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\section{Introduction}

Nowadays there are several nucleon-nucleon potentials which reproduce
experimental information with high precision
\cite{TS73,TRS75,Lac+80,MHE87,WSA84,Nij78}. In all of them, the long and medium
range interactions are associated with the exchanges of one and two pions,
whereas there is a wide variation in the way short distance effects are
treated. This region is theoretically uncertain and good fits to the data
usually require many free parameters. The availability of alternative models,
although welcome, points out to the need of criteria for discriminating among
the various potentials.

All potentials become progressively less reliable as one goes from large to
short distances. The pionic tail of the interaction is quite well established
and its only source of uncertainty is the value of the pion-nucleon coupling
constant. It determines many observables of the deuteron and large angular
momentum scattering \cite{ER82,BER89,BR92,BR95}.
As far as the next layer is concerned, one finds some consensus in the
literature regarding the importance of delta intermediate states and pion-pion
correlations. Nevertheless, the treatment of details of these interactions is
not uniform, a fact reflected in the existence of different profile functions
for a given component of the potential. It is in this framework that chiral
symmetry may prove to be useful and provide guide-lines for a proper
assessment of the various existing potentials.

Chiral symmetry corresponds to the idea that strong interactions are
approximately invariant under transformations of the group $SU(2)\times SU(2)$.
This symmetry was developed in the sixties, in the framework of hadron physics,
but the reasons behind its successes became clear only after the formulation
of QCD, the theory decribing the basic interactions of quarks and gluons.
In QCD the quark masses of the low-lying $SU(2)$ multiplet
are very small and the Lagrangian becomes chiral invariant when they are
neglected. QCD predictions can be directly tested only at high energies, where
perturbation makes sense. At low energies, on the other hand, its non-Abelian
structure makes calculations very difficult, and one is forced to resort to
effective hadronic theories. In order to remain as close as possible to the
fundamental level, the hadronic Lagrangian must have the same symmetries as
QCD, even the approximate ones, such as chiral symmetry.

One of the major successes of chiral symmetry at hadron level were the
predictions made for low-energy $\pi$N scattering. Early chiral calculations of
this process considered just minimal systems, containing only pions and
nucleons \cite{Wei66,Tom67}. Motivated by phenomenology, this model was
extended and one has learned that chiral amplitudes at tree level, including
nucleon and delta poles, rho exchanges and corrections associated with $\pi$N
sigma term do reproduce satisfactorily subthreshold and scattering data up to
300 MeV.

Chiral symmetry at hadron level may be implemented by means of either linear or
non-linear Lagrangians. The fact that no serious candidate has been found for
the $\sigma$ meson favours the latter type of approach. There are two forms of
non-linear Lagrangians which are especially suited for the $\pi$N system. One
of them is based on a pseudoscalar (PS) $\pi$N coupling supplemented by a
scalar (S) interaction, equivalent to the exchange of
an infinitely massive $\sigma$ meson, and
denoted as $PS+S$ scheme (Eq.~\ref{Eq.1}). The other one employs a pseudovector
(PV) $\pi$N interaction and a vector (V) term, which could represent the
exchange of an infinitely massive $\rho$ meson, constituting the $PV+V$ scheme
(Eq.~\ref{Eq.2}).
\begin{equation}
{\cal L}_{PS+S} = \cdots - g \overline{\psi}\,
  \left(\sqrt{f_{\pi}^2 - \phi^2} + i \bbox{\tau} \cdot \bbox{\phi}
  \gamma_5\right) \psi\quad ,
\label{Eq.1}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
{\cal L}_{PV+V} = \cdots - \frac{1}{4 f_{\pi}^2}\,
   \overline{\psi}\,\gamma^\mu\,\bbox{\tau}\,\psi\cdot
   \bbox{\phi} \times \partial_\mu\,\bbox{\phi}
   +\frac{g}{2m}\,\overline{\psi}\,\gamma^{\mu}
   \gamma_5\, \bbox{\tau} \,\psi\cdot\partial_\mu\,
  \bbox{\phi} + \cdots\;.
\label{Eq.2}
\end{equation}

\noindent
Both approaches yield the very same amplitude for the $\pi$N scattering when
the axial coupling constant $g_A$ is equal to 1. The extention to the case
$g_A\not =1$ can be done quite naturally in the $PV+V$ approach, and a
little less so in the $PS+S$ case. The fact that physical results should be
independent of the representation used to implement chiral symmetry was
discussed in very general terms by Coleman, Wess, and Zumino \cite{CWZ69}. In
the case of $\pi$N interactions, this point was emphasized by Coon and Friar
\cite{CF86}.

Chiral symmetry has very little to say about the one pion exchange NN potential
since, in the $PS+S$ approach, predictions for this component do not depend
on the scalar interaction. Moreover, $PS$ and $PV$ couplings are equivalent.
The intermediate  range
part of the interaction, on the other hand, is due to the exchange of two pions
and closely related to an off-shell $\pi$N amplitude. Thus, as pointed out by
Brown and Durso in 1971 \cite{BD71}, chiral symmetry is quite relevant in this
region. In the first calculations of this component of the potential, chiral
symmetry was included disguised in the form of soft-pion theorems
\cite{BD71,CDR72}. Nowadays one has realized that the use of effective field
theories makes the implementation of chiral symmetry into hadronic systems
much easier.

In the early seventies, approaches to the intermediate range NN interactions
based on field
theory disconsidered chiral symmetry. Nevertheless, they were very important
in setting the method to tackle the problem. In 1970, Partovi and Lomon
\cite{PL70} performed a paradigmatic calculation based on Feynman diagrams,
using just $PS$ couplings without chiral counterterms. A little later, Partovi
and Lomon \cite{PL72} included the $\sigma$ meson in their calculation, used
chiral symmetry to determine the $\sigma$N coupling constant, but did not group
diagrams into chiral families, producing a potential with an uneven number of
loops. About ten years later a rather comprehensive study was performed by
Zuilhof and Tjon \cite{ZT82}, who compared direct and crossed box diagrams
obtained using both PS and PV couplings, without paying attention to chiral
symmetry.

The first modern field theoretical calculation of the two-pion exchange
nucleon-nucleon potential ($\pi\pi$E-NNP) with strong emphasis on chiral
symmetry was produced by Ord\'o\~nez and van Kolck \cite{OVK92}. They applied
the conceptual pertubative framework developed by Weinberg \cite{Wei90} in a
systematic discussion of corrections to pure OPE interactions,
associated with form factor effects, exchange of two pions, and three body
forces. The problem was formulated using $PV$ coupling for the pion, and
expressions were given in momentum space.

In 1992, Celenza, Pantziris and Shakin \cite{CPS92} studied the influence
of chiral symmetry on the NN interaction at one-loop order. These authors
considered both $PS$ and $PV$ pion-nucleon couplings in order to derive the
qualitative features of the scalar-isoscalar component of the interaction.
They employed tensor decompositions of diagrams in momentum space, and
one of their main conclusions was that the irreducible isoscalar interaction
is attractive.

In a series of independent works, other authors also addressed to the same
problem, namely the determination of the role of chiral symmetry in the
two-pion exchange NN interaction. A momentum space evaluation of the
scalar-isoscalar component was produced by Birse \cite{Bir94}, in the framework
of the linear $\sigma$-model. Friar and Coon \cite{FC94}, used a more general
Lagrangian in order to obtain a momentum space potential for infinitely massive
nucleons. Finally, in another calculation, we \cite{RR94} used non-linear
Lagrangians based on covariant derivatives and obtained a non-relativistic
potential in coordinate space.

All these calculations \cite{OVK92,CPS92,Bir94,FC94,RR94} are based on chiral
symmetry and should, in spite of technical differences, yield the same
predictions for the two-pion exchange potential. However, inspection of the
conclusions presented by the various authors shows that this is not the case.
Discrepancies may be traced back to two different sources, namely the methods
employed for regularizing divergent integrals and the procedures used to
subtract the iterated OPEP. We here consider only the latter problem. It is
well known that the meaning of an iteration is defined by the dynamical
equation adopted in a given problem. Thus, the use of the relativistic
Bethe-Salpeter equation \cite{SB51} or the non-relativistic reductions due to
Brueckner and Watson \cite{BW53} or Blankenbecler-Sugar \cite{BS66} correspond
to
different forms for the potential. An explicit discussion of the
non-relativistic case can be found in Ref.~\cite{FC94}, where it is shown that
physics is independent of the particular approach employed.

Another important feature of the problem is that physical results in a
consistent calculation should also not depend
 the particular representation used
in the implementation of chiral symmetry \cite{CWZ69,CF86}. In our calculation
\cite{RR94}, we have shown explicitly that both $PS+S$ and $PV+V$ Lagrangians
correspond to the same non-relativistic potential. Of course, there is no
reason to expect that things would be different in the case of the
Bethe-Salpeter equation. However, we believe that the explicit demonstration
of this property in the relativistic framework may prove to be non-trivial.
The basic idea of the Bethe-Salpeter equation is to decompose the full
amplitude into two-particle propagators and irreducible kernels. In the $PS+S$
case, this kind of decomposition poses no special problem. The $PV+V$ case, on
the other hand, is tricky, since its box diagram contains contributions in
which the pole of the nucleon propagator is canceled and hence must be
interpreted with great care. Cancellations of nucleon poles are, in fact,
already present in the intermediate $\pi$N amplitude that determines the
$\pi\pi$E-NNP \cite{RR94,Pup94}. Therefore, in the present state of the art,
we believe that non-relativistic potentials provide a much safer ground for the
study of chiral symmetry.

The minimal chiral model for the $\pi\pi$E-NNP, involving only pions and
nucleons, has nowadays very solid conceptual foundations. It has attained the
same status as the OPEP in the late sixties and one may expect it to become a
necessary ingredient of any modern NN potential. On the other hand, this
minimal chiral model fails to reproduce experimental information in the case
of the intermediate $\pi$N amplitude incorporated into the NN interaction.
Thus, in the $\pi\pi$E-NNP, the minimal model
corresponds to a contribution which is necessary, but not sufficient to
describe reality. This requirement demands the inclusion of other fields
and processes in the model. An extension, in the framework of chiral
symmetry, has been recently considered by Ord\'o\~nez, Ray and van Kolck
\cite{ORK94}, with promissing results.

In all calculations of the chiral background to the $\pi\pi$E-NNP, results are
given in form of cumbersome integrals, which must be evaluated numerically. In
order to facilitate applications, in Sec. II of this work we present a
parametrized version of our configuration space potential, valid up to 0.5 fm
and completely free of cut off parameters. The knowledge of the minimal chiral
$\pi\pi$E-NNP may be used to assess the phenomenological content of a given
potential. This information can be obtained by subtracting the OPEP from it and
then comparing the remainder with the chiral two pion
exchange background. In Sec. III, we consider
the dTRS \cite{TRS75}, Paris \cite{Lac+80}, and Argonne \cite{WSA84} potentials
in order to produce an instance of this kind of study.

\section{Parametrization}

Our calculation of the $\pi\pi$E-NNP is based on the Blankenbecler-Sugar
reduction of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. In the $PS+S$ scheme, its dynamical
content is associated with the five diagrams displayed in Fig.~\ref{Fig.1}.
Therefore we label the corresponding individual contributions by
${(\!)}\;,\triangle\;,{\Join}\mbox{ and }\Box$, where the last one also
includes
the subtraction of the iterated OPEP. It has the general form\footnote{See
Eq.(59) of Ref.~\cite{RR94}.}

\begin{eqnarray}
V(r)&=&\left[\left(V_{(\!)}^C+V_\triangle^C\right)+\hat{O}_{LS}
\left(V_{(\!)}^{LS}+V_\triangle^{LS}\right)\right]+ \nonumber \\
&&\left(3+2 \bbox{\tau}^{(1)}\cdot \bbox{\tau}^{(2)}\right)
\left[V^C_{\Join}+\hat{O}_{SS} V^{SS}_{\Join}+\hat{O}_{LS} V^{LS}_{\Join}
+\hat{O}_T V^{T}_{\Join}\right] + \nonumber \\
&&\left(3 - 2\bbox{\tau}^{(1)}\cdot\bbox{\tau}^{(2)}\right)
\left[V_\Box^C+\hat{O}_{SS}V_\Box^{SS}+\hat{O}_{LS}V_\Box^{LS}+\hat{O}_T
V_\Box^T\right]
\label{Eq9}
\end{eqnarray
\noindent
where the spin operators are given by $\hat{O}_{SS}=\bbox{\sigma}^{(1)}\cdot
\bbox{\sigma}^{(2)}$, $\hat{O}_{LS}={\bf
L}\cdot\case{1}/{2}\{\bbox{\sigma}^{(1)}+
\bbox{\sigma}^{(2)}\}$, and $\hat{O}_T=3\bbox{\sigma}^{(1)}\cdot\hat{\bf r}
\;\;\bbox{\sigma}^{(2)}\cdot\hat{\bf r}-\bbox{\sigma}^{(1)}\cdot
\bbox{\sigma}^{(2)}$, whereas $\bbox{\sigma}^{(i)}$ and $\bbox{\tau}^{(i)}$
represent spin and isospin matrices for nucleon $(i)$.

In the case of the bubble diagram, the leading contribution to the asymptotic
potential can be calculated analytically, as shown in appendix. This results
sets the pattern for the parametrization of the other components of the force.

Our numerical expressions represent the various components of the potential in
MeV, and are given in terms of the adimensional variable $x\equiv\mu r$, where
$\mu$ is the pion mass. We keep the $\pi$N coupling constant $g$ as a free
parameter  and adopt the values $\mu=137.29$ MeV and $m=938.92$ MeV for the
pion and nucleon masses respectively.

In general, the parametrized expressions reproduce quite well the numerical
results of Ref.~\cite{RR94}, except for a few cases and regions where the
discrepancies become of the order of 0.25\%. Our results are listed below.

\subsection{Central Potential}

The profile function for the central potential has the following common
multiplicative expression
\begin{equation}
F_c(x)=\left(\frac{g\mu}{2m}\right)^4\;\frac{e^{-2x}}{x^2\sqrt{x}}\;.
\end{equation}

The parametrization of each diagram gives:
\begin{eqnarray}
V^C_{(\!)}(x)&=&F_c(x)\left\{-275.364-\frac{51.0923}{x}+\frac{6.54068}{x^2}-
\frac{1.26190}{x^3}+\frac{0.130706}{x^4}\right\}
\label{vc01} \\ [0.3cm]
V^C_{\triangle}(x)&=&F_c(x)\left\{343.558-\frac{14.0446}{x}
\right. \nonumber \\
&&\left.+\left(135.249+14.6514\cdot x+6.43825\cdot x^2\right)\cdot
e^{-0.397835\cdot x}\right\}
\label{vc02}
\\ [0.3cm]
V^C_{\Join}(x)&=&\frac{V^C_{\triangle}(x)}{12}+F_c(x)\left\{
-\frac{265.304}{\sqrt{x}}+\frac{518.531}{x}\right.\nonumber \\
&&\left.-\frac{577.210}{x\sqrt{x}}+\frac{378.004}{x^2}-
\frac{133.374}{x^2\sqrt{x}}+\frac{19.5061}{x^3}\right\}
\label{vc12}
\\ [0.3cm]
V^C_{\Box}(x)&=&F_c(x)\left\{-25.9987+\frac{8.33777}{x}-\frac{0.870724}{x^2}
\right\}\cdot e^{-[0.101214\cdot x+0.00123687\cdot x^2]}
\label{vc09}
\end{eqnarray}

\subsection{Spin-spin potential}

The multiplicative factor for the spin-spin potential is the same as that of
the central potential, and receives contributions from the box and crossed
diagrams only, which are given by
\begin{eqnarray}
V^{SS}_{\Join}(x)&=&F_c(x)\left\{0.408084+\frac{1.05042}{x}+\frac{0.421043}
{x^2}-\frac{0.0284309}{x^3}-0.215829\;\cdot e^{-1.2344\cdot x}\right\}
\label{vss12} \\ [0.3cm]
V^{SS}_{\Box}(x)&=&F_c(x)\left\{0.399845+\frac{1.07191}{x}+\frac{0.216302}{x^2}
-\frac{0.0306271}{x^3}+0.0371333\,x\cdot e^{-0.16808\cdot x}\right\}
\label{vss09}
\end{eqnarray}

\subsection{Spin-orbit Potential}

The spin-orbit multiplicative function is
\begin{equation}
F_{LS}(x)=\left(\frac{g\mu}{2m}\right)^4\left(1+\frac{1}{2x}\right)
\;\frac{e^{-2 x}}{x^3\sqrt{x}}\;,
\end{equation}
\noindent
and individual contributions are:
\begin{eqnarray}
V^{LS}_{(\!)}(x)&=&F_{LS}(x)\left\{-5.88744-\frac{5.51078}{x}+\frac{0.994157}
{x^2}-\frac{0.217562}{x^3}+\frac{0.0336067}{x^4}-\frac{0.00244620}{x^5}
\right\}
\label{vls01} \\ [0.3cm]
V^{LS}_{\triangle}(x)&=&F_{LS}(x)\left\{7.34548+\frac{2.15233}{x}-
\frac{0.381025}{x^2}\right. \nonumber \\
&&\left.+\left(7.48798-0.448484\cdot x+0.391431\cdot x^2\right)
\cdot e^{-0.419984\cdot x}\right\}
\label{vls02} \\ [0.3cm]
V^{LS}_{\Join}(x)&=&-\frac{V^{LS}_{\triangle}(x)}{4}+F_{LS}(x)\left\{
\frac{5.67235}{\sqrt{x}}-\frac{10.6417}{x}\right.\nonumber \\
&&\left.+\frac{14.7389}{x\sqrt{x}}-\frac{12.6506}{x^2}+\frac{6.27374}
{x^2\sqrt{x}}-\frac{1.66637}{x^3}+\frac{0.184264}{x^3\sqrt{x}}\right\}
\label{vls12} \\ [0.3cm]
V^{LS}_{\Box}(x)&=&F_{LS}(x)\left\{-1.19527-\frac{1.58089}{x}+\frac{0.319790}
{x^2}-\frac{0.0196461}{x^3}\right\}\cdot\left[1-0.0160259\cdot x\right]^{-1}
\label{vls09}
\end{eqnarray}

\subsection{Tensor Potential}

The commom factor for the tensor potential is
\begin{equation}
F_T(x)=\left(\frac{g\mu}{2m}\right)^4\left(1+\frac{3}{2x}+
\frac{3}{4x^2}\right)\;\frac{e^{-2 x}}{x^2\sqrt{x}}\;.
\end{equation}
\noindent
It receives contributions from the box and crossed diagrams only, which have
the form
\begin{eqnarray}
V^T_{\Join}(x)&=&F_T(x)\left\{-0.204041-\frac{0.510720}{x}+\frac{0.0597556}
{x^2}\right. \nonumber \\
&&\left.+\left(1.32932-0.939553\cdot x+0.706050\cdot x^2\right)
\cdot e^{-2.29686\cdot x}\right\}\label{vt12} \\ [0.3cm]
V^T_{\Box}(x)&=&F_T(x)\left\{-0.246349-\frac{0.521123}{x}+\frac{0.352463}{x^2}
-\frac{0.135028}{x^3}+\frac{0.0303012}{x^4}-\frac{0.00297840}{x^5}
\right\}
\label{vt09}
\end{eqnarray}

\section{Phenomenology}

As discussed in the introduction, one may expect a realistic two-pion exchange
nucleon-nucleon potential to be composed of a minimal chiral background
supplemented by other terms determined by phenomenology. In this section we
estimate crudely the relative weights of these two types of contributions,
by comparing the parametrized expressions of the preceding section with tree
realistic potentials avaliable in the litterature, known as dTRS \cite{TRS75},
Paris \cite{Lac+80}, and Argonne v14 \cite{WSA84}.

In the minimal chiral potential the $\pi$N coupling constant may be kept as a
free parameter, whereas in the realistic versions considered it assumes
slightly different values. Therefore, in order to compare properly the various
results, we subtract the OPEP contribution from each potential and then
divide the remainder by the fourth power of the $\pi$N coupling constant used
in it. We then consider, for various channels, the ratio of this quantity
by that obtained from the parametrization of Sec. II with $g=1$.

The ratios for the ($T=1,\,S=0$) central potential are displayed in
Fig.~\ref{Fig.2}. For distances greater than 7.5 fm, the ratio of the Argonne
potential becomes a constant since, as the minimal chiral background, it
behaves asymptotically as Yukawa functions with double pion mass. In the case
of the dTRS potential, the ratio vanishes because it is relatively short
ranged. The tail of the ratio of the Paris potential, on the other hand, is
rather large and not stable up to 10 fm, probably due to the way it is
parametrized.

The realistic potentials considered here reproduce well NN observables due to
their behaviour in the region below 2.5 fm. Inspecting Fig.~\ref{Fig.2} one
note that, in spite of important differences in this region, the three
potentials display a sort of rough coherence. In all cases the fit of
observables  seem to require contributions with the same sign and about four
times bigger than the chiral background. The case of ($T=1,\,S=1$) central
component is similar. The rough coherence among the realistic potentials is
also present in the ($T=0,\,S=0$) and ($T=0,\,S=1$) central channels, but the
ratios in the region between 1 and 2.5 fm are negative.

In Fig.~\ref{Fig.3} we show the profile function for $V^C$, the spin-isospin
symmetric component of the central potential, which corresponds to the
combination $V^C=V^C_{(\!)}+V^C_\triangle+3V^C_\Box+3V^C_{\Join}$, and is
relevant for symmetric nuclear matter. The chiral background, in the physically
relevant region, is much less attractive than the realistic forces.

In Fig.~\ref{Fig.4} we display the ratio of the ($T=0,\,S=1$) spin-orbit
potentials. In this case there is no coherence among the realistic potentials,
even regarding their signs. Both the tails and medium distance behaviours
of the various ratios differ significantly from the background. The
($T=1,\,S=1$) component behaves similarly.

Finally, the ratios for the $(T=1,\,S=1$) tensor potential are given in
Fig.~\ref{Fig.5}, where is possible to note that the realistic potentials
are roughly coherent below 2.5 fm and about 3 times greater than the
background. In the case of the ($T=0,\,S=1$) component, on the other hand,
this ratio is about 5.

In summary, the crude comparisions made in this section allow one to conclude
that the minimal chiral background for the two-pion exchange nuclear potential
accounts for less than 25\% of the values need in order to reproduce
observations.

\acknowledgments

The work of one of us (C.A.R.) was supported by FAPESP,
Brazilian Agency.

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Upload Date: 15th March
What happened in 1994?
Next week we will be hosting the British Engines Annual Awards 2019!
We will be celebrating the achievements of our apprentices, those apprentices in their final year, and also employees from across the group who have been with the company for 25 years.
In preparation we've taken a look back at what was happening 25 years ago, during the year 1994 when our long serving employees were starting their careers with British Engines…
February 1994: Art thieves snatch the famous painting 'Scream' from a Norwegian gallery. It takes them just 50 seconds to climb a ladder, smash a window and cut the artwork from the wall with wire cutters.
April 1994: The Women's Royal Airforce fully merges into the Royal Air Force.
May 1994: The Channel Tunnel is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the French president, François Mitterrand.
May 1994: Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa.
May 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral is released.
July 1994: PJ and Duncan get ready to 'rhumble'! Ant and Dec release their third single, 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble'; reaching number nine in the official charts.
July 1994: Tony Blair is elected as Labour Party leader.
September 1994: German supermarket Lidl opens its first 10 stores in Britain.
September 1994: The first episode of Friends airs in America.
September 1994: Pulp Fiction is released, proving a massive box office hit.
October 1994: Forrest Gump comes to cinemas in the UK.
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Q: Help regarding installation on acer aspire e5-573 - after finishing installing from USB, boot option does not show up So I have attempted to install Ubuntuvon my Acer aspire e5-573. This laptop I could consider it a fossil, so I thought about making it run easier by replacing windows with ubuntu. Before this it was running in legacy boot mode, so I swapped it to UEFI with secure boot disabled and had to restart like twice for the USB to show up by itself. I have deleted the windows on it and replaced it with ubuntu, but the thing is that it does not show up in the boot menu at all. After the USB installation I removed the USB and pressed enter, laptop proceeded to restart and then no bootable drive found. I restarted several times with no success and I even re- installed ubuntu again and it still did not show up. Considering that now my only option is booting from the USB, how would I make it appear in the boot menu?
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Burghclere FC are still currently in Division Two of the North Berks Football League and the squad are looking forward to next season.
A brand new reserves side will be entered into the North Berks Football League next season and all new players are welcome.
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Rules for coding the cause(s) of death may require modification when evidence suggests that such modifications will improve the quality of cause-of-death data. Before 1999, such modifications were made only when a new revision of the ICD was implemented. A process for updating the ICD that allows for mid-revision changes was introduced with ICD-10. Minor changes may be implemented every year, while major changes may be implemented every three years. Updates to the ICD in 2012 do not have a significant impact on the data on this website.
The ICD not only details disease classification but also provides definitions, tabulation lists, the format of the death certificate, and the rules for coding cause of death. Cause-of-death data presented on this website were coded by procedures outlined in annual issues of the NCHS Instruction Manuals.
For consistency with the data on cancer incidence, the cancer sites in mortality data were grouped according to the revised SEER recodes dated January 27, 2003.External Because NCHS uses different groupings for some sites, the death rates in this report may differ slightly from those published by NCHS. In addition, under the ICD, there are differences in mortality and incidence coding. For example, there are several codes for mesothelioma in ICD-10 (depending on the primary site). However in ICD-O-3, one code captures all of the primary sites that mesothelioma affects.
Because the vast majority of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) cases have developed in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HIV/AIDS is listed as the underlying cause of death. Therefore, KS death rates were not included.
Unlike incidence data, mortality data for a calendar year are not updated after the data file is released. All states and the District of Columbia submitted part or all of their 2015 mortality data in electronic data files to NCHS. Mortality data for the entire United States refer to deaths that occurred within the United States; data for geographic areas are by the decedent's place of residence.
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Jax Ethics Commission Looks Into Sunshine Law Enforcement After City Council Probe
WJCT News | By Brendan Rivers
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In response to a recent criminal investigation of several Jacksonville City Council members, the Jacksonville Ethics Commission is asking Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to issue a legal opinion on local ethics commissions' ability to enforce the state's Sunshine Laws.
Sunshine Laws are designed to give residents access to government meetings at the state and local level. They also prohibit appointed and elected officials from discussing official business outside of those public meetings. Jacksonville city code also requires local officials to follow those rules.
After State Attorney Melissa Nelson issued a report in February concluding a year-long investigation into potential Florida Sunshine Law violations by Jacksonville City Council members, the Ethics Commission wants to know what it can do.
Nelson found thousands of calls between councilmembers leading up to the 2017 and 2018 elections. The investigation looked into communications between former council president and mayoral candidate Anna Lopez Brosche, councilmen Garrett Dennis, Reggie Gaffney and Sam Newby as well as former council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown.
"Common sense dictates that Council members do not spend 62 hours, 74 hours, and 38 hours on the phone with other Council members discussing simple scheduling matters or irregular personal matters," the state attorney wrote. "Council members' initial denials of having substantial telephone contact with other Council members before being confronted with the actual records provides some evidence - perhaps compelling evidence - of knowledge and intent."
But, because Nelson's office couldn't determine what was being discussed in those phone calls, investigators weren't able to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the Sunshine Law had been violated.
The Ethics Commission first sent a request for legal opinion to the city's General Counsel Jason Gabriel.
Related: State Attorney Finishes Jacksonville City Council Sunshine Law Probe; No Charges Filed
In his response dated March 1, Gabriel wrote, "The Ethics Commission may not 'consider and adjudicate alleged violations' of Florida's Sunshine Law or Public Records Law or the Jacksonville Sunshine Law."
"The enforcement of a violation of either the Sunshine Law or Public Records Law is through the court system and not through an administrative process, either state or local. The Jacksonville Ethics Commission does not have jurisdiction to impose any remedy or penalty provided for a violation of the referenced Florida Statutes."
But in the footnotes Gabriel pointed out that "this opinion leaves open the question of the authority of the Ethics Commission to impose fines or other penalties."
Under the Jacksonville city charter, the general counsel's opinion is binding unless the attorney general disagrees on an issue of state law.
"We do, obviously, appreciate Mr. Gabriel's opinion on it, but we thought we should ask the attorney general to verify that," Ethics Commission Chair Joe Rogan said.
Rogan said it's incredibly difficult to enforce the Sunshine Law.
"Basically, you have to prove what two or more people said to each other is criminal," he said. "If you can't get them to just admit that they committed a crime then you've got to prove it through some other way. And if the state attorney can't use a wire tap, you're limited to circumstantial evidence, essentially."
But he said the standards are lower in a non-courtroom context.
"We don't have the authority to put people in jail," Rogan explained. "Because our enforcement jurisdiction is limited, the standard of proof is lower. So before the Jacksonville Ethics Commission, a complainant would not need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt."
"If Attorney General Moody comes back and says, 'Respectfully, I disagree. This is not preempted,' Then we can move forward and have those conversations and figure out if we have a place in Sunshine Law enforcement," he said.
If that is in fact how Moody responds, it would give the Ethics Commission the authority to do things like subpoena and interview witnesses and, if it finds Sunshine Law violations, issue public reprimands, civil penalties of up to $500 or both.
As Brosche faces a city election against incumbent Mayor Lenny Curry, Rogan waved off anyone who might be suspicious of the timing of the commission's inquiry.
"The state attorney released this report, we read it and I don't think we would be doing our job, on the commission, if we waited to address this just because of the timing that it was released," he said. "So I think we're considering it as the facts are happening in the community, and it's not related to any other motive."
Brendan Rivers can be reached at brivers@wjct.org, 904-358-6396 or on Twitter at @BrendanRivers.
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Q: Performing push notification in parse programmatically Hello i'm creating an application that involves users to invite other users to an event and doing this in android. i'm using parse as a BaaS. i saw parse provides a push notification and this can use a console log. I was wondering if this could de done programmatically without using the console where a users sends an invite to all users in the table. UserB can accept or reject the invitation UserA sent out. Could this be done programmatically without involving the console and if so could someone please show with an example i will really appreciate it. Thanks.

A: You do that using cloud code which is javascript (platform independent)
Parse.Push.send({
    channels: [ "channel_name" ],
    data: {
        alert: "Alert message"
    }
}, {
    success: function () {
        response.success(Push was sent");
    },
    error: function (error) {
        response.error("Could not send push " + error)
    }
});

https://parse.com/docs/android/guide#push-notifications


This took me a long time to figure out. I tried using the analog outputs from the DIGI 002 straight onto the imac's built-in input. It only recorded mono. Then I tried selecting the Digi drivers from Screenflow's dropdown menu, but it wouldn't work until I did the following: After closing all my applications, I selected Avid 002 drivers as both input and output under my mac's system preferences and voila! Everything ran smoothly afterwards. I feel kinda silly about how simply the solution was. Watch the vid to see how it works out!
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	public void start();

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Q: Open firefox on top of everything with PowerShell I´m running two scripts.
. C:\path/Set-Window.ps1
Start-Process -FilePath 'C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe' -ArgumentList https://stackoverflow.com
Start-Sleep -Seconds 0
Set-Window -ProcessName firefox -x 194 -y 18 -Width 1180 -Height 715 -Passthru

With  Set-Window.ps1 being:
Function Set-Window {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Sets the window size (height,width) and coordinates (x,y) of
            a process window.

        .DESCRIPTION
            Sets the window size (height,width) and coordinates (x,y) of
            a process window.

        .PARAMETER ProcessName
            Name of the process to determine the window characteristics

        .PARAMETER X
            Set the position of the window in pixels from the top.

        .PARAMETER Y
            Set the position of the window in pixels from the left.

        .PARAMETER Width
            Set the width of the window.

        .PARAMETER Height
            Set the height of the window.

        .PARAMETER Passthru
            Display the output object of the window.

        .NOTES
            Name: Set-Window
            Author: Boe Prox
            Version History
                1.0//Boe Prox - 11/24/2015
                    - Initial build
                1.1//JosefZ (https://superuser.com/users/376602/josefz) - 19.05.2018
                    - treats more process instances of supplied process name properly

        .OUTPUT
            System.Automation.WindowInfo

        .EXAMPLE
            Get-Process powershell | Set-Window -X 2040 -Y 142 -Passthru

            ProcessName Size     TopLeft  BottomRight
            ----------- ----     -------  -----------
            powershell  1262,642 2040,142 3302,784

            Description
            -----------
            Set the coordinates on the window for the process PowerShell.exe

    #>
    [OutputType('System.Automation.WindowInfo')]
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
        $ProcessName,
        [int]$X,
        [int]$Y,
        [int]$Width,
        [int]$Height,
        [switch]$Passthru
    )
    Begin {
        Try{
            [void][Window]
        } Catch {
        Add-Type @"
              using System;
              using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
              public class Window {
                [DllImport("user32.dll")]
                [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
                public static extern bool GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, out RECT lpRect);

                [DllImport("User32.dll")]
                public extern static bool MoveWindow(IntPtr handle, int x, int y, int width, int height, bool redraw);
              }
              public struct RECT
              {
                public int Left;        // x position of upper-left corner
                public int Top;         // y position of upper-left corner
                public int Right;       // x position of lower-right corner
                public int Bottom;      // y position of lower-right corner
              }
"@
        }
    }
    Process {
        $Rectangle = New-Object RECT
        $Handles = (Get-Process -Name $ProcessName).MainWindowHandle   ### 1.1//JosefZ
        foreach ( $Handle in $Handles ) {                              ### 1.1//JosefZ
            if ( $Handle -eq [System.IntPtr]::Zero ) { Continue }      ### 1.1//JosefZ
            $Return = [Window]::GetWindowRect($Handle,[ref]$Rectangle)
            If (-NOT $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Width')) {
                $Width = $Rectangle.Right - $Rectangle.Left
            }
            If (-NOT $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Height')) {
                $Height = $Rectangle.Bottom - $Rectangle.Top
            }
            If ($Return) {
                $Return = [Window]::MoveWindow($Handle, $x, $y, $Width, $Height,$True)
            }
            If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Passthru')) {
                $Rectangle = New-Object RECT
                $Return = [Window]::GetWindowRect($Handle,[ref]$Rectangle)
                If ($Return) {
                    $Height = $Rectangle.Bottom - $Rectangle.Top
                    $Width = $Rectangle.Right - $Rectangle.Left
                    $Size = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.Size -ArgumentList $Width, $Height
                    $TopLeft = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.Coordinates -ArgumentList $Rectangle.Left, $Rectangle.Top
                    $BottomRight = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.Coordinates -ArgumentList $Rectangle.Right, $Rectangle.Bottom
                    If ($Rectangle.Top -lt 0 -AND $Rectangle.LEft -lt 0) {
                        Write-Warning "Window is minimized! Coordinates will not be accurate."
                    }
                    $Object = [pscustomobject]@{
                        ProcessName = $ProcessName
                        Size = $Size
                        TopLeft = $TopLeft
                        BottomRight = $BottomRight
                    }
                    $Object.PSTypeNames.insert(0,'System.Automation.WindowInfo')
                    $Object
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

All of this to open firefox in a specific position on screen. But I also want it to open on top of all the other windows that I have at the moment of execution.
What can I add to the scripts to make this work?

A: Issue an AppActivate command after your other commands.
(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).AppActivate((Get-Process firefox).MainWindowTitle)

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Tag Archives: Epic hurling
Cork versus Limerick, July 29
It is time again to allow yourself dream. To dream that this year is going to be the year that sees that Liam McCarthy trophy come home. The year that your beloved hurlers will conquer all-comers and emerge triumphant in August.
That was my dream as I set out on this photography project back in the month of May.
Cork and Limerick fans in Hill 16
Sitting in the Hogan Stand in Croke Park on Sunday with 7 minutes to go in normal time of the All-Ireland Semi-Final against Limerick I am dreaming. Dreaming of an All-Ireland Final in 3 weeks. Dreaming a gap of 13 years without Cork winning the Liam McCarthy being bridged. Then Limerick begin to claw Cork back; point by point over the next 10 minutes. With each of these points the dream is distancing. The momentum has swung. Limerick sense Cork are dead on their feet. The Limerick crowd in Croke Park sense it. Cork cannot get a hold of the game.
Daniel Kearney hobbling off
1 minute over the regulation 70 and Aaron Gillane pulls Limerick level. The score stands at 1-26 a piece. Anthony Nash pucks out. Cork's Robbie O' Flynn fields the ball and turns. Racing towards the Limerick goal he sees his captain, Seamus Harnedy calling for the ball. A hand pass in and Harnedy has to jump to control it, but he has the ball in his hand. He takes two steps and readies himself to strike the ball home and put the game beyond Limerick. Three Limerick players line the goal. The ball leaves Harnedy's hand and he pulls his hurley back to lash it. The sliotar seems to stop in time and space and another hurley, that of Limerick's goalkeeper Nicki Quaid in flight, stretches across from the right of the goal across Harnedy's body and bats the sliotar away. Harnedy's swing continues but there is no ball there to be met. The chance has gone. Limerick work the ball out and up the field to Pat Ryan. Damien Cahalane fouls him on the left-hand side of the square. Limerick have an easy free in front of Hill 16. An easy free to go 1 point up in the final minute of added on time. The dream looks dead. Aaron Gillane taps it over. Limerick lead by a point and there is 73.10 on the clock. Nash knows his puck out will lead to the last chance for Cork to rescue the game. He pucks out. Lehane gathers the ball for Cork on the 70 yard line under the Cusack Stand. The referee sees a foul and Cork have a chance to level the game. Pat Horgan comes out. Stands over the ball. Stoops and rises and in one movement pops the ball over the bar. The teams are level again. And we head into extra time.
I breathe.
Limerick's John Kiely orchestrating things from the sideline
For me, the two 10-minute periods of extra time had an inevitability about it. I felt Limerick would not be beaten. Cork had seen their best players go off injured. Limerick's subs made a monstrous contribution. And it came to pass. Limerick powered through Cork in the end and were fully deserving of their victory. The hurlers of Limerick and Cork left everything they had on that sod of Croke Park. Cork left their tears too. The roar of the Limerick crowd when the final whistle went is still echoing in the stands. Limerick had every right to rejoice. Cork will have a lot of questions to mull over in the dark winter months ahead. As Joe Cole, a Cork fan, said to me before the first Cork game of the championship: "'Winter is sad until we get going again in summer.' The summer of 2019 seems so distant now, but the dream goes on. For Limerick, the dream is alive. In a little over two weeks they will come to Croke Park again. This time they will play for the biggest prize in hurling. I believe they will win it.
Limerick and Cork teams
Sunday's match was not the easiest for me. First there was the rain. A lot of rain. Not what you want when you were are not dressed appropriately for it and not what you want when you want to stop and engage with fans on their way to the game. At the best of times, stopping fans on their way to the stadiums is not the easiest of things to do. Usually there is a convoy of people making their way along the footpath or road to the game. Stopping them can result in holding up those coming behind. In fairness, the people I have met have all been so patient and supportive. Sunday was a little trickier. The rain was bucketing down for a good hour before the match. I didn't feel comfortable stopping people in the rain to get their photographs.
"I used to go to all the games. I'm De Chief. I used to have an Indian headdress." "I'm not going to the match today. I just came up for the atmosphere. I'll watch it with some buddies in The Shakespeare." Cork super fan Ger 'De Chief' Feehan.
Ger 'De Chief' Feehan
These two neighbours go to all the matches together. "Pa loves to dress up and sure why not. He looks great. Look at those shoes." Liam Goodwin told me. "Beating Kilkenny was like winning the lottery for me. Better! Everything is possible now. We got them off our back." Pa Buckley said.
The Dalton family from Limerick. "What's the best thing? I asked. The buzz; the thrill of it all!" The father Paddy told me. "We always go as a family. Always have. It's what we do."
Two Cork supporters, Tom McCarthy and John O' Connor. "We grew up in Millstreet. It was football all day long, but that's changing now. Before there'd be no players from there on the Cork team, but now sure we've Mark Ellis."
Tom McCarthy and John O' Connor
"I just live five minutes away. Ya, it's great. I get discounted tickets and I can cycle to the games." "Can we make the story that you cycled up from Limerick? I asked. "If you want to, ya.!" Local teacher Rob Griffin is a teacher who lives in the Croke Park area.
Rob griffin
Cork fans dressed for the rain
Limerick fans – No more about it!
Fans on their way to Croke Park
Fans on the way to Croke Park
Throughout this project I have never hidden the fact that Cork hurling means everything to me. I am not impartial in any way. I admire and respect all counties and am happy for the wonderful Limerick fans I have met on the way. When I was in the tunnel of the Gaelic Grounds in June I loved that they had murals depicting the greats of Limerick hurling down the years, but it really struck me that it was so long since they had won an All-Ireland. 45 years. Many fine Limerick teams and players have come and gone in that time and many times they got close to bringing Liam McCarthy Shannonside again, but didn't. I have a feeling this is their year. I really hope that they have not peaked and that they can reach an even higher level in the final. They play a great brand of hurling. Dynamic, skilful and powerful hurling. It would be great to go to the Gaelic Grounds in 2019 and see new murals on the tunnel walls of this young Limerick team with the Liam McCarthy trophy.
I have loved following the rebels this year. There were some glorious days. Sure, last Sunday was a bitter disappointment, but I am immensely proud of the team and the management. They gave it all they had. They played some blistering hurling along the way and while the manner of losing a 6-point lead on the home stretch will cause anguish, I am sure that will come back stronger, better for the experience. The dream lives on. Here's to 2019. Here's to number 31. Rebels Abú!
We'll be back!
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Clare versus Galway: July 28
I arrive in Croke Park for Saturday's Clare and Galway All-Ireland Hurling Semi-final with 30 minutes to go before the 5 pm throw in. 16 minutes past 5 Clare find themselves on the wrong side of a 1-7 to 0-1 scoreline. It looks like this game will be over by half-time. Fast forward to 22 minutes past 7 and the stadium is still full and an incredible scoreline of 1-30 each has been reached by the two teams after two ten-minute periods of extra time. How this happened I do not quite know. In that first 16 minutes an imperious Galway have one foot in the All-Ireland Final. Clare have one foot on the bus home to Ennis with the 2018 championship over for them. Then the Clare management team of Donal Moloney and Gerry O'Connor shuffle their pack. They pull Colm Galvin back as a sweeper and Clare steady. They see out the half well and the 9 points lead Galway had is cut to 4. We have a match. Clare seem to have learnt from their Munster Final defeat to Cork when the Cork team left Clare wait in the heat while they regroup at halftime. Galway are out on the pitch of Croke Park for a good 5 minutes before Clare reappear. 10 minutes later it looks like Galway can pull away from Clare again as they go into a 5-point lead, but this Clare side are resilient and within 4 minutes they have drawn level. With 20 minutes to play the game can go either way. Galway edge ahead a number of times as the game heads towards the final whistle, but each time when they look to be building up a lead, Clare come back. On 67 minutes Galway are 3 points up, leading by 1-23 to 0-23. The game reaches its 73rd minute and Galway are ahead by 1. Clare win a free. Could they possibly bring this game to a replay? Clare's Peter Duggan makes it look easy. Galway 1-23 Clare 0-26. A draw.
My ball!
Fans start to stream out of Croke Park. Where are ye going? Where are ye going? People shout at the departing fans. There's extra time. No replay? No! Two ten-minutes of extra time will be played. Wow! 15 minutes later the teams are back out on the pitch. These two sides have given it their all and they are asked to do it again for another 20 minutes plus. Galway outscore Clare by 3 points to 1 in the first half of extra time. The score is 1-26 to 0-27. Again it looks like Galway will see this out and make their second All-Ireland final in a row. The second half begins and the sun disappears and the rain begins to bucket down. Within 30 seconds Aron Shanagher reaches high for a ball around the Galway square, catches it, takes a couple of steps back and sweetly strikes the ball home. Clare lead for the first time in the match. What can Galway do now? 3 minutes pass and the Galway crowd must be fearing the worst as their main man Joe Canning limps off. Clare lead. Galway bring it back to a 1-point game. There are 4 minutes left. 1 minute later it's level again. We have 3 minutes of extra time. Will there be a winning score? Johny Coen of Galway thinks he has it won for Galway when he hits their 30th point of the game, but in the dying seconds Clare mount an attack and their final substitute Jason McCarthy knows he has the hopes of his whole county resting on his shot. The stadium erupts. The saffron and blue of Clare lights up the stadium. On the puck out the referee James Owens blows his whistle. I sit back in my seat, exhale and immediately my thoughts go to the game coming up tomorrow. Could it possibly be as good as this? It was, but that's a story for another day.
These guys will meet again next Sunday in Thurles
This was my first trip to Croke Park on this project. The recent heatwave had ended and the forecast was for rain for the weekend. Heading up O' Connell Street at about 3 o' clock, I bumped into two young fellas wearing their county colours. Cathal Lowry from Galway and Joe Costello from Clare. The two lads share a house in Limerick and have been giving each other hell leading up to yesterday's match. "Will ye support whoever wins today's match in the final? I asked them. Not a hope. No way. They replied. Limerick. Will support them if they get through tomorrow. Where are ye heading in the stadium? The Hill! Hill 16 is where the real craic is.'
Cathal Lowry and Joe Costello
Mary Haynes and Roger Carey must have thought I was crazy when I jumped out in front of them outside The Gresham Hotel on O' Connell Street to get a photo. "What part of Clare are ye from? I asked. I'm not from Clare! I am a Galway woman. Mary told me showing me her Galway colours. What will the house be like with only one side winning? I asked. Oh, it might be a bit quiet, Roger said. Then again, it mightn't. 'We've a 20 Euro bet on today's match.' Mary told me. I wonder will they double it up for next Sunday's replay.
Roger Hynes from Clare and Mary Hynes from Galway
'Lads, I think ye are a day early, no? "We thought we could get into this match and hide somewhere until tomorrow's one starts, said Kieran Lowe from Charleville in County Cork. He was there with his buddy Colm O' Shea from Bruree County Limerick. "We'd go to a lot of matches together, Colm said, but tomorrow's is special. Anything to wind each other up and sure there's nothing better than a local rivalry. 'Will ye support each other's team after tomorrow? I asked. God, no! said Kieran. Damn right, agreed Colm, sure where's the fun in that?" "I'd love to see Limerick win it if we don't I said. No, no, no!' said Kieran.
Kieran Lowe and Colm O' Shea
"The first match I remember going to was probably the best one. I was at the 1980 All-Ireland final. The one with Joe Connolly's great speech?, I said. Ya, that was the one. What a game to start with. I just wish all of them could have been like that.' Steve McKieran told me. 'We are bringing little Allie to her first match today. Hopefully she will bring us luck. Do ye think ye need luck today? I asked. You always need luck. Steve said. "What is it about going as a family?' I asked. Ah sure it's a great day out and it brings us all together.
The McKieran family from Galway
"Oh we do hold it against her! We waited 28 years for Galway to win and she arrives on the Friday of the All-Ireland!" joked Tracey Gill about her beautiful little daughter, Orna.
Tracey Gill and her beautiful little daughter, Orna.
"Get that ball in our hand as quick as it's thrown in and take the game to them. We need a good start. And a good end too." Mick McNamara told me.
Mick McNamara
Tom McGrath, Michael Caslin and Noel Kelly
A Tipp man, a man from Roscommon and another from Waterford at the Clare Galway game last Saturday. The three friends – Tom McGrath, Michael Caslin and Noel Kelly – see the games as an opportunity to meet up during the year. "We might not see each other for months but when there's a game on in Dublin we make sure to get together."
And so it goes on. What a championship this has been. The next blog post will tell of heartbreak for me. I was absolutely devastated to see my beloved Rebels crash out to Limerick. But the project goes on; the championship goes on. I cannot wait to be in Thurles again this Sunday. I bet the hurlers and fans of Clare and Galway cannot wait either.
Joe Canning sideline cut
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TV Pilots: An Endangered Species? While TV networks traditionally commission dozens of scripts for pilot episodes, only some are actually produced and far fewer turn into series. Now several studios say they will cut back on pilots. Marti Noxon, an executive for ABC's Private Practice, talks about how a reduced pilot-production schedule might affect audiences, TV writers and the studios.
TV Pilots: An Endangered Species?
January 26, 20088:00 AM ET
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While TV networks traditionally commission dozens of scripts for pilot episodes, only some are actually produced and far fewer turn into series. Now several studios say they will cut back on pilots. Marti Noxon, an executive for ABC's Private Practice, talks about how a reduced pilot-production schedule might affect audiences, TV writers and the studios.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
Coming up, a pitch-perfect political speech.
But first, several TV networks have all but pledged to change the way they develop and debut programs. NBC Universal was the first to say it will scale back the number of pilot scripts it orders. CBS, FOX, The CW, also plan to cut production of pilots. The lost of revenue during the writers' strike seems to be one reason but all the networks are interested in trying to reduce the cost of developing and making new TV programs.
Marti Noxon joins us. She's a former executive producer for "Grey's Anatomy" and served as show runner for "Private Practice" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Thanks very much for being with us.
Ms. MARTI NOXON (TV Writer/Producer): Oh, my pleasure.
SIMON: And do you think this is going to affect the way you do business?
Ms. NOXON: You know, short term, absolutely, although what's interesting is NBC actually said they were going to order fewer pilots but as many first episode scripts, which means, their plan is to order lots of scripts and no longer make pilots but actually go from script to series.
So what they're going to do is order six episodes instead of just a pilot. But, you know, short term, the fact that a lot of pilots around town are just not going to get shot, it absolutely impacts everybody.
SIMON: Well, explain how.
Ms. NOXON: There's a very big business in work that never gets seen by the general public here. A lot of writers have written countless pilots that never get made, or countless pilots that got made but never got ordered to series. So there's a real industry in unseen entertainment, and that's going to shrink for a while.
SIMON: From the audience's point of view, is it going to be harder for, let's say, a show that's quirky and not immediately apparent on the printed page as to what its terms could be, but somebody makes a pilot and somebody likes it -harder for those kinds of shows to get picked up?
Ms. NOXON: Yeah, obviously. I think the reason that networks have ordered so many shows is because of that unpredictability. You know, there can be a wonderful pilot on the page, and any number of intangibles, you know, end up making not such a great show. And the opposite is true, which is why they take such - in the past, they've taken such a broad approach to development. You make a lot of pilots and often are surprised by the results, you know, the ones that turn out and the ones that don't.
SIMON: Can you give us some idea just based on your own experience, Ms. Noxon, as to how many pilots of a given season will get produced, and how many go nowhere?
Ms. NOXON: It's typical that as many as 40 to 60 scripts get ordered, 10 to 16 pilots get made, and then anywhere between four to eight actually get on the air.
SIMON: Networks said that they need to dramatically cut costs. Can we appreciate how expensive it is to just put on a pilot?
Ms. NOXON: It is kind of stunning how much money goes into the development process. I mean, a pilot can cost anywhere from two to $8 million. As the writers on strike, I've been looking at the economics of the business, and I know how much money is at stake if something works. So it all kind of makes sense when you crunch the numbers that way.
SIMON: The networks have been famous in recent years for pulling the plug on a series after sometimes just one or two episodes. Do you think this will make networks less likely to pull the plug so early on shows because they don't have as many things in the pipeline to replace them?
Ms. NOXON: I actually think that would be a good result of this. I don't know. I think that it would be great. In some cases where something is just a little corky or need some time to get on its feet if they did let it breathe a little bit. And certainly, some shows have proven to be a success after a year or more.
SIMON: A truncated pilot season will, among other things, mean employment for fewer writers, it sounds like.
Ms. NOXON: You know, what's interesting is this contraction as a business is really more of a reflection of these much bigger changes going on, which I believe that in the next five years, network television won't look anything like it does now. And in some cases, I think that'll be good for the viewer. They're going to have a lot more control over what they watch. They're probably going to be able to go onto an NBC site and pick the show they want to see when they want to see it, just like they'll be able to do with HBO pretty soon.
Is this good news for writers? I think, creatively, it might be really good news for us because there'll be more time to develop projects. But, financially, I think there's just going to be a big shift in the business. And I think in terms of finances, yeah, well, I think it's all changed. And I think there's going to be a less money per project.
SIMON: Marti Noxon, show-runner for "Private Practice." And she also served as executive producer last season on "Grey's Anatomy."
Thank you so much for being with us.
Ms. NOXON: My pleasure.


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The Solo Bradford Briefcase makes a wonderful accessory for anyone in your business circle (clients, vendors, co-workers). Order yours today.
*Obviously, a laptop computer, tablet, and eReader ARE NOT INCLUDED with this custom briefcase.