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Q: Suppose a box contains six blue and four red balls. Five balls are selected at random w/o replacement, determine the probability mass function I know this question is pretty basic, but I am just not getting the right answer no matter what I try. My thought was that the answer should be like:
5C4/(10C5) for 4 red balls selected, (5C3)/(10C5) for 3 red balls selected, down to (5C0)/(10C5) for 0 red balls selected. When I do this, my answers never add up to 1, as is necessary for a probability mass function. What am I missing?

A: This is a hypergeometric distribution.  Here is a simple example.  Suppose I wanted to know the probability of getting three red balls.  You wrote $$\frac{\binom{5}{3}}{\binom{10}{5}}$$ but this is wrong; the correct answer is $$\frac{\binom{4}{3} \binom{6}{2}}{\binom{10}{5}}.$$  Why?  Think of the $10$ balls as being labeled like this:
$$B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6, R_1, R_2, R_3, R_4.$$  Each ball has a distinct label.  Now say we want to pick five of them without replacement so that exactly three of the five are chosen from the balls labeled $R_1, R_2, R_3, R_4$ (so they are "red"), and the other two balls would be chosen from the $B$-labeled balls (so they are "blue").  There are obviously $\binom{4}{3}$ ways to pick the $R$-labeled balls, since there are $4$ such balls in the group and you want to pick exactly $3$ of them.  Similarly there are $\binom{6}{2}$ ways to pick the $B$-labeled balls.  And those choices are independent in the sense that they each lead to a distinct choice for the five balls chosen in total.  So their product $\binom{4}{3}\binom{6}{2}$ is the numerator of our probability and counts the total number of ways to choose $5$ balls out of the $10$ such that exactly $3$ are red.  Then the denominator is just $\binom{10}{5}$ as you wrote, for the number of ways to choose $5$ balls with no restriction.
You can easily generalize this counting argument for every possible outcome of $0$ to $4$ red balls chosen.  Even though you are picking $5$ balls, since there are only $4$ red balls in the group, it is impossible to get $5$ red balls.  Now check that the probabilities add up to $1$.

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Here's How Sylvester Stallone Helped Put Panerai Into the International Spotlight
The actor, writer and director is auctioning some of his favorite timepieces.
By Alvin Uy | Nov 23, 2020
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Next month will be an exciting season for watch collectors with deep pockets as auction house Phillips announces its additional lineup of so-called "Hollywood watches." These are timepieces owned by Hollywood legends Paul Newman and Steve McQueen and Phillips just announced that it will also include five watches owned by Sylvester Stallone.
The December auction features another Rolex Daytona owned by Hollywood actor and racecar driver Paul Newman. However, it isn't the same Daytona model that fetched over $17million in an auction by the same house in 2017 but nonetheless was owned and worn by the actor, who gave it to his daughter as a gift. The estimated value of this watch is in excess of $1million (P48 million). Newman's association with this Rolex chronograph watch made the Daytona, especially the vintage models, so desirable and highly sought-after.
What's also exciting about this star-studded auction event named Racing Pulse, aside from the fact that all of the 138 timepieces are highly collectible watches, is the fact that Phillips added the watch collection from Hollywood's A-list action star Sylvester Stallone up for bids, including the Panerai watch he wore in the 1996 movie Daylight and a Richard Mille watch he wore in the 2014 movie Expendables 3. The auction will be held live in New York on December 12 and will also feature "Time Counts," a charitable initiative in collaboration with The One Drop and The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundations.
Photo by Panerai.
Five highly collectible timepieces were consigned by Stallone himself for this upcoming auction, which consists of a Panerai "Pre-Vendome" Luminor watch that he wore in Daylight and four Richard Mille timepieces that includes one watch he wore in Expendables 3.
Stallone and Panerai
Stallone was an important figure for Panerai, and story has it that he saw the brand for the first time when doing some movie projects in Florence and Rome. Back then, Panerai was an independent brand when retired Marina Militare engineer Dino Zei took over Officine Panerai in 1993 and began producing a collection of limited edition military-inspired watches not for military use but for the civilian market.
Panerai used to supply timepieces mostly to various European military outfits. These watches were fairly unknown and the watches made for the civilian market were known as the "Pre-Vendome" Panerai watches and according to records, about 677 pieces were made prior to the Vendome Group (now called the Richmont Group) taking over the business.
Stallone wearing his Richard Mille in the 2014 film The Expendables 3
Photo by IMDB.
Stallone bought the watch in 1993 but the pivotal turning point came in 1996, when he wore the now iconic watch, a Luminor Panerai 5218-201/a, a "pre-Vendome Logo watch" all throughout his action film Daylight. He loved the watch so much he used it all the time during the filming and also caught the attention of other celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, who followed suit in embracing these oversized watches. This started the big watch trend in the 1990s. The average watch case diameter would be from 36 mm to 40 mm so a 44 mm diameter watch was considered big in those days but it became so popular that even fashionable women with smaller wrists caught on the trend.
Within a very short time, Officine Panerai went from relative anonymity to achieving enormous international exposure and recognition. As a direct result, the US market opened widely for this former military supplier in Florence, and, well, "a star was born." Stallone continued to support and wear the brand's watches and by 1997, the giant Vendome Group (now Richemont SA) acquired the company.
"I did a film called Daylight, and I wanted to wear a watch that no one had ever seen," Stallone said. "I strapped this on my wrist that day and didn't take it off until the end of filming.
According to Stallone, he never took off that watch and would later state it "went through hell in every scene," and has remained in his possession until today. The watch is consigned under lot number 47, where the Panerai Luminor 5218-201/a is being offered exactly as it was first worn by Stallone, along with its original mahogany box, two additional Panerai pre-Vendome straps with sewn-in buckles, and its original brass screwdriver.
Stallone's Pre-Vendome Panerai at the Phillips auction block
Phillips says that the watch is in superb original and well-preserved condition, showing the wear expected from weeks of filming in rigorous conditions, including lengthy underwater scenes. The dial, hands, case, crystal, crown and strap are all original to the watch, and its case has never been polished. It is further accompanied by a letter personally handwritten and signed by Stallone on his private stationary describing the watch, along with an original 1996 studio-issued lobby card from the "Daylight" film, also signed by Sly, with specific reference by him to this exact watch. It is hard to believe that a watch of this historic significance was estimated by Phillips to fetch between US$40,000 to 80,000 only. But we will never know until the hammer is down, we'll have another follow up story on this soon.
Stallone's other watches
Aside from being an accomplished Hollywood A-lister on big action films, Stallone expanded his craft to include being a writer, director and producer and has made many successful films. He first gained worldwide recognition when he played the title role in his own screenplay of Rocky, which won the Academy Award in 1976 for Best Picture.
Sylvester Stallone at the London Photocall for The Expendables 3
Photo by (Phillips) Dave J. Hogan, Getty Images.
More recently, he starred and produced his most ambitious project, the action thriller, The Expendables¸ which he also wrote and directed, co-starring with other Hollywood A-Listers and eventually made two more sequels. Stallone is the only actor in history to open a Number One film across five decades. He is also consigning one of the watches he wore in The Expendables 3, a Richard Mille Ref. RM032 AL TI titanium annual calendar flyback chronograph. The massive 50 mm diameter watch can be prominently seen in some of the action scenes in the 2014 film. Consigned under lot number 49, Phillips estimates the watch to be sold between $60,000 to $120,000. He also has three other Richard Mille watches consigned in lot numbers 48, 50 and 51. These are highly limited edition timepieces of various complications with six to seven-digit dollar figures.
Stallone wore the exact watch during filming of The Expendables III, and it is clearly visible in the film, as well as in the official trailer (while flying a plane next to Antonio Banderas) and official press photographs. The film stars Stallone alongside Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Banderas, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Kellan Lutz, and Ronda Rousey, as they incorporate younger team members into the veteran Expendables crew. The watch is accompanied by a handwritten note from Stallone and an additional Richard Mille strap.
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The U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in the Bosphorus on the way to the Black Sea on 25 November 2021. Photo: https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/media
The Monitoring Group reports that in November-December 2021, five ships of non-Black Sea NATO countries were present in the Black Sea – four of them from the U.S. Sixth Fleet and one belongs to the French Navy:
the guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78): 30 Oct. – 16 Nov. 2021;
the replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189): 03 Nov. – 14 Nov. 2021;
The flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet USS Mount Whitney (LLC 20): 04 Nov. – 15 Nov. 2021;
The guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) has been in the Black Sea since 25 Nov. 2021 and is still there at the time of this publication.
The missile frigate of the French Navy FS Auvergne (D654) - has been in the Black Sea since 13 Dec. 2021 and is still there at the time of this publication.
Since the beginning of 2021, as of 14 December, 31 ships from NATO non-Black Sea states have visited the Black Sea. This is the largest number since 2014, i.e. for the entire period of Russia's occupation of Crimea.
Figure 1. The Presence of NATO Non-Black Sea States' Warships in the Black Sea in 1991–2021
As in previous years, in 2021, most of the visits to the Black Sea by ships of NATO non-Black Sea countries – 13 out of 31 – have been made by the U.S. Sixth Fleet.
Entries of NATO Warships to the Black Sea Since the Collapse of the Soviet Union (1991 – 2021)
In Table 1 below, the visits by U.S. ships are highlighted in grey, Spanish – in yellow. As of the date of publication, the breakdown of visits by country is as follows.
The U.S.A. – 13
Spain – 5
The Great Britain – 3
Italy – 3
Greece – 3
France – 3
The Netherlands – 1
Table 1. The Presence of NATO Non-Black Sea States' Warships in the Black Sea in 2021
USS Donald Cook
(DDG 75)
Batumi (05 - 06.02)
Guided missile destroyer / Ракетний есмінець
USNS Laramie
(T-AO-203)
Replenishment ship / Допоміжний корабель
USS Porter
HS Evropi
(M 62)
Constanta (26.02 - 01.03; 05.03)
Minesweeper/ Тральщик
ESPS Tajo
Constanta (26.02 - 01.03; 05 - 08.03), Odesa (10 - 14.03)
ESPS Cristobal Colon
(F 105)
Poti (15 - 18.03), Constanta (18 - 21.03)
Guided missile Frigate/ Фрегат
ESPS Mendez Nunez
Constanta (17 - 21.03; 26 - 27.03), Samsun (29 - 31.03)
HS Ypoploiarchos Kristallidis
(P 69)
Constanta (19 - 21.03)
Missile Boat / Ракетний катер
(CG-61)
Guided missile Cruiser/ Ракетний крейсер
USS Thomas Hudner
(DDG 116)
USS Hamilton
(WMSL 753)
Batumi (04-06.05), Odesa (10-11.05)
US Coast Guard cutter/ Корабель Берегової охорони
FS Commandant Birot
Constanta (13 - 17.05), Varna (22 - 26.05)
Corvette / Корвет
HMS Trent
(Р224)
Odessa (18 - 25.05; 27.05 - 02.06)
Patrol vessel / Патрульний корабель
USS Laboon
HMS Defender
(D 36)
Odessa (18 - 22.06), Batumi (25 - 30.06)
HNLMS Evertsen
Odessa (18 - 22.06), Constanta (26 - 30.06)
Guided missile Frigate / Ракетний фрегат
FS ALIZE
(A 645)
DGSE diving support / Розвідувально-водолазне судно
USS Ross
Odessa (27 - 30.06; 02 - 06.07), Varna (11 - 14.07)
(Р 224)
Odessa (02 - 06.07), Varna (11 - 14.07)
ITS Virginio Fasan
ESPS Rayo
Varna (09 - 14.07)
USNS Yuma
(T-EPF-8)
Odessa (10 - 12.07), Batumi (14.07)
Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport/ Високошвидкісний експедиційний транспорт
HS Ypoploiarchos Daniolos
ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne
(D 560)
Varna (18 - 20.08), Odessa (22 - 24.06)
25 Spain ESPS Rayo
(P-42) 23.09. - 13.10.2021 Batumi (27 - 30.09), Samsun (07 - 11.10) Patrol vessel / Патрульний корабель
26 Italy ITS Viareggio
(5559) 23.09. - 13.10.2021 Batumi (27 - 30.09), Samsun (07 - 11.10)
Batumi (08 - 10.11), Constanta (12 - 14.11)
28 USA
USNS John Lenthall
03.11 - 14.11.2021 Constanta (05 - 08.11) Replenishment oiler / Судно забезпечення
29 USA USS Mount Whitney
(LLC 20) 04.11 - 15.11.2021 Batumi (08 - 10.11), Constanta (12 - 14.11) The flagship of the 6th US Navy Fleet/ Штабний корабель 6-го флоту США
30 USA USS Arleigh Burke
(DDG 51) 25.11 - 15.12.2021
Varna, BG (26-28.11)
Constanta, RO (05.12-15.12)
31 France FS Auvergne
(D 654) 14.12 - 02.01.2022 Constanta, RO (16-20.12)
Odesa, UA (24-28.12) Guided missile Frigate / Ракетний фрегат
The U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) in the Bosphorus on the way from the Black Sea on 16 November 2021. Photo: https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/media
The U.S. replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189) in the Bosphorus on the way from the Black Sea on 14 November 2021. Photo: https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/media
The flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet USS Mount Whitney (LLC 20) in the Bosphorus on the way to the Black Sea, 04 November 2021. Photo: https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/media
Guided missile Frigate of the French Navy FS Auvergne (D654). Photo: https://shipshub.com/
This article has been prepared with the support of the European Union in Ukraine. The content of the article is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU
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I think it's illustrating reincarnation. At the end of a long journey, "women and men" make their way to "land", which, while it takes them by surprise, really shouldn't. They gather in the "jungle", and learn lessons of love. Their message spreads, "two by two, three by three, four by four"--- and so do they. But soon, the women and men once again return to the sea and begin another voyage.
I don't think that it's only talking about human reproduction, though. This seems really broad. It could be referencing how we damage the earth and try to live unnaturally in "the sea", and soon we are forced to return to "land"--- and yet, we end up venturing into "the sea" again after living in the jungle. This venture could take into account lessons learned from the previous voyage, or it could not. (I like to think it does, just because I'm optimistic like that.) It could be referring to a conflict (okay, so I thought of this because I'm really passionate about Israel-Palestine). Two peoples stuck on one ship cannot take it anymore, and are forced to venture into "the jungle". With this, they manage to finally find love and unity and embark on another voyage into "the sea", this time united. Basically, the solutions are endless--- but all address reincarnation and evolution.
This interpretation really came to me when I was listening to this song on repeat, and noticed how it could really just go on forever--- it's very cyclical.
~TheKarenThing
This is actually one of my favorite songs by TMBG- it's very catchy ^^; Whenever I hear this song, I think of how people evolved from fish. They came out of the water and all? "Two by two they enter the jungle And soon they number more-" People came out of the ocean, became monkeys, became humans.
But that's just what it makes me think of. Re-reading the lyrics definitely makes me think of colonization; they crash there, more people blah blah blah, then they get on the boats and look for more land to over populate ^^- anonymous
I think the song, as a whole, represents the journey through life, the cycle of life, from birth to death. The "ship" could possibly be the womb, and when it "runs aground," the people are born. The "jungle" is the progression of life, and they form two-by-two groups, which is marriage or at least a pairing along the same lines as marriage. The groups become three-by-three and four-by-four, meaning children, and the large amounts of people create the "ocean" on which the new boats arrive, and the new children land on the shore to begin the life cycle once again. -Nef
A song about colonisation, sometimes confused by Europeans as being the same as civilisation. Simple really. The song is weak and overlong and is a rare clunker on Flood. Rare for "Linnell to produce a melody and lyric that is so dull. (mr Tuck)
The boat represents civilization. While some people think it will float forever, honestly we all should not feel so surprised that it will eventually hit land. We do not have to shout "Land!" Likewise, we do not have to shout "Doom!" when it comes to civilization's problems. We know our journey always brings us back to solid earth. The boat always hits land. Civilizations always end.
As we leave the shipwrecked civilization, we will form new ways of life. Some will return to the "jungle", ie normal life for everything else, in 2x2 groups. Some 3x3, 4x4, whatever. We not longer will demand that everyone will be like us. Why would it bother us that someone lives a different way? Your tribe has one way of dealing with life, mine has another. Why do we need these to have exactly the same rules?
Those of us who survive the shipwreck and walk away will have a changed view towards life. We will finally realize that love and peace can spread in our world without a "boat." We will take this as our message and you will see the looks on our faces showing we have found that love. And we will have joy and relief that the endless confining voyage has ended.
More and more people will walk away from the boat. And our movement will grow. We will form a stream, then a river, then an ocean. And our movement will bring those who have not left their boats to land. It will have love and light and all the joy in it. It will take work, though. The jungle takes more work from us and carrying the boats of the others will take work as well. But love triumphs in the end. How could we believe it otherwise?
So work in love, live for the moment, and care about the very things we have forgotten in our boat.
Women & Men.
-- EntropyFails
Women + men + love = more women and men.
This is a simple song about life. People reproduce. They enter the jungle two-by-two and soon they number more, as children are born. They soon number so many that the stream of them becomes a river, an ocean, and now there are more ships with women and men. Bringing the song around to the beginning again. There are no references to natives or imperialism or America; it's an unpopulated island; this is colonization without conquering others. More to do with people as human beings, not societies. - Youronlyfriend
Alternate interpretation:
This song seems to be a rather literal explanation of imperialism- specifically, the founding of America.
A ship of colonists comes to their destination, a new land. They discover that there are already people living there. The natives show them love and peace (Women & Men) Bringing with them messages of love And every where they go love will grow (love will grow) - but the colonists take over - they populate more and more ("three by three and four by four") until they outnumber the natives, and they begin inviting more colonists over to take over the land ("Two by two they enter the jungle"). Soon they number more Three by three as well as four by four Soon the stream of people gets wider Then it becomes a river (River becomes an ocean Carrying ships that bear Women & Men)... -Bazilisk
This song is about cycels. Primarliy, life cycles. Starts with a ship on an ocean and ends with a ship on an ocean. People come, grow, populate, then move on.
Some have said that this is a mockery of Enya's "Orinoco Flow," which outsold "Ana Ng" in 1988.--Jake Nelson 19:26, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)
you guys are really over thinking this one it's about THE FLOOD
It's about colonialism.
My interpretation o this song leads me to agree with some others--I think this song is entirely about colonialism. I think of it as a view of humans voyaging to a new land, from the point of view of the original inhabitants, or, more likely, animals. The singer sems perfectlycontent to sit and watch the women and men coming out of the boat, and later on goes on to say that "the stream of people gets wider, then it bcomes a river, river becomes an ocean, carrying ships that bear women and men," which basically symbolizes how human populations have moved around. All it takes is that first ship nd those first few settlers, and then there were more and more people coming to the new lands. Eventually the "ocean" of people carried even more ships in, because by a certain point, there were enough people in one area to warrant regular voyaes beteen the new lands and the homeland.
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Education Kenya Project #37026
Empower the Careers of 10 Young African Scientists
by Young Scientists for Africa
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Young Scientists for Africa - November 2019 Report
By Clare Elwell - Project Leader
Edzani presents to his school in South Africa
A BIG thank you again to all of you who have donated as part of our Global Giving fundraising campaign and changed the lives of young scientists in Africa. During the last quarter we have remained connected with our students as they have written reports about their time at the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) and have shared their experiences in their home communities. The benefit of attending LIYSF really comes to life in the detail of their reports and the way they have shared their experiences with their schools and across their communities.
MacDonald visited Oxford University, Imperial College, The Royal Institution, Airbus, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and the Alexander Fleming Laboratory during his time at LIYSF:
'These exclusive visit opportunities gave me deep insight into the broad, challenging and exciting life of a scientist which extends far beyond the research lab.'
'Presenting my project during the FameLab evening highlighted the importance of being able to effectively translate science to engage an audience who may not have a scientific background.'
He learned from his experiences at LIYSF and re-presented his project at the Climate Change programme run by Unicef Zimbabwe and Voices for Youth in September, where he wasawarded the Green Innovations Award by SNV Zimbabwe. In October MacDonaldreceived the First-place award in the Physical Science Category from the Young Scientist Journal. He has also been awarded a scholarship to continue his studies at the prestigious Africa Leadership Academy in South Africa where he intends to focus on Biomedical engineering.
The photo above shows Edzani presenting to his whole school of 2,536 students. Edzani is finishing his final exams and will be applying to University in January. He has highlighted in his report that:
'Around the globe we are all family, regardless of our skin colour and where we come from; whether our home background is a rich one or a poor one we are all one.'
'Africa is still a developing continent with scientists capable of great things for the whole of Africa, YoSA and LIYSF have helped provide me knowledge and inspiration to go on and do this.'
Phamela also spoke to her whole school of 1,100 students before finishing High School with multiple academic certificates, including being awarded the 'Top Learner' prize for her school for 2019. She has started a project with her friends teaching maths and science at one of her community primary schools. Inspired by LIYSF she has delivered 10 lessons and wants to pass on this inspiration to younger children and engage them with science from an early age. Phamela concludes her report by saying:
'LIYSF has changed my life and inspired me to pursue a career in STEM, the friendships and connections I have made will forever live within me.'
George is now at the University of Nairobi studying Environmental and Biosystems engineering. He is working on a project to reduce the rate of infant mortality by studying the level of sterility of breast milk. George reflected that:
'There were more than 500 participants attending LIYSF. This means over 500 ways of thinking, reasoning, cultures and different ways of tackling problems we encounter. LIYSF made it possible for me to interact, learn and network with these brains from different parts of the world.'
'Debate night gave me a voice as well as a platform to be heard. I was overwhelmed standing up and presenting my ideas in front of everyone, but it felt great when I saw everybody listen to me.'
All of the YoSA students at LIYSF this year were 'flag bearers' at the opening ceremony which took place in the presence of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. They all state in their reports how tremendously proud they are of this honour and their scholarship to LIYSF as a whole and are all working hard to ensure it makes a lasting difference to their futures and that of their communities.
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Georgia's Jamil Zainaldin
Through Georgia's online encyclopedia, Jamil Zainaldin helps disseminate the state's historical gems.
Mary J. Loftus
HUMANITIES, May/June 2010, Volume 31, Number 3
Jamil Zainaldin in the garden behind the cottage Franklin Delano Roosevelt stayed in at Warm Springs, Georgia, in the twenties and early thirties.
Ingrid Kelly
Where some might see a tourist attraction or vacation spot, Jamil Zainaldin sees sacred ground. "Red Top Mountain, the Sea Islands, Warm Springs," he says. "Georgia is just filled with these places."
Born in Virginia, Zainaldin, whose father was in the Air Force, attended high school in Georgia. In 1974, he reclaimed his grandfather's ancestral name, which had been changed when his grandfather immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in 1910. For most of his professional life, Zainaldin was located in Washington, D.C., where he presided over the Federation of State Humanities Councils. In 1997, he took the helm of the Georgia Humanities Council.
"I know, most people do it the other way around—go from the state to the national level. But that was a good time in Georgia, it was having a financial growth spurt and was open to change," he says. "And I am passionate about the humanities as a change agent."
Ensconced in an Atlanta library where he is doing research this weekday afternoon, Zainaldin leans forward, eyes lively, eager to share stories he has gathered about the state's historic significance.
Warm Springs, he says, had a huge impact on Franklin Delano Roosevelt and decisions he made for the nation before and during World War II. The Little White House is not just where FDR went to relax and swim in the mineral springs, but where he connected to the rural South and conceived of several New Deal programs. "The poverty, the nobility of the people . . . He was born a patrician, and it was polio and Warm Springs that changed him," Zainaldin says. "That pool and its waters should be a shrine."
Zainaldin, you might say, has an encyclopedic knowledge of the state. Under his tenure, the council has created the web-based New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE), which Library Journal called the Best Reference Source on the Web in 2004. It boasts more than two thousand articles and five thousand photos. It has a video of Hank Aaron's seven-hundred-fifteenth homerun at Atlanta-Fulton County stadium and audio of Ray Charles singing "I Got a Woman."
An ongoing collaborative effort with the University of Georgia Press and the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, the encyclopedia has received support from governors Zell Miller, Roy Barnes, and Sonny Perdue. Edited by a small, devoted team, the website receives 1.2 million page views a month.
The council was recently approached by Wikipedia administrators about using NGE material with full attribution—contrary to Wikipedia's usual practice. "We've given Wiki a dozen trial articles that will replace or be inserted into existing articles. We'll hold the copyright and each article will have a hot link to the New Georgia Encyclopedia."
Zainaldin holds a bachelor's in history from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, and has authored several books on American legal history. He has taught at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University, and has been a visiting professor at Emory University in Atlanta.
The council has a budget of about $1.3 million a year, which, he points out, averages out to about thirteen cents for every man, woman, and child in Georgia. "There is a lot of opportunity, and a lot of need," he says, pointing out that the state is still the lowest in high school graduation rates and forty-ninth out of fifty in public expenditures per capita. Still, he says, "this is a state that wants to move forward."
Zainaldin makes his home in the leafy enclave of Dunwoody with his wife, Ingrid, and their two sons. He works in Atlanta, which is rich in cultural and educational resources, but he has ensured that the council reaches out to rural counties—Tifton, Dahlonega, Burke—with traveling museum programs like "Key Ingredients: America by Food," library-based family reading programs, and competitions for local schools that teach students about civic responsibility and public policy.
There's a lot of territory to cover—Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi—but also a lot of material to work with. Says Zainaldin, "The very ground we are walking on has secrets hidden from public view. If we really believe it's important to live an authentic life, we must be aware that someone stood on this ground before us. We must preserve the Georgia stories that are in danger of disappearing."
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About Winter404
Birthday September 6
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Codename: Bear
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Status and Future of the AI
Winter404 replied to Arrow768's topic in General Announcements
I'm really really excited to see how this works out. I love the AI role and it's been disheartening seeing some people hate it or calling to "just remove it". Specially when, at least in my opinion, the biggest problem came from bad players, rather than the role itself. Also, love the mechanical changes (both the ones proposed here, and the ones so far). I hope this means the AI will get subverted more often.
Winter404 changed their profile photo October 16, 2020
Winter404 started following A Gender Neutral Option for Some Species? and "put-item-on-top" / A cry for help. July 27, 2020
"put-item-on-top" / A cry for help.
Winter404 posted a topic in Suggestions & Ideas
I really like the bartender role. It's a cool role for roleplay since the bar is just such a perfect meeting place. When I play bartender, I like to put bottles in the table that separates the bar and the kitchen, both for flavour as a display piece, and to store the bottles I use the most. Something like this: Isn't that nice? Wait, why am I only showing you the latter half of this table? What's on the other side? Oh, it's a mess. The yellow bottle has been placed in front of the blue and green bottles... But the blue bottle is in the front of it, this makes it looks like
Remove the Meta-Morphing glasses
Winter404 replied to IAmCrystalClear's topic in Suggestions & Ideas
I would kill for the different glass variety a server like Bay has, I love them. However, I'd also very much rather we keep the metamorphing glasses. I don't see why we need to remove them if we could add new glasses for the people who like them, and keep the current glasses too for people who like what we already have.
Geeves Improves Necropolis by 900% (Not Clickbait) (Gone Wrong)
Winter404 replied to geeves's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Why isn't this in the suggestions forum. I love this. If this gets in I am 100000% making a Zavodskoi character.
A Gender Neutral Option for Some Species?
Winter404 replied to Haydizzle's topic in Suggestions & Ideas
i really suggest you read more than the first two posts of this thread. I'm guessing you haven't, since I think it's been shown by this point that. This suggestion is different from what was suggested in that thread.
You're right. I can't say that your character "lacks the perception to tell the difference". But I don't think this change prevents you from assuming a character's gender. Imagine this change does make it into the game, you can look at- again, taking my character as an example- Yuri's sprite and say, "Well this character has long hair (the picture I chose probably doesn't highlight this much) and "Yuri Masuyo" kind of sounds like a woman's name so my character assumes it's a woman". Your character would be wrong but that's okay, that's still the way they think, I can't fault you for that. As
I don't think flavour text is enough. I'll use one of my characters to show what I mean: This is Yuri. An Off-Worlder human. I'd like to think I managed to make their style look pretty androgynous. Now let's see what someone sees when they examine them: And you might have noticed a problem. My flavour text never uses "She" or "He", I don't use these pronouns when describing their actions, but someone looking at this at a glance might still use gendered pronouns because our character creation has a binary gender selection. I can't exactly put ((THIS CHARACTER IS NON-BINARY PLEASE US
YES. Please. I don't think saying this is a dupe of that topic is quite fair, Skull. That thread calls for changing all player characters' descriptions to a plural pronoun, Compared to "Give applicable species the option to have gender neutral pronouns, in character creation." A reason for this addition that seems to have been danced around and not really mentioned in this or the previous thread is that, right now, today, in 2020, there are people who identify with non-binary pronouns. I don't think it's such a radical idea to think that just maybe there will be humans that
[Resolved] Staff Complaint: VoltageHero
Winter404 replied to Resilynn's topic in Staff Complaints Archive
I played Fernando's pAI (SYNOW) during this incident. I was with him for most of the round. From my perspective: The wizard never seemed like much of a threat, like Resilynn said, they were described as a stowaway, not an intruder. So, you have this stowaway that seems harmless suddenly come into medbay choked severely by security, which caused them to receive brain damage from the lack of oxygen, and with the captain asking for their eyes to be removed. Fernando notes that the prisoner was clearly abused by security, the command staff shrug it off saying they'll investigate later (Alto


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Club Championships Cheat Sheet: Predictions, Scouting Reports, And Analysis
October 23, 2012 by Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis, Fantasy, Other, Preview with 4 comments
You have three days in order to submit your finalized brackets in the 2012 Ultiworld Bracket Challenge sponsored by VC Ultimate/Printed Performance and Ulticards. That's plenty of time to do some hard thinking about matchups, pools of death, darkhorses, and upset likelihoods. We want to help you do that.
We have put together below a huge list of resources to help you as you fill out your brackets for each division, including links to game tape, relevant write-ups, and more. Let's get started.
Ironside (1) Revolver (2) Sockeye (3) Doublewide (4)
Furious George (8) Machine (7) Chain Lightning (6) Johnny Bravo (5)
Rhino (9) Ring of Fire (10) Sub Zero (11) Truck Stop (12)
Boost Mobile (16) Madison Club (15) GOAT (14) PoNY (13)
Boston Ironside: A powerhouse program that returns to 2012 almost fully intact from last year, where they lost in the finals to Revolver. The number one ranked team has just one loss on the season, somewhat of a fluky one in the early morning first round of the Emerald City Classic against Rhino, who they easily beat in the finals. Ironside, while dominant, has shown signs — at times — of being vulnerable, most recently in their narrow win over GOAT in the Northeast Regionals finals. But with their big game experience, top end talent, and their deep bench, they remain the clear favorite to take it all this year.
Links: NE Regional Finals recap and game footage, ECC recap and game footage, Chesapeake recap and analysis, coach interview.
Vancouver Furious George: Consistently strong coming out of the Northwest, Furious George has been inconsistent this season, notching some big wins (Ring of Fire, Rhino) along with some bad defeats. They got whipped by their biggest rival, Sockeye, at Regionals, but rebounded to take second with a universe point victory over Rhino to help boost their seeding. Their rematch in pool play will be a barnburner. They are probably — at best — a prequarters team with a long shot at quarters.
Links: their blog (very useful), ECC recap and game footage, Lou Burruss on their Regionals finish and spirit.
Portland Rhino: One of the more surprising teams of the year. They are underseeded thanks to their fluky loss to Furious at Regionals. They have only five other losses this year, all to teams in the top six at Nationals. With young playmakers like Dylan Freechild and Cody Bjorklund, this team has the ability to beat anyone, as they showed at ECC with a brilliant undefeated Saturday performance at double game point in every game. They should get past Furious and into power pools, where they will likely face Sockeye and Chain Lightning, two teams that beat them earlier this season. But they are a very good team and could go deep if they play their best.
Links: ECC recap and game footage, Labor Day recap and game footage, DYLAN FREECHILD
Palo Alto Boost Mobile: The 16 seed is arguably underseeded given their victories against PoNY and Ring of Fire, along with a very strong Regionals performance. Unfortunately, they will have a tough road into quarters because of the stacked Pool C that will send two strong teams into the weak pools. They are a young team, filled mostly with Stanford talent, and showed an ability to make some explosive plays when we saw them at the Chesapeake Invite. Their experience gap could hurt them in Sarasota. They could get an upset over Furious, but probably won't make it into pre-quarters.
Links: Chesapeake recap and analysis, Labor Day recap
San Francisco Revolver: It's hard to bet against the reigning US and World Champions. They haven't shown the kind of dominance they did last year, but Revolver has a collection of some of the very best players in the world on their team and will be hard to beat. Although we think they are somewhat overseeded (after losses to Doublewide and Sockeye late in the season), they could easily find themselves in the finals again as they look to achieve the "double peak" — winning Worlds and US Club Championships in the same season. Unlikely they exit before semis.
Links: ECC recap and game footage, Labor Day recap and game footage, captain interview
Chicago Machine: Machine is a very good team. Despite a lot of losses at Labor Day, they were right in the game with top teams like Johnny Bravo and Sockeye. They also notched a big early season win against Doublewide. The problem for Machine is that their power pool will be pretty deadly. They will likely need to beat Bravo or Doublewide to advance straight into quarters. There's a good chance they'll face a prequarters game, which they should win. Machine was impressive at ECC: if they bring their best game, they can make a deep run.
Links: ECC recap, Labor Day recap, Heavyweights finals full game footage
Triangle, NC Ring of Fire: One of the most historic programs in Club ultimate has had a bumpy season. They lost Sectionals for the first time in years, getting upset by rising rival Cash Crop, also out of North Carolina. They lost all but one game at Labor Day, but that win was against a strong Machine team who they'll now face in pool play. They had a much better showing at the Chesapeake Invite where they lost in finals to Ironside. Weigh those results heavily. A lot of players couldn't make it to Labor Day, so the closer-to-home Chesapeake gives a better sense of how good this team is. They could certainly win the pool.
Madison Club: This team gets a surprising amount of disrespect from USA Ultimate with the 15 seed — we expected them to fall at #12. Although their only win against a Nationals-bound team was against 16 seed Boost Mobile, they played very close games against Doublewide, Chain Lightning, and Revolver at Labor Day. They really don't have many results against middle-of-the-pack competition. That said, the reality is that this pool makes it very difficult for Madison to break into power pools. But they will need to get at least one win in their pool to really have a shot at a pre-quarters matchup.
Links: Labor Day recap, Heavyweights full game footage
Seattle Sockeye: Sockeye is the hottest team in Ultimate right now. With 17 straight wins — many over the best teams in the country — Sockeye probably deserved the two seed in Sarasota. But they have two big problems. One, they are in the most treacherous pool by far, even the bottom seeds are dangerous, quarters-level squads. Two, they lost one of the biggest playmakers, Matt Rehder, to a broken arm at Regionals. Rehder's talent was obvious all summer as he dominated on the NexGen tour — and he was a major component of Sockeye's success. Can this team still make semis? Tough call. They have excellent team chemistry, a strong offense, and a lot of experience. But having those big playmakers really matters down the stretch. BJ Sefton may be able to pick up the slack.
Links: ECC recap and full game footage, Labor Day recap and game footage, captain interview
Atlanta Chain Lightning: The perennial southern powerhouse will be hungry to reach finals this year after a one-point loss to Ironside in the semifinals last year. However, they haven't shown to be as strong as they were last season, with some baffling losses to GOAT — a game they choked away — and Truck Stop. But come Thursday, this team will be ready to play. Their famous deep game — if it's working — is dangerous, but the teams seeded above them have showed an ability to slow it down and get wins. They will make quarters, but can they make semis?
Links: Chesapeake recap, analysis, game recap, and full game footage, Labor Day recap and game footage
Minneapolis Sub Zero: This team hasn't quite lived up to their talent so far this year, another reason Pool C is so dangerous. They have been inconsistent, often beating lower level Nationals-caliber teams but losing to Regionals-caliber ones. Lucky for them, the slate gets wiped clean in Sarasota. As we've pointed out, getting into power pools out of this pool will be tough. Sockeye crushed them earlier this season at ECC. But this team has the ability to surprise. Could be a bold pick for making quarters.
Links: Chesapeake recap and analysis
Toronto GOAT: This may be this year's most obvious darkhorse team, coming in vastly underseeded thanks to a Regionals meltdown. Although this team has lost a lot of games this season, they have been close against almost every top team they've played. They dominated Ironside in the second half of the Northeast Regionals finals with efficient defense and untouchable offense before a late foul call after they thought they had won the game sent them into a tailspin. But this same team showed poise in a late comeback against Chain Lightning in the semis of the Chesapeake Invite. Could this team win two games in their pool? Definitely. A sleeper pick for quarters and, if Jeff Lindquist and other playmakers are on fire like they were at Regionals, possibly semis.
Links: ECC recap and game footage; Chesapeake recap, analysis, and full game footage; NE Regionals recap and full game footage (finals and game-to-go); GOAT's international ringers
Austin Doublewide: After a rough Sunday at ECC in early August, Doublewide has played outstanding ultimate, losing just twice (on universe point) to Rhino and Johnny Bravo. They have notched wins against Chain Lightning, Revolver, and Bravo (when it counted at Regionals). The team is stacked with talent, including Florida alums Tim Gehret, Cole Sullivan, Chris Gibson, and Brodie Smith. Smith has been out all season with a knee injury, but may play some points at Nationals if he's needed. Doublewide's offense has looked powerful all year, and they have the pieces to make a deep run this season. They will be looking to get to finals after losing to Revolver last year in the semis.
Links: ECC recap, game footage, and full game footage; Labor Day recap and game footage (vs. Johnny Bravo and vs. Rhino); captain interview
Boulder Johnny Bravo: USA Ultimate's number one ranked team for much of the season, Johnny Bravo is a very talented squad this year. With veterans and young stars like NexGen's Jimmy Mickle playing well together, they are capable of beating anyone in Sarasota. Their rematch against Doublewide in pool play will be a classic, but both teams should advance into power pools. Their likely matchups there against Revolver and Machine will be battles, any of the teams could be forced to play in prequarters. Bravo has a good shot at semis this year.
Links: Labor Day recap and game footage (vs. Doublewide and vs. Sockeye)
Washington, D.C. Truck Stop: Truck, unlike a lot of teams, had its toughness tested at Regionals, in a tight finals matchup against Philadelphia's Southpaw to decide who would head to Sarasota. That could give them an edge heading into Thursday's games. They've had an up-and-down season, though, with some big wins (Sockeye, Doublewide) and some poor losses (Madcow). They will need to continue to rely on physical defense and big playmakers like Sean Keegan and Jeff Wodatch to find success this weekend. It will be difficult for them to get past Bravo or Doublewide, but they will have a shot at a prequarters spot.
Links: ECC recap and game footage; Chesapeake recap and analysis; MA Regionals recap, analysis, full game footage, and stall seven incident
New York PoNY: PoNY is still a bit of a mystery. They lost a lot of games this season, but many of them very close, often on universe point. They really only have one quality win: against GOAT at Regionals — after GOAT had just lost a heartbreaker to Ironside in the finals. Yet it seems like PoNY could surprise. They have some top talent, but have barely had a full squad for any tournament except June's Boston Invite (where they lost by one in the finals to Ironside) and Regionals, where they took second place. Their offensive line is finally playing together — and really gelled on Sunday at Regionals. This team won't beat Bravo or Doublewide, but they could definitely beat Truck Stop and find a way into quarterfinals.
Links: Chesapeake recap, analysis, and game footage; ECC recap and game footage, NE Regionals recap
Polar Bears (1) The Ghosts (2) Chad Larson Experience (3) Drag'N Thrust (4)
Overhaul (8) Odysseé (7) Mischief (6) Slow White (5)
Bucket (9) 7 Figures (10) Blackbird (11) American BBQ (12)
Cosa Nostra (16) AMP (15) Wild Card (14) Mental Toss Flycoons (13)
San Francisco Polar Bears: The 2011 runner-up is back in Sarasota this year — this time with the #1 seed and with their eyes on the title. After losing some early season games at the US Open, the Polar Bears have only lost one game, to American BBQ, who they later beat at Regionals. Their series performance so far has been stellar, going undefeated in the toughest section and region in the country. They should have no trouble winning their pool and getting into the quarterfinals. They have a shot at the title.
Ann Arbor Overhaul: Overhaul has had an up-and-down season and is seeded right where they ought to be, middle of the pack. They got a solid early season win against Chad Larson Experience, but haven't beaten any of the top teams since then. Their tournament win at the Philly Invite was a season highlight. They will have a tough game against Bucket to determine who moves on to power pools.
Atlanta Bucket: Bucket had a solid season, winning a mostly Regional Terminus in July and notching a win against the short-handed Ghosts at Chesapeake. Yet they also had some losses to lesser teams that dragged down their ranking and, ultimately, their seeding. They will play a very winnable game against Overhaul. Bucket's regionals performance was strong and they will look to crack into quarters after losing in pre-quarters last season.
Austin Cosa Nostra: It is difficult to tell how good Cosa Nostra actually is. They find themselves with the last seed, largely because they did not face off against any top competition during the season. At Heavyweights, they lost by three to Chad Larson Experience, the #3 seed. That was their only game against a Nationals team. So it seems feasible that they could pull off a shock upset or two in this pool — but probably not.
Boston's The Ghosts: The Ghosts are playing the best mixed ultimate in the country right now. They have three losses this season, all of them came at the Chesapeake Invite, where they were missing more than a couple of key players. Besides that, they have dominated the tough Northeast all season and look poised to go deep into the tournament. Don't pick them to drop before semis — and consider them to win it all.
Montreal Odysseé: Thanks to a weakened District 5 and a four bid region, Odyssée finds themselves in Sarasota after missing out last year. They took the third bid out of the Northeast, losing to Slow White in the 2/3 game. They will have a tough path to power pools, as 7 Figures has yet to be tested against east coast competition and AMP beat them earlier this year. They have some big playmakers who need to stay involved if they want to win.
Los Angeles 7 Figures: Generally, we're bullish on west coast teams who, despite having five bids, had to battle with a lot of good squads to earn them. Two San Francisco teams played in the National finals last year. So it would not be a surprise to see 7 Figures upset Odysseé in this pool. Yes, 7 Figures lost a lot of games earlier this season. But, particularly in Mixed, you have to focus on recent results. They played very well at Regionals.
Philadelphia AMP: The bad news for AMP — they have no late regular season quality wins. The good news for AMP — they looked much better at Regionals, where they broke seed to take the only bid to Nationals away from Washington's Ambiguously Grey. AMP is lucky to be in this pool, where two of their games will be winnable. The number two spot in this pool is up for grabs.
Ames' Chad Larson Experience: When we seeded CLX at number three in our predictions, we got an email from one of their players pitching that they deserved higher after beating the Polar Bears at the US Open. It's a fair point. Despite some surprising losses (PanIC, Colombian champions Euforia), CLX looks poised to make a deep run this year. They have excellent women, running four on offense. That could help make the difference later in the tournament.
San Francisco Mischief: One of the more entertaining Ultimate Twitter accounts, Mischief also looks poised to break seed. With four of their six season losses coming to the Polar Bears (and the most recent one by just two points), this team is good. Can they upset CLX in pool play? It's possible. They could have a shot at semis. But first they'll have to get past a strong Blackbird team.
San Francisco Blackbird: The 2011 National Champions were seeded 7th last year and won it all. Can they repeat this year from the 11 seed? Their matchup against Mischief — who they lost to by four at Labor Day — will be key. Some teams don't really bring it until Nationals — Blackbird seems like one of those teams. The Blackbird/Mischief game is a pure tossup.
Lexington Wild Card: A new team and the last qualifier out of the Northeast, Wild Card will have a long road to get to quarterfinals. They are unlikely to be able to stop the battle-tested West Coast teams and will be fighting in the placement brackets. They have sweet jerseys though.
Minneapolis Drag'N Thrust: The #1 ranked team at the end of the regular season had their 22 game win streak snapped by Chad Larson Experience in the finals of the North Central Regionals. Unfortunately for them, that means ending up in a nasty Pool D which contains three very good teams. Thrust beat Slow White at the Chesapeake Invite, but has yet to face West Coast teams Mental Toss Flycoons and American BBQ. This pool will an absolute battle. Drag'N Thrust should get one of the power pool spots, though.
Boston Slow White: Always a strong team, Slow White will be looking to crack semis this year after busting out in quarters against the Polar Bears last year. Their losses this season (save for an early season one to Odysseé) have all come to the four teams seeded above them. Will they manage to break through? Definitely a quarters team. But they'll need a stellar game to move to semis.
San Francisco American BBQ: Literally the only team in Open, Women's, or Mixed without a Twitter account, they are a very strong #12 seed that had a tough Regionals. This team beat the Polar Bears by four just a month ago in the semifinals of Mixed Labor Day. They also beat the Flycoons earlier in the summer. Don't be shocked if they get an upset in this pool.
Missoula Mental Toss Flycoons: The 2008 champions are back at Nationals for the first time since 2009 and, despite authoritatively winning the very tough Northwest region, they end up with the #13 seed, mostly because they lost a lot of close games against the Southwest teams at ECC. But this team could be very dangerous. It would not be a shock to see this team grab an upset in this pool, or even win it outright. A definite sleeper pick for a deep run.
Fury (1) Riot (2) Scandal (3) Traffic (4)
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San Francisco Fury: The number one front runner in any division. With six straight National titles and not a single loss this season, it's hard to pick against this team. It would take a very bold pick indeed not to pick them at least to the semifinals. Traffic and Riot have both given them good games this year and will be looking to get the huge upset and bring down the dynasty. Wouldn't count on it.
Boston Brute Squad:Brute Squad has a had a solid season, losing only to top teams and not quite pulling out a win against the Capitals in the finals of the Northeast Regionals. Unlucky for them, they're stuck facing off against an undefeated Heist team that looks ready to do some damage. It should be a battle for the second spot in the power pool.
Madison Heist: Heist, as mentioned above, has not lost this season. But since those wins have come mostly against weaker teams, they end up with the nine seed. Led by Georgia Bosscher, who spent three years on Fury before returning to Madison, this team will have a chance to land some big upsets. We should get a sense of their relative strength in their game against Fury. A good pick for an upset over Brute Squad.
Pittsburgh Hot Metal: A clear 16 seed, Hot Metal has been soundly beaten by Heist and Brute Squad earlier this season. They could win some games in the placement bracket, but not before then.
Seattle Riot:If any team has a chance to upset Fury, it's Riot. Perpetual second-best after back-to-back titles in 2004-2005, Riot is hungry to get back on top. They had a strong season, with a back and forth battle with Traffic that ended with Riot getting a one point victory at Regionals to lock up the one seed. They've lost to Fury three times this season, twice by two and once by three. They're always in the game. Can they do the little things to pull it off this year? A bold upset pick, but one that makes sense.
Atlanta Ozone: Ozone could make things interesting right away in Pool B. They played Riot twice this season and lost both on universe point. They are certainly capable of beating them. They will almost certainly advance into power pools. They are a quarters level team and, depending on their draw, could make semis, but it's unlikely.
Boulder Molly Brown: A solid team, but a team that has just one quality win: a 15-9 blowout over Traffic at ECC. They will likely be playing for a spot in the prequarters, which will be a winnable game for them. It would be a big surprise if this team made it to semis.
Seattle Underground:The second Seattle team earned the last bid out of the Northwest this year. They will be a long-shot quarters team, but if they play their best it's within reason. They almost upset Traffic at Regionals.
Washington, D.C. Scandal:A very good three seed, but still a step below Riot and Fury. Scandal has shown signs of inconsistency with losses to Ozone and Molly Brown, not a good sign for a team trying to win in Sarasota. They will have an early test against the Capitals, and might just lose that game. But they'll have no problem getting through into power pools and on into quarters. Semis? It's about 50/50.
Ottawa/Toronto Capitals: The Capitals — a semifinalist last year — took the 2012 regular season off to recover from their trip to Japan for Worlds in July. They cruised through Sectionals and Regionals and may be underseeded at number six. Look for this team to go deep again this year. A sleeper semis pick.
Chicago Nemesis:Nemesis is in the unfortunate position of being stuck in a pool with two teams with one seed level talent. It will be tough for them to get through either to advance to power pools. They will have a shot at making prequarters, but probably won't get to quarters.
Portland Schwa: Schwa's only wins against Nationals teams have come against Underground. They will be playing for placement on Saturday.
Vancouver Traffic:Traffic has shown an ability to beat Riot all season, going 2-4 against their rival. They have also played two close games against Fury. This is a semis level team and could surprise everyone. But do they have the big game experience to win when the pressure is on? Should be an easy pool win — they beat Phoenix 15-9 at Labor Day.
Triangle Phoenix: Phoenix's only losses have come to the four teams seeded above them (along with a universe point loss to Nemesis that they avenged in the same tournament). They are definitely a step down from Fury and Riot, but could nab an upset against Scandal or Traffic to make semis if the bracket falls their way.
Austin Showdown: Showdown doesn't have a great shot at getting an upset in this pool, and probably won't make it out of pool play into prequarters. But they will be fighting hard, probably against Regional rival Molly Brown, to do so.
San Francisco Nightlock: A lot of people were writing off Nightlock after the emergence of Rally, a Bay Area team that skipped the regular season. But Nightlock crushed Rally 15-6 at Southwest Regionals to help set up their eventual back-door victory over Safari to grab the second bid to Nationals. They are 1-1 against Showdown this year and will be looking to break seed right away.
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ABHMS Staff Summit Features Transition Announcements, Planning, Education
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VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/6/18)—During a three-day summit held last month at the American Baptist Churches Mission Center, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Haggray welcomed new staff member Lauren Ng, introducing her to colleagues and announcing her role as an ABHMS network strategist.
Ng has been actively involved with the denomination since youth. Her roles have included those of associate pastor, First Chinese Baptist Church, San Francisco; member of the board of directors for both ABHMS and Bacone College, Muskogee; and development communications specialist, International Ministries.
"ABHMS' network initiative demonstrates the diverse body of Christ, in which the individual parts are designed to work together for a common purpose," Ng said. "I'm most excited about collaborating with our ministry partners across the nation—getting to know them, their successes and challenges, and how we might support them in common service to our God."
Haggray also told those assembled that the Rev. Kristina Moeller has, for family-related reasons, resigned her roles as director of Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries and as ecclesiastical endorser.
"ABHMS is thankful for the outstanding leadership that the Rev. Moeller provided to advance our chaplaincy program," Haggray said.
Announcements regarding a new director of Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries and ecclesiastical endorser will be forthcoming.
In addition, staff members from various ABHMS ministries used a portion of the summit to collaborate in planning Aligned Action Network meetings and other national gatherings, including those scheduled for later this year in Boston; Washington, D.C.; Anchorage, Alaska; Muskogee; and Chicago.
Learning opportunities included a discipleship education presentation by the Rev. Cassandra Carkuff Williams, Ed.D., ABHMS director of Discipleship Ministries.
American Baptist Home Mission Societies partners with American Baptists to promote Christian faith, cultivate Christ-centered leaders and disciples, and bring healing and transformation to communities across the United States and Puerto Rico.


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package vg.civcraft.mc.bettershards.bungee;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.UUID;

import vg.civcraft.mc.mercury.MercuryAPI;

public class BungeeMercuryManager {

	public static void sendRandomSpawn(UUID uuid, String server) {
		MercuryAPI.sendMessage(server, "teleport|randomspawn|" + uuid, "BetterShards");
	}

	/**
	 * Disables player first randomspawn as it will be handled here.
	 */
	public static void disableLocalRandomSpawn() {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("info|randomspawn|disable", "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void requestDBInfo() {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("info|db|request", "BetterShards");
	}

	/**
	 * Put the player in the queue position specified.
	 * @param uuid
	 * @param server
	 * @param position
	 */
	public static void addPlayerQueue(UUID uuid, String server, int position) {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage(String.format("queue|add|%s|%s|%d",uuid.toString(), server, position), "BetterShards");
	}

	/**
	 * Player needs to be put in the queue.
	 * @param uuid
	 * @param server
	 */
	public static void playerRequestQueue(UUID uuid, String server) {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage(String.format("queue|request|%s|%s", uuid.toString(), server), "BetterShards");
	}

	/**
	 * Player needs to be removed from the queue.
	 * @param uuid
	 * @param server
	 */
	public static void playerRemoveQueue(UUID uuid, String server) {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage(String.format("queue|remove|%s|%s", uuid.toString(), server), "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void playerTransferQueue(String server, UUID uuid) {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("queue|transfer|" + server + "|" + uuid.toString(), "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void syncPlayerList(String server, ArrayList<UUID> uuids) {
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		for (UUID uuid: uuids)
			builder.append("|" + uuid.toString());
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("queue|sync|" + server + builder.toString(), "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void attemptPrimaryClaim() {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("primary|request", "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void denyPrimaryClaim() {
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage("primary|deny", "BetterShards");
	}

	public static void sendPlayerServerUpdate(UUID uuid, String server){
		MercuryAPI.sendGlobalMessage(String.format("server|%s|%s", uuid.toString(), server), "BetterShards");
	}
}

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Q: Scala compilation issue "forward reference extends over definition of value" Compilation error occurs for the below snippet only when it is method level implementation and error does not occur when it is defined in main.  What is the difference ? Scala version used is 2.13.5.
class FibonacciGenerator  {
  def generate(total: Int): List[Int] = {
    val fibSeries: LazyList[Int] = LazyList.cons(1, LazyList.cons(1, fibSeries.zip(fibSeries.tail).map { t => t._1 + t._2 }))
    fibSeries.take(total).toList
  }
}

Same implementation does not fail below.
object Misc extends App {

  val x: LazyList[Int] = LazyList.cons(1, LazyList.cons(1, x.zip(x.tail).map{t => t._1 + t._2}))
  println(x)
  println(x.take(10).toList)

A: The difference is that in the latter case you are using objects which are created lazily

An object... is created lazily when it is referenced, like a lazy val.

In the first case it should work if you declare lazy val fibSeries.


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Livestream & Showcase displaying Battalion's full release!
On Monday May 20th at 19:00 BST you will be able to see Battalion's full release played live on twitch in a developer showmatch between TeamHoward and TeamBrammer
We are hurtling towards from full release on May 23rd, it's time for us to show what we've been doing for the last 14 months! Battalion 1944 is now feeling like a polished game with it's own identity and feel. It's roots are deep and strong, grounded in classic shooters such as COD2, COD4 and Enemy Territory. You can feel the inspiration bleeding through into Battalion's movement and gunplay.
What will we be showing?
The stream will last approximately 3 hours. The devs have been in regular daily testing for some months now, the rivalry between teamhoward and teambrammer is passionate, for the devs this is the grand finale! It's our chance to confidently show our fans just how fun the game can be.
You'll be seeing all the new weapons, new economy, spectator improvements, movement improvements, map design changes, new maps (including Vanguard), and all the visual and audio improvements we have made to the game.
Stream Details
You will be able to watch the stream on either the Faceit channel or ThePlays.
Both links to the channels are posted below.
www.twitch.tv/ThePlaysGG
www.twitch.tv/faceittv
Live times:
19:00 BST (London)
20:00 CEST (Berlin)
13:00 CDT (Texas)
14:00 EDT (New York)
21:00 MSK (Moscow)
15:00 BRT (Sao Paulo)
04:30 ACT (Canberra)
With two great casters making a reappearance to the scene, we're looking forward to a relatively laid back showmatch displaying the latest version of Battalion 1944! See you Monday night!
Are you for Teamhoward or Teambrammer?
P.S. We've still got more content and improvements to announce next week!
Community Manager Phoenix
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It is hard to believe that the first month of 2017 is nearly over. February is right around the corner and marks a month-long celebration of Black History. Today Nas returns, getting a jump on things as we get a look at Nas & HSTORY's Black History Month Capsule Collection. Nas and his apparel line return with a fitting new collection just in time for Black History Month, boasting a collection that celebrates black lives and culture.
Nas & HSTORY's Black History Month Capsule Collection comes rocking a line up of tees, crewnecks, caps, tote bags and dashikis. Along the way, we find pro-Black messages and pro-Black versions of the classic cartoon characters Bart Simpson, Charlie Brown, and the Pink Panther. This is certainly a fitting way to show support, and a great way to step up your style. Check out the lineup in the images below and speak your thoughts on it after the jump. Proceeds from Nas' BLK HSTRY 2017 collection will go to the National Black Child Development Institute, who aims to "improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy." Head over to HSTRY to get in on the action asap.


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After the Quake
(Assigned but unused by National Geographic Traveler's Intelligent Travel, March 10, 2011)
If there's been a universal symbol of the earthquake that devastated Christchurch on February 22 – the worst quake New Zealand had seen in 80 years, and the second major quake to hit the Garden City in just seven months – it's the collapsed spire of the city's iconic cathedral.
For the first few days after the collapse, the cathedral was the site of rescue efforts, as up to 22 people were believed buried under the rubble of the gothic tower. It prompted a rare moment of relief last weekend, as rescuers found those reports thankfully proved incorrect. Now, rebuilding the cathedral will be a key part of the city's overall rebuilding effort, a process that will take years.
As the city's name implies, Christchurch was in many ways built around that cathedral. The building's construction began just a few years after the modern city's 1840s settlement, and the adjacent Cathedral Square became both the center of its downtown street grid and the city's main gathering place.
I've taken several trips to Christchurch, and part of its appeal has always been its historic charm. While easily the biggest city on New Zealand's South Island (and the second-biggest in the country), Christchurch also had a relaxed, almost pastoral aspect. Where Auckland is the sleek and modern business center, and Wellington the cosmopolitan capital, downtown Christchurch still felt in many ways like a modern take on a quaint English town.
The shallow Avon River flows through the city center, with willows along its banks and couples taking leisurely rides on small punt boats on warm days. Tram tracks wind through much of downtown, carrying the city's array of historic trolleys to key attractions. Many of the city's institutions – the University of Canterbury, the arts center with its dozens of local shops, the regional museum with its impressive collections on Antarctic exploration or early Maori settlement – are still housed in gorgeous stone buildings from the late 1800s. The city's botanic gardens, its arched memorial for the two World Wars, and its sleek new art museum are all short walks from the central Square.
Every visit I've made to Christchurch also involved spending some time just enjoying Cathedral Square. The plaza that spread before the Anglican church itself was always a hub of activity. There were usually people playing chess with oversized pieces on an oversized board, or lying out in the sun. On weekends, the Square would host crowded markets, with talented craftsmen selling whalebone carvings, paua-shell jewelry and creative ceramics. In the early afternoon, there was usually the chance to see the Wizard, the robed speaker whose public rants long ago made him a local (and national) institution. Of course, lunchtime usually meant dozens of people lined up at food carts or reading on the Square's idyllic lawn.
Quite rightly, the days after the quake were dominated by rescue efforts, as crews bravely searched for survivors among the wreckage. Now, city and country officials are starting to discuss how to rebuild, and it's unclear how Christchurch's downtown will change in the next few years. Some of the historic buildings sustained heavy damage, and a few landmarks will have to be torn down. Many of the taller modern structures collapsed, while others were already in disrepair from the bigger, but less-damaging, September 2010 quake.
The city's AMI Stadium, scheduled to host several matches for the Rugby World Cup starting next September, might not be ready in time for an event New Zealand has long anticipated. Up to 30 percent of the city's buildings might be too compromised to save. And there's the open question of whether, in light of February's horrific events, residents can ever fully regain the earlier pace of life. Many residents have moved away, possibly for the long term. The famous Wizard has even said he's leaving, as he doesn't think the city will ever be the same.
No doubt Christchurch will be a different place going forward, but there's no reason to doubt it will regain its place among New Zealand's most beautiful and welcoming cities. The hope is that the cathedral, long the predominant symbol of Christchurch history, soon becomes a symbol of its rebirth.
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We would like North Somerset to ensure that the Bleadon Parish Environment, including nature and wildlife sites, continues to be protected under the existing constraints and policies and that the fields remain as they are where at all possible.
Policy DM9: Nature Conservation This policy should be worded to reflect the balanced approach that is necessary towards reconciling the objective to protect biodiversity with meeting the needs for development. In some circumstances this may mean accepting a significant adverse impact on biodiversity. The requirement to demonstrate 'overriding' need for development where significant adverse impact occurs implies a negative presumption against development. This should not necessarily be the cas
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DM9 -Nature Conservation This policy says that "development that would adversely affect structures, feeding grounds or landscape features used by greater and lesser horseshoe bats will not normally be permitted". Different sources of evidence will not be given the same weight by all authorities. Developers need to know, at an early stage, what features of development are likely to weigh against their proposals. This policy should either give that information or should indicate where it can be f
DM:9 Nature Conservation Support.
Natural England 19 Apr 2013
DM9 Nature conservation - the policy needs to recognise the international importance and high level of protection afforded to the Severn Estuary, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site. We also advise the policy should be strengthened by seeking net gains in biodiversity in accordance Page 2 of 4 with NPPF paragraph 9.
Policy DM9: Nature Conservation The Trust supports the wording in the Policy Intentions particularly the positive approach outlined in encouraging the enhancement and protection of species and habitats in bullet point two. There appears to be a typo in the first sentence of the Background Section. In the Policy's fifth paragraph, the Trust recommends that the following wording should be added to the final sentence: '..substantive interest present'.. and will not be permitted unless the harm c
Policy DM9: 'Nature Conservation' The policy advises that development proposals may need to be accompanied by a 'full ecological survey' as part of the planning application. In most cases planning applications that relate to or affect ecologically sensitive areas will need only to be accompanied by a desk-based survey and Phase 1 ecology survey, albeit that in some cases further surveys may be required to be undertaken in advance of planning permission being granted.
Cleeve Parish Council 16 Apr 2013
The council fully support the restriction of development that is likely to have a significant adverse impact on biodiversity.
Blagdon Parish Council 15 Apr 2013
The council fully supports the restriction of development that is likey to have a singificant adverse impact on biodiversity.
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Flight delayed by worker who would not ID himself
Passengers aboard a US Airways flight to Bermuda were delayed for more than six hours at Philadelphia International Airport yesterday when the baggage crew assigned to load the flight found an unidentified worker already at the plane and unwilling to identify himself, according to the FBI.
More than 100 passengers and five crew members were evacuated from the Airbus 319, which was towed from the terminal.
Bomb-sniffing dogs, a hazmat team, Philadelphia police and FBI agents combed the airliner.
No explosives were found on the plane, and the incident was not thought to be terror-related, FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver said.
The plane later took off for Bermuda.


Dr. Sumkin  eloquently expressed the physician's frustration with the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and its bureaucratic arrogance. Like Dr. Sumkin, I am angered with upcoding and downcoding, audits, and the big waste of time that accompanies the steps involved with making sure that the chart fits the charge. Also, like Dr. Sumkin, my anger dissipates a bit when a patient recognizes my efforts.
More often these days, my anger with HCFA policies, health maintenance organizations, and slow tort reform is not mollified by rewarding patient encounters. I received some good parenting advice recently when a friend suggested that I "pick my battles" when dealing with my child. The same is probably true when dealing with all of the many pressures on clinicians. I am concerned that we are not wisely picking battles and that a more militant approach by our physician leaders in dealing with HCFA, insurance companies, and lawyers is in order.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(9):755.