The star is being urged to consider running for president after receiving a rapturous reaction to her speech at the Golden Globes.
Oprah Winfrey is "actively thinking" about running for the White House, it has been reported.
While private discussions have apparently been ongoing for months, the idea has now entered the public consciousness after the star's speech at the Golden Globe Awards in LA.
In it, the actress, producer and former talk show host used a phrase which could almost double as a rallying cry: "A new day is on the horizon".
It is perhaps something to rival Barack Obama's "Yes We Can".
After accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award, Winfrey told the story of a black woman, Recy Taylor, who was raped by six white men in Alabama in 1944.
An all-male jury refused to indict her attackers and she died 10 days ago, shortly before her 98th birthday, never receiving justice for the crime committed against her.
On an evening when women at the awards show wore black to remember those that have suffered sexual harassment, Winfrey, 63, said: "She (Ms Taylor) lived as we all have lived - too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men.
Afterwards, the hashtags #Oprahforpresident and #Oprah2020 began trending on Twitter.
Twitter user Eileen Billinson referred to President Trump's claim that he is both mentally stable and a genius, tweeting: "Presidential candidate? Audience riveted by honest, authentic communicator who hasn't once called herself a genius."
Another user of the social media site said: "Why this massive #Oprah 2020 moment? Because Oprah is the antithesis of Trump: A well-spoken, incredibly smart & confident black woman, who energizes people not with hatred & anger, but with hope & vision. When we hear her speak, it reminds us of who we can be as a country."
::Does Oprah really want the White House?
Two close friends of Winfrey say she is "actively thinking" about running for the presidency, CNN reported on Monday.
While saying that no decision has been taken, one of the anonymous sources said discussions had been ongoing for several months.
In recent years, Oprah has endorsed both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats.
And it seems she has support from within the party. A member of its national committee, Khary Penebaker, tweeted: "In a 9 minute speech, @Oprah was more presidential than the current occupant of the White House has been for an entire year."


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package mekanism.common.recipe.inputs;

import mekanism.api.util.StackUtils;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
import net.minecraftforge.oredict.OreDictionary;

public class ItemStackInput extends MachineInput<ItemStackInput>
{
	public ItemStack ingredient;

	public ItemStackInput(ItemStack stack)
	{
		ingredient = stack;
	}

	public ItemStackInput() {}

	@Override
	public void load(NBTTagCompound nbtTags)
	{
		ingredient = ItemStack.loadItemStackFromNBT(nbtTags.getCompoundTag("input"));
	}

	@Override
	public ItemStackInput copy()
	{
		return new ItemStackInput(ingredient.copy());
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isValid()
	{
		return ingredient != null;
	}

	public ItemStackInput wildCopy()
	{
		return new ItemStackInput(new ItemStack(ingredient.getItem(), ingredient.stackSize, OreDictionary.WILDCARD_VALUE));
	}

	public boolean useItemStackFromInventory(ItemStack[] inventory, int index, boolean deplete)
	{
		if(StackUtils.contains(inventory[index], ingredient))
		{
			if(deplete)
			{
				inventory[index] = StackUtils.subtract(inventory[index], ingredient);
			}

			return true;
		}

		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public int hashIngredients()
	{
		return StackUtils.hashItemStack(ingredient);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean testEquality(ItemStackInput other)
	{
		return StackUtils.equalsWildcardWithNBT(ingredient, other.ingredient);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isInstance(Object other)
	{
		return other instanceof ItemStackInput;
	}
}

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Home News 12 December – Feast of St Finian, Patron of Meath
12 December – Feast of St Finian, Patron of Meath
Born in the sixth century, St Finian made his way to Clonard in County Meath were he established a school for Christian learning. It is recorded that no fewer than 3,000 pupils were educated at one time in Clonard. St Finian appears to have had a special gift for teaching, particularly in exposition of Sacred Scriptures. Many of his pupils became great teachers and established monastic schools throughout Ireland and Europe. The work of St Finian contributed in no small part to the reputation of Ireland as "the land of saints and scholars". Click here for further details on the life and mission of St Finian.
Prayer for the Feast of St Finian
By the work of your bishop Saint Finian, Lord
you formed a multitude of Saints
in the knowledge of the Gospel
and in the monastic life;
in our own day raise up, we pray, at his intercession,
saints to edify your people
by the vitality of their Christian lives.
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Click here for a video to mark the Feast of St Finian, courtesy of iCatholic.

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Q: HAC standard errors with GenericLikelihoodModel I am fitting a linear model using maximum likelihood estimation based on the GenericLikelihoodModel class. The errors exhibit heteroskedasticity and serial correlation so I want to estimate HAC standard errors and display this in the main output. Although this is straight forward to do for the OLS estimation, I am unable to implement this for the ML model.
I have spent a lot of time searching but no answer has come up. My background is in econometrics (Eviews, Stata, Matlab), so I am familiar with ML estimation and HAC standard errors, I am just struggling to implement it in Python. I understand that it could just be done manually after the estimation, but I would like to do it using the available statsmodels tools and presented in the main estimation results.
Is there a way to use the statsmodels cov_type paramater with the GenericLikelihoodModel class, or would we need to just code the errors from scratch afterwards?
The code is below.
# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #
#        MLE with a linear model        #
# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #

# Gives the (almost) exact same results as OLS when using normal errors
# https://www.statsmodels.org/dev/examples/notebooks/generated/generic_mle.html
# https://rlhick.people.wm.edu/posts/estimating-custom-mle.html

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from scipy.stats import norm
import statsmodels.api as sm
from statsmodels.base.model import GenericLikelihoodModel
from scipy.optimize import minimize

# --- Set up --- #

def _ll_ols(y, X, beta, sigma): # This is a python function that calculates the log-likelihood value.
    mu = X.dot(beta)
    log_likelihood= norm(mu,sigma).logpdf(y).sum()      # log_likelihood = np.sum(norm.logpdf(y,mu,sigma)) is another way
    return log_likelihood

class linear_MLE(GenericLikelihoodModel): # We are creating a class called 'linear_MLE' using 'GenericLikelihoodModel' as a template
    def __init__(self, endog, exog, **kwds): # **kwds just carries the
        super(linear_MLE, self).__init__(endog, exog, **kwds) # This gives the 'linear_MLE' we are creating all of the same properties as the 'GenericLikelihoodModel' class
    def nloglikeobs(self, params): # 'GenericLikelihoodModel' has a set of associated "methods" (basically functions), here we create a new one
        sigma = params[-1]  # Pull the sigma and the beta from the model, this is just anything that you need in the log likelihood function
        beta = params[:-1]
        ll = _ll_ols(self.endog, self.exog, beta, sigma) # Calculate the log likelihood based on the function that we created below.
        return -ll  # Basically 'GenericLikelihoodModel' gives us the freedom/ability to set 'nloglikeobs' with our own likelihood value.
    def fit(self, start_params=None, maxiter=10000, maxfun=5000, **kwds): # Update the fit for any other values we needed in the likelihood function and the starting values
        self.exog_names.append('*** sigma ***') # we have one additional parameter and we need to add it for summary
        if start_params == None:
            start_params = np.append(sm.OLS(y,X).fit().params.values, sm.OLS(y,X).fit().scale**.5) # Set the starting values as the OLS estimates.
            #start_params = np.append(np.ones(self.exog.shape[1]), .5) # Set some reasonable starting values. Play around with this if you have issues with the Hessian.
        return super(linear_MLE, self).fit(start_params=start_params,maxiter=maxiter,maxfun=maxfun,**kwds)

# --- Data --- #

n = 100
k = 2

error = np.random.randn(n)
heteroskedastic_error = np.append(error[:np.int(n/2)],error[np.int(n/2):]*3)
HA_error = (np.append(heteroskedastic_error[-1:],heteroskedastic_error[:-1])+np.append(heteroskedastic_error[-2:],heteroskedastic_error[:-2]))/2

X = pd.DataFrame(np.append([[1]]*n,np.random.randn(k)*np.random.randn(n,k)+np.random.randn(k),axis=1))
y = pd.DataFrame(np.dot(X,np.random.randn(k+1))+HA_error)

# --- Models --- #

ols_results = sm.OLS(y,X).fit()
print(ols_results.summary())

ols_results = sm.OLS(y,X).fit(cov_type='HAC',cov_kwds={'maxlags':2})
print(ols_results.summary())

mle_results = linear_MLE(y,X).fit()
print(mle_results.summary())

mle_results = linear_MLE(y,X).fit(cov_type='HAC',cov_kwds={'maxlags':2})
print(mle_results.summary())

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Alternatives to Manchester Pride happening this month
Reclaim the Scene aims to build on last year, which was its first event, with another post-Pride-parade picnic and (Out of the) Village Fete. This year we're promised it will be 'bigger and better than ever, with free food, performers, live art, stalls, music, and kids' entertainment!'
The date is Saturday 28 August, the place is the UMIST students' union building off Sackville Street and the start time is… a bit vague because the Manchester Pride parade is notorious for not starting on time (although it did last year) and for getting delayed en route. So it's a case of making your way down there once the Pride parade has passed along Whitworth Street and when the more gullible people begin queuing, clutching their expensive tickets, to get into the fenced-off gay village ghetto.
Assuming the parade starts on time at 1pm, I estimate it will finish at about 2.45pm.
Last year certain aspects of Reclaim the Scene seemed disorganised and, although it felt welcoming, the overall feeling was that it was for students. But I'm happy to give it another chance this year.
Queeruption describes itself as 'a free, non-commercial, autonomous, D.I.Y, radical, grass-roots, accessible, non-conformitive, creative, inclusive, outside-the-box, happening'!
Events begin this Sunday 22 August with the Checking In Point from 2pm to 6pm. Here you can 'collect your free Queeruption pack, map, events guide, condoms & lube, claim a grassy bed and get an opportunity to meet and greet queeruptors from around the world.' There's something called 'Autobiographic Pavements', which I won't try to describe, running alongside this from 2pm to 6pm.
This is followed by the Queeruption Opening Party from 7pm to 12:30am with 'live music, queerbands, punk, queercore, electro, trash, comedy, art, visuals, radical politics, stalls and more…'. Sounds good!
Both the checking in point and the venue for the Opening Party are still secret as I write this and are due to be announced on Friday. As is the location of the Queeruption Base Camp which also starts on Sunday 22 August. Apparently visitors and locals will camp in tents somewhere in Manchester City Centre and form a 'peace village'.
To receive details of the various locations you need to join the Queeruption Facebook group.
I'm hoping Queeruption will be a success, although I have a few concerns. One activist went as far as to describe some of the discussion there has been about camping in the city centre as 'delusional'. If you know Manchester city centre at night you'll wonder how this is going to work. But I really hope it does.
If you follow my website you'll know that for several years I've played some part — large or small — in alternative Pride events. However this year I haven't got involved at all and neither of the events above are on the same scale as Get Bent! in 2007.
But what I hope to do is bring you daily coverage (posts, photos and video) of all of this year's alternative events as they happen and regardless of whether they flop or are a big success. With all the spin, self-promotion and rewriting of history that goes on in Manchester these days, it's important that what really happened is reported accurately for reference in the future.
So tune in right here on my site for regular updates!
I can't finish without a quick mention of Manchester Pride itself which has a 'fringe' this year and no you don't have to go to Toni and Guy for it. It runs from 20 – 26 August with a number of events that are free.
Manchester Pride has certainly made an effort with this and the small 'community fund'. A genuine attempt to be more inclusive or a cynical move to annex some of those areas that alternative events covered in previous years, the aim being to stay in control? You decide…
UPDATE (18 Aug 2010): the Queeruption Opening Party will be held at Saki Bar next to Whitworth Park in Rusholme. Very disappointing indeed…
I know at the moment there appears to be a shortage of spaces for free events in Manchester but, as the commercial gay scene is driven by alcohol, in no way can any bar or club be considered an 'alternative' space. It's just another evening of spending money on expensive drinks, unless you want to go thirsty. What about people who don't have the money to do that?
The bar setting ensures that the event pre-selects the same old demographic that everything else targets: the students and under-30's. So, something that claims to be 'alternative' and different is actually part of the same framework as the rest of the commercial gay scene, with a little bit of slightly-different tinsel (marketing?) on top.
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You've probably already heard about the amazing story that found Jaguar Land Rover purchasing 543 vehicles from car nut James Hull, with 100 surplus vehicles now heading to auction with Brightwells on March 21 at Bicester Heritage.
It's not often that you brave an outside temperature of -4 degrees by choice, except for something truly exceptional. In this case, approaching the retractable shutters worn by one of the hangars peppering the Bicester skyline, we were persuaded by the exclusive opportunity to view the amassed 'Affordable Classics Auction' collection - all 100 classic cars soon to pass under the hammer on March 21.
As soon as foot is set on the concrete floor, there is an urge to catch your jaw as it drops. Like a carpet of once familiar metal, 6 cars deep towards the back wall, a bulk of once snubbed but now highly collectable automobiles reside under the historical hangar roof.
There are several MG Maestro and Metro Turbos, a Ford Transit MkI and a Scimitar-Ferguson 4x4 prototype – not to mention an incredibly rare Peugeot 402 and a Rover P6 V8 shooting-brake.
Walking amongst the parked bulks, freezing intakes of air stinging the chest with each bellow, the sense of history is overwhelming. Like mixing beggars with aristocracy, never before has a Morris Ital and Austin Allegro been proudly displayed alongside a Mercedes-AMG CL63 and Borgward Isabella Coupé. Ranging from the 1920s right through to the new millennium, the broad range of estates, saloons, drop-tops, cabriolets, superminis and commercial vehicles demonstrate the scope of Mr Hull's taste.
These vehicles once had excited new owners from all across the broad spectrum of society - from those who scrimped and saved to buy a factory fresh Metro to clients purchasing the latest Mercedes simply because it was in fashion.
Now they rub shoulders together, with each model having survived a journey through the price trough. It sends a shiver down the spine comprehending how many people have collectively sat behind the wheel of these vehicles. How many summer holidays were spent clocking the miles towards the coast and, in some cases, how many World Wars and political scandals some models have endured.
Citroën BX GT? Commer Highwayman? FSO 125p Estate? All present and seeking new homes. In fact, the perfect three car garage greets us towards the final row of showcased auction lots - a Riley RMB 2.5-litre, a Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS and a Renault Caravelle. It's difficult to fix notice on any individual motor, each one serving up their own unique stance and attraction. Quite frankly, the hum-drum mantra makes them all the more endearing.
Being of the British Leyland persuasion, a personal preference drew attention to the square immensity of a 1977 Princess 2200 HL, the cabin draped in velour and – amazingly – the hydragas suspension offering an even keel all round. The only lean here was the sympathy vote towards a rather smashed-up Volkswagen Beetle, but don't despair as it's a happy ending. The claw is being kept very firmly at bay courtesy of Jaguar Land Rover donating the VW to charity.
Although it may look as though Maureen from driving school has treated it to an outing down the bobsleigh run, the battered blue bug is side lined for attention from UK charity Starter Motor. Helping to encourage a new generation of young enthusiasts learn the skills required for driving, restoring and maintaining heritage vehicles, the 'bug' will be ripped apart and put back together again in the name of education. No doubt leaving several students smitten with the iconic beatniks' mouthpiece.
The same fate is reserved for a split screen Morris Minor and a Citroën Visa – both dilapidated and worthy of restoring. We may even see them on the road again very soon.
After the march of time pushes our stint in the hangar to an end, there is an overwhelming awareness that this is the last stretch the James Hull brethren will enjoy in each other's company. Some of these vehicles have shared space for more than a decade, with every example accumulating minimal mileage and having avoided the crust and salt of several winters. A bright future awaits each one in the hands of keen enthusiasts and collectors.
You can view the full inventory on the official Brightwells Auction website.


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Hard-working Wishaw teenager Rowan slams "pathetic" train service price hike
The nineteen-year-old relies on the train for travelling to work and university but is fed up of delays and cancellations hindering her life.
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Rowan Duffy at Wishaw Train Station (Image: Wishaw Press)
A hard-working Wishaw teenager has blasted Scotrail for the "pathetic" service they provide on trains to and from the town.
Netherton lass Rowan Duffy, 19, relies on the train to travel into Glasgow nearly every day, either to attend university or for her part-time job.
She feels she has been let down by the Abellio-run company, who she blames for putting "untold stress and pressure" on her life.
"In the last two years, I have been let down immensely by Scotrail," she told the Press.
"I have had many hours of my time wasted. There have been far too many instances where Scotrail's services between Wishaw and Glasgow have hindered my life in terms of education and work commitments.
"One of the main issues I experience often is the recurrent delays and cancellations of services which usually occur on the spot, without reason or warning leaving rail users such as myself deeply frustrated and angry.
"I experience delays daily and I'm lucky to get through a week without the announcement of a cancelled train.
"They have caused me to miss important university lectures, arrive late to work on numerous occasions, and most importantly, late for a preliminary university exam, putting untold stress and pressure on my life."
Callous Wishaw kids pelt pensioner with stones after he fell outside his home
There is mounting pressure across the country for the Scottish Government to press Abellio to improve their service.
Rowan feels the recent price hike that saw fares rise yet again is an absolute kick in the teeth.
She said: "Another frustrating problem is the space available on trains during peak times. When travelling home from Glasgow to Wishaw at peak times, three carriage trains arrive into Glasgow Central which is ridiculous considering how many people use the Lanark line between 4pm and 6pm daily.
"The prices do not reflect on the service I, and many, receive. If anything, prices should be discounted for student commuters as most simply cannot afford to pay so much, however there are no student friendly options.
"It doesn't appear that Scotrail are putting the money back into their pathetic services, it's like they're just trying to create a profit.
"Scotrail have exploited those of us who use the trains, the highest fares in Europe yet the worst service. Commuters are paying to be let down with this price hike."
Alex Hynes, managing director of ScotRail Alliance, said: "We are very sorry to ScotRail customers for our unacceptable service in parts of the country recently.
"While our teams work hard every day to deliver the service you demand, the reality is that we've fallen below the standard you expect and deserve.
"Daily services have had to be cancelled to allow our drivers and conductors to be trained on new trains and new routes before they can operate services safely.
"An overtime and rest day working ban, now resolved, by the RMT trade union made the training problems worse."
A spokesperson for Transport Scotland, who are responsible for the fare prices at ScotRail, said: "While any fare increase is unwelcome, calls for a fares freeze underestimate the impact of these on the public purse.
"The average fares increases in Scotland (2.8 per cent) are lower than England and Wales (3.1 per cent).
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Our new state of the art national centre for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) was officially opened on 4 July 2018, by HRH The Earl of Wessex.
Located at Heriot-Watt Research Park, Edinburgh, the Jack Copland Centre (JCC) is named after the founder of the first Scottish blood transfusion service in 1930.
HRH and Jeane Freeman MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, toured the cutting edge facility which was purpose built for the processing, testing and manufacturing of blood, donor tissues and cells. They met several of the 300 members of staff including laboratory researchers, expert clinical staff and the donor services call centre.
During the opening event HRH met Howard Copland, the grandson of Jack Copland, and heard how his father John as a teenager used to answer calls for blood that came in late at night, and then drive to collect a donor and take them to hospital.
He was also introduced to three year-old Skye Edwards from Inverness, who has had had nine life-saving red blood and platelet transfusions, with two being given on the day she was born. Now, thanks to blood and platelet donors, Skye's bone marrow is working as it should be.
HRH also enjoyed meeting a group of eight regular blood donors who have all donated 70 times; and with all of them born in 1948, the year the NHS was established, they will also be celebrating their 70th birthdays this year.
Mary Morgan, Director of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service said: "The Royal opening of our new building by HRH the Earl of Wessex, marks an historic milestone for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) and indeed the NHS in Scotland. Not only is this the new home for the service headquarters, the Jack Copland Centre (JCC) delivers a modern blood, tissues and cells supply service for patients and gives us the ability to be at the forefront of developments in technology and advanced therapies in years to come.
Attending the opening event, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said: "As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Scotland's NHS, this new centre is a great example of how far the health service has come in ensuring safe blood is available to those who need it. It also demonstrates the great advances being made in tissue and cells donation and transplantation.
The Rt Hon Lord Lieutenant and Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh, Frank Ross, is the Honorary President of the South-East Blood Transfusion Association. He said: "The 70th anniversary of the NHS is an incredible milestone for the whole country. It gives all of us a chance to recognise the hard work, sacrifices and discoveries made by medical staff and the thousands of lives they save and make better every day.
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Keep smiling - and inspire the world
Of all the interviews I collected for In The Zone from hundreds of world class sportsmen, the above quote from South Africa's Pieter du Preez was honestly not the one I expected to go out of date.
Du Preez was an aspiring triathlete competing for South Africa at Under-23 level – until he was hit by a car while cycling in 2003. The crash broke his neck and left him paralysed from the chest down. But what he has achieved since is nothing short of sensational.
Because du Preez has no finger movement, when he first tried getting dressed it took him 15 minutes to put on a single sock. That's when the 'can-do' instincts of life in sport kicked in, and he began setting himself unrealistic challenges in his quest for a regular life.
He started timing himself every day, aiming for an 'impossible' world record time of seven minutes to get fully dressed. At first he would stop after 15 minutes and let others help, but after several months of effort he eventually made it to the magical seven-minute mark.
His current record? Two minutes 41 seconds.
Then, once he had started to conquer everyday life, why stop there? The unfeasible idea soon hit: to be the first quadriplegic to do an Ironman. He tells the story in the book, and I'd urge anyone to dig it up because Pieter Du Preez is one of the most beautiful spirits it has ever been my joy to meet.
But it was what he said about the rest of us that brought tears to my eyes – because it sums up everything I've been trying to achieve with my writing.
'It's important to realise we all have the power to inspire, able-bodied or not,' he insists. 'Everyone tells me how inspirational I am but they don't realise how much they inspire and motivate me by coming up and telling me that. So we all have that power.
'People think they need to be a world champion to inspire when it's really about being nice to the person at the supermarket till. Everyone's tired and in a hurry but for that moment you give them a smile. You may not think it's inspiration but it changes their day. Being nice to people is a simple thing. So you don't need to be a superhero to inspire. You can be a normal person with a smile…'
Or at least we could. Somehow we've been persuaded that we should now cover our faces in public, and with it any hope of offering this most powerful kind of inspiration to others.
I don't care how much fear has been rammed down our throats over the past few months, it's nothing compared to the fear I have of the damage this will do. If this doesn't cause you any anxiety, it should. And if it does, fear no more. You are officially exempt from the madness.
For all our sakes, please take off the damned mask...
Time to smile again.
How Edwin Moses drowned out the noise
Known by the enchanting title of the 'man-killer', the 400 metre hurdles is one of the most brutal disciplines in track and field, requiring a mix of raw speed, endurance and technical ability. Yet one man found a way to dominate the event so completely in the Seventies and Eighties, he went on a run of 122 straight wins against the (next) best in the world. For nine years, nine months and nine days, he killed off the man-killer. His name was Edwin Moses.
Far from your 'average' champion, Moses started off as an engineer, earning a degree in physics. The American made his 400m hurdles debut only months before he took Olympic gold at Montreal in 1976 with a new world record. Even then he didn't focus on athletics full-time, coupling his work in aerospace with a punishing regime – up to eight hours of training before his working day even began.
Moses made the most of his scientific knowledge, becoming a pioneer in applying the field of biodynamics as he sought every possible sporting improvement. Back when computers had just 16K of memory he used them to measure everything from respiration to heartbeat patterns. He developed a pattern of 13 strides (of 9 feet 9 inches each) between each hurdle for the whole race while his rivals could only keep that up for half the lap.
I was so intrigued that I was soon chasing Moses myself – round Asia, South America and Europe – in a bid to hear more. Some people really are worth the effort. It turns out the secret to his run of glory was not in his body or his legs. When I asked if he had been ahead of his competitors on a mental level, he nodded. What he said next made my heart hurdle several beats.
'I lived in the Zone,' says Moses. 'It's more than just trying to get there for a race or a day, it's a state of mind. Your whole life is in the Zone, everything that you do. All the time…'
The Zone is typically associated with the peak experience, a brief moment of magic where everything goes perfectly, often under the most extreme pressure. The idea of making a home at that level seems less human and more, well, Jedi. Then you start to assess the full extent of what Moses has achieved both on and off the track – as long-time chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy global charity foundation – and it all starts to fit. Check out In The Zone for a fuller explanation of what makes a man like this tick. But even a Zone lifer gets to peak.
Ahead of his home Olympic final at Los Angeles on August 5th 1984, an enduring image saw Moses lying next to his blocks as his rivals contemplated the silver that would be the limit of their ambitions. Yet even the laid-back American was taken aback by what went through his mind as he raced, as I discovered when I asked if he'd experienced any surreal Senna-esque sensations.
'I had something similar in the Los Angeles final,' reveals Moses. 'There were almost 100,000 people and it was very, very loud. I've never heard that kind of screaming. Because there were Americans running at home, when the gun went off they just went crazy. But after the third hurdle all of a sudden everything went quiet. I could hear the footsteps of the guys on the track behind me above all the crowd noise. All that just went away and amongst it all I could hear guys taking hurdles, I could hear their step patterns and everything. I could hear every one of them when they took off and every one of them when they came back down on the ground.
'Then around the eighth hurdle I said, "There's no more point worrying about what's behind." You look at the next three hurdles and just make sure you don't trip up over those. I took the last hurdle real high. I didn't take a chance or do anything I would normally do in a race. I made sure I went over it. I jumped up into the air and came down. They even closed me down by half a metre but by then it was too late. When I hit the ground after that I felt there was not much that could stop me except someone running out on the track. When I crossed the line the first thing was relief, the elation came later. That was my experience. I've never had anything else happen like that but it happened that day.'
Check out the video below for a sense of the noise Moses filtered out en route to his most treasured triumph of all…
How to stay in the Zone for 26 miles 385 yards
Women's marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe at the London Marathon in 2015
Given the pre-eminence of Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners over the past 50 years, it still comes as a surprise that the all-time queen of the road is British.
Paula Radcliffe started running at the age of seven but she had her epiphany as an 11-year-old when she came to watch her father race at the 1985 London Marathon. That day Ingrid Kristiansen set a new world best time (2h 21m 06s, a mark that stood for 13 years) and the young Paula was instantly struck by the Norwegian's power and fluidity as she saw off all but the very fastest men.
'That London Marathon was a big inspiration for me,' says Radcliffe. 'First it was that smell of Deep Heat on the start at Blackheath. But when Ingrid came past that day, she was right in there not far behind the winning men. To see a woman that far up… I didn't really have a lot of barriers in my head at 11 anyway but it broke down any barriers that remained.'
Thanks to asthma and anaemia Paula's dream must nonetheless have seemed distant, yet such was her drive she was crowned World Junior Cross Country champion in 1992. Then within two years disaster struck as a doctor told her she would never run again due to a stress fracture to her left foot: 'I remember coming home in tears and my Dad saying, "What's the big deal? Loads of people go through life and they don't run." But I said I'm not "loads of people", I've got lots of things I want to do. It has to get better. And it did.'
Radcliffe duly embarked on a meticulous training regime that strengthened the muscle in her head as much as those in her legs. Further cross country titles followed but she always seemed destined to be the 'nearly woman' of track racing because she lacked a kick over the final lap. Then it was time for her true destiny to kick in…
At her very first marathon at London in 2002 Paula set a world's best for a women's only race. Later that year she became the first woman to run under 2h 18m in Chicago but even that didn't sate her appetite. At the 2003 London Marathon she used two Kenyan male pacemakers to take the record to the next level. Her 2h 15m 25s is a time so far out of reach of anyone else before or since – over a minute and a half – it could last for decades more.
'The attraction and challenge of the marathon for so many people is that it's you against the distance, against your body, against hitting the wall,' smiles Radcliffe. 'That's the way I always like to run anyway, I never looked at split times too much, I just ran hard and strong. It's only later you realise how much "in the Zone" you were and how much you ask your body and it delivers. You just trust it's going to be there because it has been there in the training. It's that "not fear" that you won't be able maintain the pace or finish, you just trust you will be able to.
'I don't think I had more talent than anybody else. There are people around now who have more talent. I just had this stubbornness and a way of wanting to run as hard as I could; even if I had the race won, I wanted to see how fast I could go. So it was this mindset, combined with the luck that my body could withstand the amount of training it did in 2002 and 2003. It enabled me to get into really good shape and attack it.'
Radcliffe may not obsess about split times but when you spend your life at the front of a marathon with a camera truck ahead of you it's unavoidable, notably for her historic run in London. The first lesson of marathon running is to stick to the same pace all the way round. The Englishwoman's average mile rate from her Chicago record was 5m 13s, so she could tell if she was up from the split times flashing up. Alarmingly the third mile in London was below the five-minute mark, which she worried was far too fast. To most mortals yes, but Paula was on fire.
'It was definitely close to a perfect day,' says Radcliffe. 'The preparation had gone really well; the only real hiccup was when I had an accident with a little girl on a bike who knocked me over a few weeks before. I spent a couple of weeks trying to get over the dislocated jaw and whiplash from that. But by that point most of the training was already in the bank. On race day conditions were good and I felt good.
'Even so I did think I would go quicker afterwards but it never happened. I was in slightly better shape in training in 2004 but by the competition I got injured. That shows in the marathon you need to seize the opportunity. You put so much into the training cycle and so often that risk doesn't pay off: conditions aren't right on the day or you get a blister or an upset stomach and you can't capitalise on everything. That's why that day in London I felt it was really important just to keep running as hard as I could so the record had a chance of standing for as long as possible.'
The pain was worth it. 16 years and counting…


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Q: Equivalent of C# 'as' command in C++? In C# you can use as to convert a type or get null:
Object o = Whatever();
String s = o as String;

Is there a similar easy way to achieve this in C++?
I'm using Visual Studio 2010, if that's important.
[Update]: Remember, there is a very important difference between casting and using as. Casting (at least in C#) will throw an exception if the type does not match:
Object o = null;
String s = (String)o; // Will crash.

A: In C++ there is no base object class, so in general there is no way of doing this. You can however do it for specific hierarchies:
struct A {
   virtual ~A() {}
};

struct B : public A {
};

A * p = Something();     // Something() may return an A * or a B *
B & b = dynamic_cast <B&>(*p);

The dynamic cast will throw an exception if p does not point at something that can safely be converted to a B reference.

A: Use dynamic_cast<type>(), but it will only work with pointers, not static objects.

A: From what I can read from: C# Programmer's Reference: AS the as operator performs the same task as dynamic_cast in C++.

A: In C++, this would be a dynamic_cast, if you had a hierarchy where Object is the parent and String is the child.
Object * p = createMyObject();
String * s = dynamic_cast<String *>(p);
if(s)
{
  ...
}

Dynamic casting a pointer will return a pointer to the object if the cast is possible, or a null pointer if not.
Also, dynamic casting a reference will return a reference to the object if the cast is possible, or throw an exception.

A: In C# the as keyword converts a value to another type.  There is code that supports this conversion (probably in the C# runtime).  This is not a cast.
For the most part you can't use dynamic_cast or any other kind of cast in C++ to accomplish this, because casts and conversions are not the same thing.  I say 'for the most part' because some types can be converted using static_cast, to convert an int to a float but this is still a conversion, not a cast.  Also, if you have introduced a type system where everything is derived from an Object-like base class that has this conversion functionality, you might be able to construct a mechanism to support this conversion using dynamic_cast, but you would have had to write this mechanism and this does not seem to be what you're trying to do.
There is nothing built-in to C++ which will do this conversion for you; in other words, there is no C++ equivalent to the C# as keyword.
If you want to perform this conversion, you can often use streams:
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    float f = 42.0f;
    stringstream ss;
    ss << f;
    string s = ss.str();
    cout << "Float: " << f << ", String '" << s << "'";

    return 0;
}

<sstream> is part of the C++ Standard, so in this regard you might consider it to be 'in the language'.
Using streams to do this conversion can be rather clumsy.  Boost offers lexical_cast which can be used to perform these simple conversions with less code:
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <boost\lexical_cast.hpp>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string s = "42";
    float f = boost::lexical_cast<float>(s);

    cout << "Float: " << f << ", String '" << s << "'";

    return 0;
}


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The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs is pleased to announce that Bennett Lunn and John "Jack" Gabel have been named Truman Scholar Finalists. Highly competitive and prestigious, the $30,000 Truman Scholarship is awarded to approximately 60 juniors nationally for superior academic ability, a strong record of service and leadership, and plans for careers in public service.
Lunn and Gabel will interview on Friday, March 8th in Atlanta. This year, 199 finalists have been named from 143 institutions across the US. For the entire list of Truman Scholar Finalists please see https://www.truman.gov/2019-truman-finalists
Lunn is a member of the South Carolina Honors College pursuing a BARSC degree focused on Jurisprudence and Education Policy. While at the university, he has worked as an advocate for students through his roles as a Resident Mentor and as the Secretary of Student Academics, developing new programs to complement the student advising process. Beyond campus, Bennett has worked with the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee, the South Carolina State Grand Jury, and the Rule of Law Collaborative, where he has researched and supported various justice sector initiatives. Currently, Bennett is studying in Washington, D.C., interning in Majority Whip James E. Clyburn's office. After graduating he intends to pursue a joint Juris Doctorate and Master's degree in Education Policy in order to employ his passion for the law towards addressing inequity in public schools.
Gabel is a member of the South Carolina Honors College majoring in Biology. His experience includes various research projects in the US and abroad, creating a medical clinic for orphan refugees at the UN Convention on Rights of the Child Policy Center in Nicosia, Cyprus, completing a transcontinental run to help raise over $1 million for cancer patients, and studying the health effects of pollution through a Chinese National Key Lab. He has also worked with the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service. As a USC student, he has served on the Executive Cabinet and Freshman Council for Student Government. Gabel plans to pursue a career in public health, helping people achieve their full health potential by ensuring their communities have accessible healthcare, quality education, and clean environments.
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Lunn and Gabel were also assisted by the University's Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs (www.sc.edu/ofsp ) which provides advisement and support to students competing for national fellowships. USC has had nine Truman Scholars, including Casey Brayton in 2018, Jory Fleming in 2016, Asma Jaber in 2007, Thomas Scott in 2006, Jeremy Wolfe in 2004, and Lara Bratcher in 2003.


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7 Questions With … Idris Goodwin, producing artistic director of StageOne
Idris Goodwin has been working at StageOne for two months now. | Courtesy of StageOne Family Theatre
Last March, it was announced that playwright Idris Goodwin would be filling the shoes of Peter Holloway as producing artistic director of StageOne Family Theatre. Insider spoke to him at length about the new position in the spring, long before he stepped into the role.
With "Frankenstein," the first production of StageOne's season, fast approaching and two months under Goodwin's belt, we thought we'd check back in on the charismatic playwright and educator.
Goodwin tells us that, so far, things are going relatively smoothly.
"I spend my days talking, thinking, planning and meeting about ways to bring the magic of performing arts to the children and parents of this region. What could be better?" he says. "In the nonprofit arts world, there are constant curveballs. The fire that burned the roof of our friends at the Kentucky Center created some ripples for us with availability of their space for some of our shows."
"Frankenstein" runs Oct. 19-31.
But when one door closes, another one opens, and StageOne has now struck up a relationship with Memorial Auditorium, where some of its plays will be held this season.
And speaking of the new season, "Frankenstein," which Goodwin adapted from Mary Shelley's classic tale, will open Friday, Oct. 19, followed by "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs."
Goodwin says he's excited to bring a new take of "Frankenstein," which will be held at the Kentucky Center, to the stage. It was a privilege, he says, to work with Shelley's original story and update for modern audiences.
"Her themes of technology, power and responsibility ring true more than ever in this digital age," he explains. "While we certainly honor much of the original book's characters, scenes and ideas, we've charged it with a 21st-century flavor and pace that will appeal to a wide range of audience members."
Goodwin has grand plans for StageOne, including introducing new work and interesting takes on classics. After all, his background is in playwriting.
"Every day I see or overhear something I think could make a great play," he says. "Also, I thrive on collaboration, and this company shares that spirit. I think StageOne can generate content that youth-focused theaters around the world could license and produce."
Goodwin says he hopes to diversify StageOne. | Courtesy of StageOne Family Theatre
And one final goal of Goodwin's is to reach out to all audiences and reflect the community found off stage on stage.
"I want us to figure out ways to diversify the ways we create and present, which has the potential to diversify the collaborators and audiences we serve," he adds.
Public performances of "Frankenstein" will be held at Kentucky Center's Bomhard Theater Oct. 19-20, 26-27 and 31. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children 12 and under.
Before the curtain raises on the misunderstood monster, we asked Goodwin some very important questions …
What's the most surprising thing on your Bucket List?
Working on an Alaskan fishing boat for a few weeks.
Why you buggin'?
What poster was on your wall in junior high?
I was an '80s kid, so likely Run DMC or Andre The Giant.
If you were mayor, to whom would you give the key to the city?
The children, of course!
What are your preferred pizza toppings?
Pepperoni, jalapeño and red onion.
If you could be any age for a week, what would it be?
I just turned 41 recently — so far, so good.
"Yup. Just like him."
What famous person do people say you resemble the most?
When I tell people my name, they blink and then say "What?" I say it again and they say, "Oh like … uh … who's the guy? Luther?" Or, "Oh, like what's-his-name … Stringer Bell?" Or, "Ahhh, what's his name again? The guy who was supposed to be Bond?" And I take all that to mean: "You look like Idris Elba," to which I replyz; "Yup. Just like him."
Who would you most like to be stuck with in an elevator?
I would never ever want to be stuck in an elevator. Matter of fact, let's stop talking about it …
By Sara Havens|2019-12-30T11:21:44-05:00October 5th, 2018|