, Monster recorded seven weeks in Netflix's Global Top 10, a Top 10 appearance in 92 separate countries, and rose to #2 on the Most Watched English TV all-time list.
The wins just keep stacking up for Murphy who is making his five-year overall deal with Netflix seem more and more worth it by the day. Monster is one of two projects he's attached to that's landed in Netflix's Global Top 10 for three consecutive weeks. The other, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, also landed in the Top 10 in 91 different countries, though Murphy only served as a producer on the film. Thanks to the overwhelming success of his two new true-crime series, he's also landed renewals for both Monster and The Watcher with the former set to become an anthology series following multiple serial killers in an anthology format.
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Much of Murphy's Netflix success, including Monster, has come with the help of his partner Ian Brennan. The two have no shortage of shows on the streamer, but Monster marks a new high for them, and it's easy to see why. Audiences are hooked on true crime and the creators didn't skimp on quality for their depiction of the story of the Milwaukee Cannibal. Peters gets all the attention for his chilling portrayal of Dahmer, but the rest of the main cast is stellar too with Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Penelope Ann Miller, Colin Ford, Shaun J. Brown, and Niecy Nash all aboard alongside a slew of other talented guest stars.
Monster is not without its critics though. The show's rise has been plagued with controversy after controversy, mostly stemming from how it dramatizes Dahmer's life and the lack of focus and respect for the victims. Some families of the victims were never contacted about the show's creation, leaving them blindsided by the series. Netflix also drew ire from the LGBTQ+ community for labeling the series as an LGBTQ show because its main character, the cannibalistic killer Dahmer, was part of that community. Even those that worked on the series haven't come away satisfied as accusations of racist treatment on set also clouded the show after its release. Murphy has largely maintained the importance of honoring the victims, but hopes are that he and Brennan will take Monster's criticisms to heart when creating the next two seasons both to make the series and the set more respectful.
Dahmer can currently be streamed in its entirety on Netflix. Check out the trailer below.
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Richard "Dick" Eugene Tollman
Richard Eugene Tollman
Funeral services for Richard Eugene Tollman, 79, of Lusk, Wyo.,were held at Pier Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, with Reverend David Dick of the American Missionary Fellowship Church of Douglas officiating. Graveside services were after the service at the Lusk Cemetery. Richard died, Feb. 11, 2009, at the ranch home northeast of Lusk.
"Dick" was born Feb. 3, 1930 in Crawford, Neb. to Rex Edward and Ora Josephine (Hymer) Tollman. He attended Crawford High School, where he graduated in 1948. He came to the Lusk area where he worked as a ranch hand and in oil fields. He married Claudetta Mae Swope June 2, 1951. They had 4 children, Rex (Julie) Tollman and Robyn (Dale) Jefcoat of Lusk; Rhonda (Marvin) Jones of Alliance, Neb.; and Renae (Jack) Jones of Crawford, Neb. The family moved to the ranch northeast of Lusk in the Indian Creek community in 1963.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Clarence, George and Don; and sisters Rosella and Jody. He is survived by his wife, children, 10 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and sister Neva McGregor of Crawford.
The family suggests Memorials or donations to American Missionary Fellowship and Lusk Senior Center.
Pier Funeral Home in Lusk is in charge of arrangements.
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He worked in an udon restaurant when he was 20 years old.
He worked in an udon chain restaurant for 5 years. And he worked in a pribvete udon restaurant for 5 years.
He became independent when he was 30 years old.
He is an udon chef who never stops trying to make more delicious noodls.
We say, Kendonya is handmade udon noodles restaurant, but we have a rice bowl and set menu. What these all have in common is that you can find them in a cheep restaurant.
I thank that noodles are food of the common people, so anyone can eat them easily. Because our objective is good taste, our quality control is thorough. Everything is important.
I want to make delicious handmade udon noodles. I want to make the kind of udon that could win against that of a 3-star restaurant. I do my best every day.
A long time ago, udon was also called "Kendon". Restaurants that served these noodles were called "Kendonya". Moreover, aristocratic and wealthy merchants referred to the box that was used when eating noodles as " Kendon box".
In honor of this, we named our restaurant Kendon-ya because we work hard to make the best udon noodles possible.
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Review – Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Jason Mitchell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Paul Giamatti, R. Marcos Taylor, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Marlon Knight Jr.
It is said that history is written by the victors and to an extent that is what you get with Straight Outta Compton, F. Gary Gray's biopic of trailblazing West Coast gangsta rap group N.W.A (Niggaz Wit Attitudes). Among the film's producers are two of the group's founding members, Dr Dre and Ice Cube. Dr Dre is now CEO of Aftermath Records and Beats Electronics and ranked the richest figure in American hip hop by Forbes magazine. Ice Cube is a successful rapper, producer and movie star. They are the victors and the film they present is a mythologising of their origin story which takes us back to when these establishment figures were dangerous outsiders.
In 1986 we meet our three principals: charismatic drug dealer Eric "Eazy E" Wright (Jason Mitchell), aspiring DJ Andre "Dr Dre" Young (Corey Hawkins), and teenage rapper O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson (O'Shea Jackson Jr). Not content with his regular gig which has no interest in rap music, Dr Dre approaches Eazy for capital to record an album. With Dre's beats, Cube's rhymes and Eazy's business acumen, they found N.W.A. Other foundation members DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr) and MC Ren (Aldris Hodge) are reduced to minor characters, always present but rarely central to a scene.
Their first single, "Boyz-n-the-Hood," attracts the attention of manager Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti), who with Eazy forms Ruthless Records and arranges for N.W.A to record their first album. With that record, which gives the film its title, they go huge. The concert scenes, which are the energetic high points of the film, start out with solely black audiences, but as the tour progresses these crowds become increasingly white. It is a subtle and effective way of showing their rise from niche to mainstream success. But the closeness of Jerry and Eazy's working relationship makes Ice Cube suspicious and soon fractures the group, creating fierce, high profile rivalries.
Straight Outta Compton follows many of the familiar beats of the band biopic: the rise from obscurity, the adjusting to fame, the growing tensions. A staple scene in such films is the moment of inspiration that leads to a hit song. Straight Outta Compton shows N.W.A's anthem 'Fuck the Police' to be a direct, heated response to the repeated humiliation and unprovoked searches the young men are subjected to by a racist, heavy-handed Los Angeles police force. The straw that breaks the camel's back is when the group is made to lie on the sidewalk to be searched while taking a lunch break out the front of their recording studio. This, along with the allusions to the Rodney King case and subsequent LA riots ensure that race relations is a key theme in the film – and the harrowing similarities between the events depicted on screen and those recently occurring in Ferguson ensure that thematically Straight Outta Compton is just as relevant today. Through tapping into this context, Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff's screenplay emphasises the protest nature of N.W.A's music while also seeking to address the common accusations that their music glamourised violence and gang culture. In a press conference we see Ice Cube articulate that their art is a reflection of their reality, that they are as much journalists as musicians.
But while an effort was made to address those complaints that the music condoned violence and gang culture, there is no effort to address the issue of misogyny. Straight Outta Compton is not a great film to its women. There are no female characters of substance, with all women in the film reduced to either anonymous sex objects at parties or mothers and girlfriends who are represented as naggers and burdens. There has also been some criticism that this account neglects to address Dr Dre's assault of MTV reporter Dee Barnes in 1990.
While biopics are often Oscar bait for big name actors, the largely anonymous nature of the cast in Straight Outta Compton means they can disappear into their characters. In an impressive cast it is Jason Mitchell as Eazy E who stands out, while O'Shea Jackson Jr is strikingly similar in appearance and mannerism to his real life father Ice Cube. Director F. Gary Gray also has a long connection to the material having started his career directing music videos for Ice Cube and made his transition into feature films in 1995 by directing Friday, the comedy written by and starring Ice Cube.
With a runtime of 147 minutes, Straight Outta Compton gets a bit long. The energy and vitality of the film's first half, following the group's rise to prominence, stalls in the second when the film jumps forward to 1993, but it never entirely drops the ball.
N.W.A's story is one worth telling. They were such an important part of the nineties zeitgeist, and incredibly influential in the shaping of current day hip hop culture. Straight Outta Compton does a good job of recording this story for the fans, and introducing it to audiences unfamiliar with it. You just need to remember that you are watching one side of the story.
Review by Duncan McLean
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Written by duncanemclean Posted in Reviews	Tagged with Biopic, Corey Hawkins, Dr Dre, Eazy E, F Gary Gray, Ice Cube, Jason Mitchell, Music Movies, NWA, O'Shea Jackson Jr, Paul Giamatti, Rap, Straight Outta Compton
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