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Tencent Weibo Launches English Version, Goes Bilingual Faster than Sina
Steven Millward, Penn Olson Sep 26, 2011 - 6:55 AM CDT
While surfing around Tencent Weibo today, we realized something unique about the Chinese microblogging site – it has launched an option to view it in English. Which means that it has beaten its sworn rival Sina Weibo to the punch.
Fellow blogger Willis Wee is also seeing Tencent Weibo in English automatically – probably by detecting the default language of our browser or OS.
It seems like there's some IP-sensing arrangement to ensure that the right readers in various geographical locations are getting the appropriate language version. We made a check in U.S, India and Malaysia, and indeed t.qq.com is showing up in English rather than in Chinese. However, the Chinese version continues to show in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Tencent Weibo now supports simplified Chinese and English, while rival Sina (NSDQ: SINA) Weibo supports both simplified and traditional Chinese character sets. Sina has an English version in the works – but clearly Tencent has won this race.
Sina Weibo's most popular user is the actress Yao Chen, who gathered 10 million followers back in July of this year, and now has 12.5 million. In contrast, Tencent Weibo's hottest user is the athlete Liu Xiang – you can follow him herehere
It's interesting to see that many Chinese celebrities are not using both – perhaps earning endorsement money from being loyal to only one of China's two biggest microblogging platforms. Some Chinese celebs are agnostic, however – such as Hong Kong actress Shu Qi (pictured above).
It's somewhat surprising that Tencent has beaten Sina over its English version despite Sina Weibo being the first to announce its intention to the world. It's also unexpected that Tencent would do it so quietly – we think it slipped out over the weekend. We're still unsure how Tencent will promote its microblogging services to English-speaking markets. Perhaps through celebrity endorsement, just as it did in China.
We'll contact Tencent to see if we can get any update on this story.
[Written with Willis Wee, in ninja-blogging realtime]
» This article was first published by Penn Olson, The Asian Tech Catalog, and is reproduced here with permission.
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One Response to "Tencent Weibo Launches English Version, Goes Bilingual Faster than Sina"
Vlad Lodzinski September 26, 2011
Its not showing up in English for me, and not giving me the option to change to English in the settings either..
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a NEW Casting Thread (let's keep it nice)
imlad replied to imlad's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Imma just gonna pretend all that didn't happen. . . . . okay, so there was the recent casting announcement, and included in that was Maria Doyle Kennedy, who it just so happens I had picked last year for a certain role, and posted in that old, locked thread for that role. That role is Elaida (yes, I know, I've been pushing for Ruth Wilson, but that hit me when I saw her on His Dark Materials and recalled her on Luther). You can check out that page here, where the relevant post is the 20th down. Now they haven't said she is playing Elaida, I admit that. But, Elaida has not been cast. She is a major role in the series. Kennedy is a fairly significant actor, with some hefty experience under her belt. Kennedy is very solid and talented actor (unless she herself prefers actress, one never knows these days), and only enhances the talent of a cast. As far as I'm concerned, next to Pike, she's the most famous person on the cast (for me she's the actually the only one I've watched before, but I was vaguely aware of a few others). Anyone on this forum that has not seen Orphan Black yet, stop right now go start watching it immediately. That entire series and cast is a masterclass in writer and often directing. And not just from Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany, but from almost the entire cast. So yeah, my level of excitement just inceased (though still fairly controlled). And it will go even higher if they announce that she is indeed Elaida. She's the only person other than Wilson I'd be happy with. I loved her as Mrs S, and as Catharine of Aragon, but I'd love to hate her as Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan.
Just one reason the Aiel piss me off
imlad replied to imlad's topic in Wheel of Time Books
I ask you to please read what I wrote again carefully and ask yourself where I actually approve anything. All I said was I understand, and in fact the quote you yourself use shows me, in bold print no less, stating my opposition to slavery, which the leashing is a part of. But to those people, the natives of Seanchan, their cultural truth is that channelers are the gravest of threats (think of the fear of male channelers on the Eastern side of the ocean), one can should be able to understand why they would want them controlled, whether or not you agree with said control. I can understand a great many things that I would not condone or approve of. That does not make my stance inconsistent in anyway. It just means I am capable of seeing things from angles I disagree with.
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[Disney's] Star Wars Episode IX
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What would you want to tell Rafe Judkins about making the show?
I really enjoyed this one!
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I can understand the slaughter of armies brought out to stop them from getting at Laman, that's a given, arms were brought to bear, and battle was made. But the maltreatmen and disdain shown towards civilian commoners is what bugs me the most. Those are the people who had no knowledge of what Laman planned to do before he had the chora tree cut down, could not have stopped him from doing it when he did, and probably didn't even know about it afterwards. All they knew is suddenly these crazy veiled gingers come running down from the mountains laying waste to everything before them, calling them Treekillers. "What frakking tree?" They had nothing to do with killing a tree! Did the rest of the Aiel treat the Shaido who didn't put up with Couladin and Sevanna's BS like absolute crap and blame them for C&S's actions? No (they might not have treated them great, but they didn't basically kick them in the face the way they did to the common Cairhienin). I actually have more respect for the Children of the Light, partially because they stood for something, and partially beacause they were about 20% right (around 1 in 5 Aes Sedai turned out to be a Darkfriend afterall)*. I might not agree with most of their attitudes, actions or tactics, but as a whole they didn't perpetrate wholesale slaughter in the wetlands with poor justification. If someone thinks the death of a tree, not matter what sort of tree, no matter how precious or what it represents, is worth the lives of thousads, tens of thousands or more, then they are seriously messed in the head. One tree is not worth the life of even one human being. Period. And of course the Aiel knew there was no way they would be able to just come pouring over the mountains and into Cairhien to take and kill Laman without armies coming to stop them. Wwhy else would they have come in such numbers if they didn't expect resisitence? How many Aiel does it take to kill one wetlander after all? No, they knew there would be serious resistence, so they knew it would be a slaughter. In that same vein, the whole concept that honor is something worth taking or giving a life for... that's insanity. "Death before dishonor" (as I've heard some say in real life, and in some fictional settings) has got to be the most foolish, asinine, mentally unfit, nigh suicidal statement conceivable to me. That's not to say one shouldn't act and behave with honor, but honor should never be the "be all and end all" of life. Life should be. Life is what is precious, not honor. Honor is a goal to attain and try to maintain. Taking a life for matters of honor doesn't make you a noble warrior, it makes you a cold blooded murderer. Nothing more. Giving your life for honor, whether on the battlefield or in some sort of suicide, that's simply suicide. Nothing more. My take away from the series is that in addition to the tendency to blame an entire nation for the actions of one man with all the power, the Aiel have little care for human life in general, including Aiel lives. To them, like many real world cultures today, life is cheap. And I find that immoral. (Of course, there are a number of cultures/groups in these books that this could be said of as well, just the Aiel are the most egregious offenders in my opinion, but I'm willing to hear arguments for others.) * For that matter, in some ways I have more respect and understanding of the Seanchan even; I do NOT agree with nor condone slavery in anyway, but I understand why they leash the damane after the what?, thousands? of years of channelers ruling over their own petty nations as tyrants. Isn't that what the books tell us Luthair's fleet found when they crossed the ocean? (I'm including the Big White Book in that) Now, sure, the leashing of channelers was a political move by the ruling class, but in the mindset of the underclasses damane definitely needed to be leashed due to their cultural memory of history in their lands.
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In my opinion, the mentality of the Aiel is just utter stupidity on so many levels I could write another one of my long Walls of Text about it, but I'm not up to that right now. I just have to get this one point down and out of my head before it bursts. Aiel take great pains to point out to wetlanders that Aiel chiefs are not wetlander kings, and that any Aiel can talk to their chief. To me, this implies some sort of responsibility from the chief towards his clan members (even though the chief was chosen by the Wise Ones). And it also implies that the Aiel understand that wetlander kings have no responsibility towards their commoners, and that commoners have zero control over their kings. So why are the Aiel so stupid as to hate and blame all Cairhienin for Laman's cutting down of the chora tree? The have to know that no Cairhienin noble, let alone commoner, had any ability to control or stop Laman from doing this. So why hold all of them responsible for this man's act? Would the Aiel hold all Taardad Aiel to blame for something that Rhuarc did? And further, doesn't ji'eh'to revolve around the whole idea of personal responsibility for one's own actions? So doesn't blaming all Cairhienin and holding them to account for what Laman did fly in the face of ji'eh'to? How does the Aiel blaming all Cairhienin, and often killing Cairhienin, for what Laman did, fit in with ji'eh'toh? How did pouring over the mountains into the wetland and devastating everything in their way fit with this supposed code of "honor?" I say it doesn't, and that in the end, Aiel have no sense of real honor whatsoever, and only utilise ji'eh'toh when it fits their purposes. They are savages who have a serious problem with sado-masochism, and the only place they truly belong is in the Waste, as that is the sort of land that befits a people with so little regard for life and civilisation. To the Aiel, any concept of honor is, much as it is with many nobles in the wetlands, just an excuse to kill. And before anyone says anything, as far as I am concerned, 99% of all the nobles in the wetlands should be dumped into the Waste as well, Borderland nobles aside (probably). Prove me wrong.
My 2019 Entertainment Retrospective
imlad replied to imlad's topic in Entertainment Club's Entertainment Discussions
It was fairly cool, typical of the format I'd say. Just had a host and no resident audience, but some questions via social media. No questions that particularily stood out (but then, at this point I've watched a few hundred hours of Q&As from panels and cons over the past dozen years it seems for every show out there, so they all kinda blend together after a while). Only thing I didn't like about the Q&A was no Bradley Walsh (my favorite of the three current Companions, not to denigrate Mandip or Tosin at all though).
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What do Gateways look like on the back side? And how did Ishy do....
Thanks, I thought it was something like that, just couldn't recall. Thanks for the input.
Love the New Who, haven't watched much of the original stuff though. Just went yesterday (Sunday 5 January 2020) to see parts one and two of "Skyfall" the series 12 premiere at the local theatre, with a Q&A broadcast to all the theatres holding the event of Whitaker, Gill and Cole. Was pretty neat watching Doctor Who on the big screen, and seeing it a few hours before the rest of the States got to see it (I think the show started for us in the theatres about the same time it started up in the UK). And thanks for the How To on the spoiler tagging.
Totally apropos of nothing: what other guys around here have long hair?
imlad replied to imlad's topic in Off-Topic
Sweet! How long do you plan to let it grow, do you know? Do you see many guys in your area with long or long-ish hair, or does it seriously stand out?
@Krakalakachkn that's a mighty impressive list! Especially the list of films. (I like your "Best of" lists, though I haven't seen the movies listed yet I have heard many good things on all the Entertainment News and analysis shows I watch). Which Doctor Who is that, the original or the 2005? And I ❤ The West Wing, it is one of my all time favorites. I see a lot of familiar stuff in your lists, but also plenty that I mean to get to at some point. I do have to ask, how'd you do that thing where you hid stuff? That's gonna be handy in the future.
Yeah, basically the topic says it all. If you were to go around to look at the back of a Gateway, the side opposite where everyone comes out, what would you see? I can't remember if this was ever addressed in the books or not, and if so, how. While I'm asking silly questions, how did Ba'alzamon kill all the rats in Baerlon? Did he do it somehow from the Dreamshard he had the boys in? Did he leave the 'shard to come to Baerlon in the flesh and then channel the backs broken of all the rats? What gives here, or is this just another of the wonky ways the early books don't match up to the rest in how magical stuff works?
Entertainment to look forward to in 2020
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I'm definitely looking forward to WW84, that trailer was bloody cool! And I have this sort of crush on Gal Gadot, the best part of the whole DC movie franchise, really. Looking forward to the final two episodes of the DC/CW crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in a couple weeks, which is the penultimate episode of Arrow and the season premier of (my favorite DC/CW show) Legends of Tomorrow. Season 2 of The Mandalorian is supposedly going to air in the Fall, so I'm a bit thrilled to see more of Baby Yoda The Child ?. I presume seasons two for both His Dark Materials and Doom Patrol will be released this year, and season 5 for The Expanse, meaning I'll have even more superb fare on the telly in 2020. I'm beyond excited to see Scarlett Johannsen finally get to be the lead in an MCU film with Black Widow coming out in a few months, and I'm looking forward to learning about The Eternals in their own MCU movie when it's released this Summer (Brian Tyree Henry as a superhero? Oh, Hells yeah!!!? Angelina Jolie in an MCU movie? Hell yeah!?). Brandon Sanderson finished the rough draft of "Stormlight Archive #4" on New Year's Eve, and tweeted that we should expect the book probably in November or so (at least that's according to the news vid I watched earlier today). So I am very much anticipating that. And that's all I can think of off the top of my head, without Googling for what is being released in this coming year.
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I'd love to see that! I warn you though... it can get tough to record everything. A couple years ago I tried to record what you saw above plus every internet video I watched that was over 20 minutes and it was just too much to handle as I watched a lot of stuff from the internet; if I had included videos shorter than 20 minutes it would have been beyond pure insanity! That's why I left anything that was just YouTube or Vimeo type stuff off of the list this year (however, if it was a TV series that was on something like Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube or CouchTuner that I watched, I counted it as television). When I tried to record everything watched, short videos aside, it just turned into too much work, really. And eventually, usually in the middle of the year around convention season, I would realise I had missed recording somethings, often several somethings, usually convention panels. But the problem would be that I couldn't always remember which ones I had actually watched, since I would be watching so many panels around the same time, from that year's conventions as well as past year's. And I would just give up; "it's not complete and accurate, I'm not gonna record it at all!" was what I'd think to myself. That's why I've decided to keep it to just television shows (basically whatever the Emmys and/or BAFTAs would classify as telly), movies (feature length as well as shorts, documentaries and comedy specials, just for giggles...see what I did there??) and books (which would include graphic novels, comic books, academic papers, novellas and short stories if I read any of those formats). There are regular weekly shows from YouTube that I watch that I didn't include for 2019 that I am thinking of including as TV for 2020. Stuff like Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin's "Fatman Beyond" show they do from the "Scum and Villainy Cantina" in Los Angeles (the two of the BS for a while about what they were up to recently, then they BS about the recent geek news, and then they do a Q&A; episodes run 90-120 minutes), and "The Dusty Wheel" that Mat Hatch from TheoryLand does every Wednesday. But yeah, I'd love to compare my "2020 in Entertainment" to your's, and anyone else's. You'll have a whole category or two I won't have (unless I start recording my podcast feeds/shows, and I don't listen to much music, not even when I'm at the music festival I go to every September), but it will still be cool to see what everyone has.
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The end of 2019 has finally passed, and I can now look back and see the full picture of what entertainment media I consumed for the year. As has been the case the past few years, it has been dominated by TV (and YouTube, which I didn't include in this retrospective). Below you will find my list of the top TV shows of the year, the worst shows of the year, the books I read in 2019, the films I saw in 2019 (although not necessarily released in that year), and all the television shows I watched during the year (including the ones I only watched an episode or three of before giving up or just never going back). [You'll notice many TV shows get listed twice in the "Television Shows Watched" list; the first time is finishing the season that began in 2018, and the second time is starting the season that began in 2019.] In 2020 I expect a shift towards books, or I plan on one at least. I've already unsubbed from several YouTube channels that eat up a lot of my time, and I'm planning to cut back on the telly this year as well. I hope. But I've got a stack of books I'm determined to get through by year's end, so I need to find the time. Thankfully, but somewhat sadly, a number of the programs listed below had their final season/series in 2019. Top 20 TV Shows of 20191) Watchmen2) Doom Patrol3) The Expanse4) Luther5) The Boys6) Man in the High Castle7) Legends of Tomorrow8 ) The Mandalorian 9) His Dark Materials10) True Detective11) Black Mirror12) Cloak & Dagger13) Young Justice - Outsiders14) Good Omens15) The Punisher 16) Umbrella Academy17) The Planets (BBC docu-series)18) Daredevil 19) The Magicians20) Game of ThronesHonorable Mentions (not in any particular order)Jessica JonesVictoriaVeronica MarsStranger ThingsSwamp ThingWorst TV Shows watched in 2019 (#1 being the worst)1) Another Life2) The War of the Worlds (BBC miniseries)3) Knightfall4) Nightflyers5) RiverdaleBooks read in 2019 (in order read)How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by TaylorGenesis by Ken LozitoNemesis by Ken LozitoLegacy by Ken LozitoSalvation Lost by Peter F HamiltonSanctuary by Ken LozitoDiscovery by Ken LozitoEmergence by Ken LozitoKing of Ashes by Raymond E Feist (started, 65% complete)Films seen in 2019 (incl: documentaries & comedy hours; # is rating out of 10, in order seen) Aquaman (7.7)Captain Marvel (8.9)Annihilation (9.3)Dumbo (7.4)Shazam! (8.3)Avengers: Endgame (9.0)Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (BTS documentary) (9.5)The Atomic Soldiers (documentary short) (9.5)Dark Phoenix (7.2)The Lego Movie (7.8)Ramy Youssef - "Feelings" (Comedy hour) (9.4)Spider-Man: Far From Home (7.9)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (9.8)Once Upon A Time... 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I don't often go to Port Louis – well not unless I really need to! That is how most people in Mauritius feel about the capital I think. It's big, hot and sticky, noisy with too many cars. But once in while well I have to bite the bullet. This time was for my car servicing. Unfortunately, I wasn't very lucky with the weather: it kept raining on and off the whole day – so all the things I had planned well I couldn't really do them. Well never mind: I spend the day with my in-laws. As you might know they are of Chinese descent: 3rd and 4th generation immigrants from China.
I really fancied eating a Briani – the Mauritian version of Biriani. The best place – and one of the oldest ones in Port Louis is Ravenale. Well this is actually New Ravanale because they used to be located in a tiny place down an even smaller alley. They simply had to move because of a lack of space. The new restaurant complete lacks of charm, but the food briani is still as good.
I'll post about that place another time, when I find the pictures from the old place – because really when you talk culture differences, this one is great.
So, as we were walking to the restaurant, I noticed a little gate open on the main street of Chinatown. That gate is always closed – even my mum-in-law commented that it was the first time she saw it open. So I had to peak – well yeah… am a bit nosy.
At the end of the alley, there was a small pagoda: a Chinese temple. My father-in-law told me that it belongs to 3 different clans. All clans apparently have a small pagoda like this. I need to get my father-in-law to take me to theirs – a little mission for another day. There are 11 pagodas in Mauritius and they are all located in Port Louis. Most (all?) of the pagodas in Mauritius are built facing North and the divinities facing the ocean.
After lunch my parents-in-law decided to drive me to a pagoda. I have visited a few in Singapore, but never in Mauritius.
Related article: Things to do in Singapore (including a very complete guide on Chinatown in Singapore).
The first we went to was unfortunately closed. It is the biggest one of Port Louis, nicknamed 'Les Salines', because the temple can be found in the area where the first saltworks of the island were located. As far as I know they have all, unfortunately, disappeared and the only remaining today are to be found in Tamarin.
The Kwan Tee Pagoda, also known as Guan Di Pagoda is the oldest in Mauritius; and apparently also in the Southern Hemisphere. It faces the sea on one side and have the the mountains behind it (North). The ground on which the pagoda lays was chosen according to Feng Shui, as the soil is considered prosper (still moving, so still providing). It celebrated its 175 anniversary in 2017.
The cult of Kwan Tee is associated with the God of wealth. Kwan Tee is also the God of war and of righteousness, as well as the benefactor.
The road behind the back entrance didn't exist before as the ocean used to come all the way up to the gardens of the pagoda. Still toady, it is a lovely and quiet place, I think quite propitious to meditation. Kiddos 1 has visited with school (while they were studying heritage), but kiddos 2 still needs to go – am sure he will love it – he can be a very spiritual little one.
This is one of the pagoda my father-in-laws family used to come to when he was a child.
As this one was closed, we decided to try another one. The Nam Shun Fooy Koon Pagodas are located next to the Champs de Mars, in the northern part of Port Louis. This is where my in-laws ancestors are buried. There are actually two Pagodas here: the Kwan Tee Pagoda and the Tin Hao Pagoda.
The Kwan Tee Pagoda was first built in 1895, and renovation were started in 1970 and a new temple was inaugurated in 1980. They kept the original walls, all the original statues and decorations were restored and can still be found in the temple.
Kwan Tee was a great warrior and at the same time, a man of honour known for his righteousness and benevolence. At his death, he became a hero and is deeply revered by the Chinese people. Besides Kwan Tee, the first Pagoda also houses an altar in the honour of Choy Sun, the God of Good Fortune. There is also a shrine for the deceased, that is where my children's ancestors are. There used to be a cemetery at the back of the pagoda, but the building burned some years back and the altar was moved to the main pagoda.
On the left of the Kwan Tee pagoda there is a little shrine where my father in law told me they used to make their first prayer when they arrived at the temple. This was to pay respect, announce themselves and ask for permission to enter the pagoda.
The other Pagoda, located a bit behind the first one, houses a shrine to Tin Hao, the Goddess of the sea. She is one of the most worshipped goddesses with over 1'500 temples in her name. She is the protector of the fishermen and sailors and by extension the protector of those who travel. People who have family abroad (studying or travelling) pray to the Goddess to protect their relatives while they are away and for safe & good return back home.
Visitors are most welcome in the pagoda, the second we visited has opening times (if am right till 3:30pm). The gate is closed but you can just enter, the keeper will come to meet you and turn on the lights.
I really enjoyed visiting the pagoda, so more with my in laws. They were telling me about when they were kids and used to play with all the cousins in the gardens while their grand-parents would pray. I told them they should take the kiddos and tell them about how the grew up.
As I was leaving I was taking the picture from outside the pagodas, and it literally started to rain. I look up towards the mountain (because the sky was mostly blue over the pagodas, as you can see on the picture above in the post somewhere) and I saw the rain moving in on me and the cute little rainbow formed.
It was a lovely day yes. The first temple I never knew about!! It is one of the reasons why i love Mauritius, the diversity is amazing!
I generally find churches and mosques and temples to be full of "sattwa" – the Sanskrit word for light and truth – as opposed to feelings of activity or decay. These spaces uplift me, and yes, they are great for meditation or contemplation.
One's eyes are more open than usual, and things like rainbows appear.
The briana looks incredible. One of my go-to meals around the globe. Especially in lands or towns with a Muslim influence, as the Muslim ladies make it phenomenally well.


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Kunskapens träd (på gott och ont) eller trädet som ger kunskap om gott och ont ett träd som särskilt omnämns i Bibelns skapelseberättelse. Det växte mitt i Edens trädgård tillsammans med Livets träd.

Kunskapens träd var fruktbärande, men Adam och Eva förbjöds av Herren Gud att äta av frukterna från just det trädet. Om de åt av frukten från trädet skulle de dö hade Gud sagt till dem. Adam och Eva lät sig dock övertalas av ormen att äta av trädets frukter. De fick därigenom kunskap om att det inte var bra att visa sig nakna, och gömde sig för Gud. En konsekvens blev att de förvisades från Eden så att de inte kunde äta av Livets träd och leva för evigt. Inom judendom och islam finns motsvarande berättelse om syndafallet och den förbjudna frukten. I Koranen åts dock den förbjudna frukten från det eviga livets träd.

Uttryckssättet "kunskapens träd på gott och ont" är ett äldre sätt att säga "kunskapens om gott och ont träd". Båda dessa uttryckssätt kan idag missförstås. I Bibel 2000 översätts i stället uttrycket till Trädet som ger kunskap om gott och ont.

Bibeln ger ingen antydan om hur frukten från kunskapens träd såg ut. De har dock av kristna konstnärer ofta avbildats som äpplen.

Se även
Syndafallet

Externa länkar

Gamla testamentet
Adam och Eva

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I'm proud to announce that I've recently segued into making sculpted hats. HighFi can currently be found inside Georgiabean Lately on Crush Row on our Doll City sim. Here are a few samples of what's out.
Note: There is one shop available on Crush Row at the moment. Rent is 800L week for 200 prim and is paid every 2 weeks minimum. Please message either Carissa Crimson, Babyhoney Bailey or Twisted Vendetta for more info. Rentals are subject to approval by us.
Also, Valentines Day Hunt ends tonight, so head on down to the sim to get your 1L gifts and freebies!
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A federal judge in California has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow the long-term detention of illegal immigrant children. The Justice Department has sought changes to a long-standing settlement that would permit the government to keep underage migrants in detention alongside their parents. This would have enabled a key part of Mr. Trump's executive order to end the separation of immigrant families. But judge Dolly Gee said the administration's request was a cynical attempt to shift immigration policy making to the courts.
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Newbie here!! And my first post. Love this Keg.. bought it used a few weeks back and have used it every single day. Amazing results after the learning curves. Anyhow, I need to get a replacement gasket, called OMC and they want 34.00 plus shipping from Canada (didnt ask what that would be).. wonder if there is something tried and true that will work just as well or better that you all have tested. Also, second part... Pitmaster IQ, picked one of those up and love it but would like to install it through the bulkhead so I dont have to take the adapter out each time I want to make pizza/grill/higher temp cooking. The one they have I dont like as much as the one from BBQ Guru but that one looks like it might be too large for the IQ hose. Has anyone made one from the hardware store that works for the IQ, same style as the Guru one but less than 40 bucks?? Thanks in advance for any and all help!!
Tezzer96, welcome to the forum.
I recall seeing some posts on here where others have drilled a hole through the side of the keg and installed a ball valve with bulkhead fitting for the ATC. Do a search something should come up. Unfortunately, many of the photos are gone since Photobucket broke everyone's links.
Here's one example with photos still working.
Same for the gasket. Here's a link that may help.
Thank you for the welcome. Glad to be smokin'/grillin'... anywho, any experience with the felt gasket? The price to get the BSK gasket seems steep to get to Colorado and can't seem to find replacement ones anywhere even other ones that might fit.. I do like to do pizza on the grill so do not want to burn up and felt material. Thoughts or experience?


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Bruce J. Altshuler
Ph.D. 1977 (Philosophy), M.A. 1974, Harvard University; B.A. 1971 (Philosophy), Princeton University.
History of exhibitions, history of museums, modern and contemporary art.
International Association of Art Critics (AICA/USA); American Association of Museums; College Art Association.
Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship, 2010
Sir Banister Fletcher Award, 2009
ACLS Study Fellowship, 1980-81
"The Art Market and Exhibitions of the Avant-Garde," in Cristina Baldacci, Clarissa Ricci, and Angela Vettese, eds., Double Trouble in Exhibiting the Contemporary: Art Fairs and Shows (Milan: Scalpendi Editore, 2020)
"Innovating Sites," in Paula Marincola, ed., Site Read: Seven Curators on their Landmark Exhibitions (Mousse Publishing and The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, 2019)
"The Times Square Show," Mousse Magazine, 61, December 2017
"Tate Modern: a museum for our times", The Art Newspaper, June 15, 2016
"The Met gets a second chance to get contemporary art right", The Art Newspaper, April 2016
"Collections, Audience, and Enlightenment," in Kurt Almqvist and Louise Belfrage, eds., Museums of the World: Towards a New Understanding of a Historical Institution (Stockholm: Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, 2015)
"Exhibitions Take Center Stage," Art in America, June/July 2013
Biennials and Beyond; Exhibitions that Made Art History, 1962-2002 (Phaidon Press, 2013)
"A Canon of Exhibitions," MJ - Manifesta Journal, No. 11, Spring/Summer 2011.
"Threads of Chance and Intention," in Iwona Blazwick, ed., A Manual for the 21st Century Art Institution (London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2009)
Salon to Biennial -- Exhibitions That Made Art History, Volume I: 1863-1959 (Phaidon Press Inc., 2008)
Collecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005), editor.
"'Once an Oriental Always an Oriental': The American Display and Reception of Noguchi's Ceramics," in Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics, ex. cat. (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2003).
"Isamu Noguchi Indoors: Home Furnishings and Interior Design," in Isamu Noguchi Sculptural Design. Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum. 2001.
"Instructions for a World of Stickiness: The Early Conceptual Work of Yoko Ono," in Yes. Yoko Ono. New York: Japan Society and Harry N. Abrams. 2000.
The Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the Twentieth Century. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1994. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1998.
"Art by Instruction and the Pre-History of do it," in do it. New York: Independent Curators Incorporated. 1997.
"Adrian Piper: Ideas into Art," Art Journal, Winter 1997
"The Pranksters of Paris," Art in America, February 1997
"'The Modern World is Our Business': The Carnegie International in the Gordon Bailey Washburn Years, 1950-1962," in International Encounters: The Carnegie International and Contemporary Art, 1896-1996. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art. 1996.
"Buckminster Fuller: Three Urban Projects," in Sites & Stations: Provisional Utopias. New York: Lusitania Books. 1996.
Isamu Noguchi. New York: Abbeville Press. 1994.
Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations. Co-editor. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1994.
"The Cage Class," in FluxAttitudes. Ghent: Imschoot Uitgevers. 1991.
Art Exhibitions After 1960 (MSMS-GA 3330)
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Q: Fixing and pointwise-fixing of a structure in a suqare Suppose we have this square in the context of Abstract Elementary Class ${\frak K}=(K,\leq_\frak K)$:
$$
\require{AMScd}
\begin{CD}
N_1 @>f_1>> N_3 \\
@A{\preceq_\frak K}AA @AA{f_2}A\\
M_0 @>{\preceq_\frak K}>> N_2
\end{CD}
$$
My question is, what is the relationship among these properties of that square:
(1) the square commutes,
(2) the square fixes $M_0$, and
(3) the square fixes $M_0$ pointwise.
Moreover, what needs to be assumed about $M_0,N_1,N_2,N_3,f_1$ and $f_2$ to make sense of this question in each item (1),(2) and (3) above, respectivelly,besides that $f_1$ and $f_2$ are $\preceq_\frak K$-embeddings in $\frak K$?
I'm esp. interested in the difference between (2) and (3). I also think
that (1) is the same as (3),but (2) is different.In fact, I'm not sure what (2) means and how it is different from (3).

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ASTON MARTIN RACING HAS FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN SIGHTS AHEAD OF UNIQUE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
Posted by sportscarracingnews ⋅ September 14, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment
Filed Under 2020, 24 hours le mans, alex lynn, aston martin racing, fia wec, fia world endurance championship, Harry Tincknell, marco sorensen, Maxime Martin, nicki thiim, Paul Dalla Lana, preview, Richard Westbrook, sportscar racing, sportscar racing news
Aston Martin Racing heads into the 88th running of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans aiming to take its third class victory with Vantage, and secure the 2019/2020 World Endurance Championship. For the first time at the Circuit de la Sarthe, both classes will race with the current turbo-charged 4-litre V8 Vantage GTE, with three works team entries and one customer car firmly setting sights on its maiden Le Mans win.
This year, for only the third time in its history, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been moved from its traditional mid-June slot to a late-September date and sadly, for the first time, the famous event will be run behind closed doors as France moves to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But while there will be no fans in the tribunes opposite the world's busiest pitlane, Aston Martin Racing is determined to put on a good show for the millions watching on television around the world by repeating its 2017 triumph for Darren Turner, Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra.
Last year's GTE Pro pole-sitters and the current FIA World Championship (WEC) GTE Drivers' points leaders Nicki Thiim (DEN) and Marco Sørensen (DEN) lead the charge in the #95 'Dane Train' and will be joined by the super-experienced Richard Westbrook (GB). Only Thiim has stood on the top step of the podium at Le Mans before, when Aston Martin last won the GTE-Am class in 2014, but victory for him and Sørensen is all the more important in 2020 because it could also net them the world championship title depending on the fate of their closest rivals.
"I hope that we can win it this year, it feels like our time to fight for it," said Thiim. "Just to be so competitive is a great feeling after the frustrations we've encountered at Le Mans in recent years. We also need to keep the right mentality towards the world championship. There are a lot of points at stake and for us, the main objective is to stay ahead of Porsche, so we want to finish ahead of them in the race."
Sørensen added: "This year's Le Mans is going to be one of the most important races in my career. We are going to race hard and try and win it but we are also going to be thinking a lot about the championship. We have to keep our heads down and focus."
Their team-mates Alex Lynn (GB) and Maxime Martin (BEL), who will be joined in the #97 Vantage GTE by British racer Harry Tincknell, are among those who can challenge the Danes for the title, but to do so they must record a strong finish at Le Mans ahead of the #95 car.
All three Aston Martin crews, including the #98 GTE Am team of Paul Dalla Lana (CDN), Ross Gunn (GB) and Augusto Farfus (BR) will benefit from significant testing preparations in recent weeks, as the team honed the Vantage GTE for the specific requirements of the fast Le Mans circuit. The car will go in to the 2020 edition at La Sarthe with different Michelin tyre options as well as optimized suspension, brake and aero set ups since the cars last raced there more than 14 months ago.
As one of the favourites in the GTE Am battle, the #98 crew will face strong competition from Aston Martin Racing partner team TF Sport whose drivers Salih Yoluc (TUR), works driver Charlie Eastwood (GB) and 2017 winner Adam (GB) have won three races so far this season and are just 12 points away from the championship lead. "We set out at the beginning of the season to regain the world championship we won in 2017, and that remains our target, but it would be the fulfillment of a dream to win Le Mans!", said Dalla Lana, who has never triumphed at Le Mans but has come very close on several occasions.
Aston Martin Racing Head of Performance, Gustavo Beteli said: "This is one of the strongest driver line-ups that we have ever taken to Le Mans across the three entries, and we have worked incredibly hard to prepare the cars for this year's race. Nothing has been left on the table, but Le Mans is one of the most challenging races and there are plenty of things that can happen that are out of your control. This year's race will be different because of the time of year, and 12 hours of it will be run in the dark. Success will be all about focus, a good strategy and hitting the ground running."
Aston Martin Racing Team Principal Paul Howarth added: "Le Mans is always about preparation and focus if you want to be competitive, and this year it is even more critical with the necessary distractions surrounding measures to protect everyone from the coronavirus as well as the significant changes to the schedule. Moreover, with double the points on offer than you receive for a regular six-hour race, a good result can confirm a title while a poor result might render us out of contention. It is absolutely critical we absorb these pressures and use it to motivate us further, so that we take advantage of all opportunities."
Aston Martin Vice President Chief Special Operations Officer and President Aston Martin Racing David King said: "It's been a while since we have been in this position, where we go to Le Mans in a position to fight for class victory and also be at the sharp end of a fierce fight for world championship titles. It's why we enter WEC and it's why we compete at Le Mans and we relish the prospect of being able to compete for both. I firmly believe that with a fair wind, and a strong performance, the car and the team has the capability to deliver a fifth class win for Aston Martin in the modern era and the first world championship title since 2017."
Driver quotes:
Marco Sørensen (DEN), #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "This year's Le Mans is definitely going to be one of the most important for both myself and Nicki's career. Yes of course it is important to win the race, but we are also fighting for the world championship. We are going to race hard and try and win it but we are also going to be thinking a lot about the championship. We have to keep our heads down and focus. We are all ready for the big show, the car is fast, the team is pumped, we just need to get on with it now."
Nicki Thiim (DEN), #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "It's sad that there won't be any spectators this year as they are the most important part of the race, but as soon as the helmet goes on it's about getting the job done and I'm just happy that at least we can go out racing now. I hope that we can win it this year, it feels like our time to be able to fight for it. Just to be competitive is a great feeling after the frustration in recent years. We also need to keep the right mentality towards the world championship. There are a lot of points at stake and for us, the main objective is to stay ahead of Porsche in the points."
Richard Westbrook (GB), #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "This is the biggest race of every endurance driver's year and to be contesting it with Aston Martin Racing is a great honour. So much preparation goes into getting ready for this one event. Le Mans is different to the other races in WEC, not just in length but with the high grip level of the track and the high speed nature of it as well. Every driver loves coming here. I think we will all miss the fans, they make this race what it is and they are so important. We will do what we can to put on a good show."
Alex Lynn (GB), #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "It felt good to be on the podium again at Spa-Francorchamps and, once again we showed the pace that we have in the crew and the car. Now we have another chance to prove it in the biggest race of them all. It won't be the same without the fans there, but this is still Le Mans, and it's an event every driver wants to win. I have the best driving crew I could hope for with Maxime and Harry joining us for this race. I believe we have everything we need to fight for the win, and if we do, that will bring us right back into the world championship hunt."
Maxime Martin (BEL), #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "Le Mans is the big event of the year. It's going to be tough. The championship is very close – we have been fighting for the top step of the podium nearly every race this season and it is going to be a challenge. I'm very sad that there is no public this year which especially, for an event like this, is going to be a bit strange. But I think it is better to race without the public than not race at all so I'm very much looking forward to it. I hope that the work that we have done in the background means the package will be great from the start. It's going to be a long race, but we have a good chance."
Harry Tincknell (GB), #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE: "It's an honour to be a British racing driver competing for Aston Martin Racing at Le Mans. If you look at the names associated with Aston Martin, it's a list that features some of the greatest drivers that have raced at Le Mans. I feel fortunate to have joined the team at a time when the car is at a peak level of competitiveness. The team has prepared for the event really well and I've bonded quickly with Max and Alex, and, having spent time testing it in recent weeks I'm very confident that the Vantage is able to fight at the front in the most important race of the year."
Paul Dalla Lana, #98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE: "We set out to regain the world championship we won in 2017 at the beginning of this long and unique season, and that remains our goal. But winning Le Mans is a special dream, and we have come so close in the past. We have the car and the team to do it, and along with Ross and Augusto we will give it our best shot."
The race begins at 1430 CET on Saturday, 19 September, 2020
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U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan addresses the audience at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville.
PHOENIXVILLE – Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-6) reflected on her State of the Sixth Town Hall Tuesday night:
"In 'normal' circumstances, gathering together in this historic theatre would be special –but last night, it was very special because this gathering and this event marked more than two years since I have been able to address members of our community in this particular venue, the Colonial Theatre," said Houlahan.
Houlahan's address was accompanied by a Year in Review video and PowerPoint presentation that provided updates from Washington, D.C. on addressing inflation, supporting small businesses and restaurants, reducing supply chain bottlenecks, helping Ukrainians defend themselves against Russian aggression and more.
"The past several years have been more than challenging, there's no doubt about it," added Houlahan. "At home, we have had to make some hard choices and in Congress, I have had to make some hard choices. It is my belief that our best days are ahead of us, and we will not just survive, we will thrive."
After Houlahan's remarks and presentation, Mayor Peter Urscheler moderated the question-and-answer period.
"Phoenixville was honored to welcome Representative Houlahan back to the historic Colonial Theatre," said Urscheler. "I was excited to see so many thoughtful questions—the Borough of Phoenixville is always a great place for people of all backgrounds and ideologies to come together for respectful dialogue. I was grateful for the chance to moderate the lively discussion and to Chrissy for her insights and sharing her positions on a wide variety of topics with us."
For those unable to attend, a full recording will be made available on Houlahan's website in the coming days.
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Michael Horowitz' Monthly Complaint about FBI and DEA Stonewalling
April 14, 2015 /2 Comments/in Intelligence /by emptywheel
The House Oversight Committee is having a hearing on the problems law enforcement agencies have with sexual harassment and misconduct, as reported by DOJ's Inspector General. DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart will be offering amusing testimony about how the DEA has given its Agents clear instructions that they're really the best evah™ but they need to stop breaking the law.
But because I'm an IG nerd, I'm as interested in what has become a monthly event during DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz' tenure, when he provides details of FBI and DEA's latest stonewalling of oversight. Here's today's version:
Further, we cannot be completely confident that the FBI and the DEA provided us with all information relevant to this review. When the OIG finally received from the FBI and DEA the requested information without extensive redactions, we found that it still was incomplete. For example, we determined that the FBI removed a substantial number of cases from the result of their search and provided additional cases to the OIG only after we identified some discrepancies. These cases were within the scope of our review and should have been provided as requested. Likewise, the DEA also provided us additional cases only after we identified some discrepancies. In addition, after we completed our review and a draft of the report, we learned that the DEA used only a small fraction of the terms we had provided to search its database for the information needed for our review. Rather than delay our report further, we decided to proceed with releasing it given the significance of our findings.
We also determined that the DEA initially withheld from us relevant information regarding an open case involving overseas prostitution. During a round of initial interviews, only one interviewee provided us information on this case. We later learned that several interviewees were directly involved in the investigation and adjudication of this matter, and in follow-up interviews they each told us that they were given the impression by the DEA that they were not to talk to the OIG about this case while the case was still open. In order to ensure the thoroughness of our work, the OIG is entitled to receive all information in the agency's possession regardless of the status of any particular case.
As I have testified on multiple occasions, in order to conduct effective oversight, an Inspector General must have timely and complete access to documents and materials needed for its audits, reviews, and investigations. This review starkly demonstrates the dangers inherent in allowing the Department and its components to decide on their own what documents they will share with the OIG, and even whether the Inspector General Act requires them to provide us with requested information. The delays experienced in this review impeded our work, delayed our ability to discover the significant issues we ultimately identified, wasted Department and OIG resources during the pendency of the dispute, and affected our confidence in the completeness of our review.
This was not an isolated incident. Rather, we have faced repeated instances over the past several years in which our timely access to records has been impeded, and we have highlighted these issues in our reports on very significant matters such as the Boston Marathon Bombing, the Department's use of the Material Witness Statute, the FBI's use of National Security Letters, and ATF's Operation Fast and Furious.
The Congress recognized the significance of this impairment to the OIG's independence and ability to conduct effect oversight, and included a provision in the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Act — Section 218 — which prohibits the Justice Department from using appropriated funds to deny, prevent, or impede the OIG's timely access to records, documents, and other materials in the Department's possession, unless it is in accordance with an express limitation of Section 6(a) of the IG Act. Despite the Congress's clear statement of intent, the Department and the FBI continue to proceed exactly as they did before Section 218 was adopted – spending appropriated funds to review records to determine if they should be withheld from the OIG. The effect is as if Section 218 was never adopted. The OIG has sent four letters to Congress to report that the FBI has failed to comply with Section 218 by refusing to provide the OIG, for reasons unrelated to any express limitation in Section 6(a) of the IG Act, with timely access to certain records.
We are approaching the one year anniversary of the Deputy Attorney General's request in May 2014 to the Office of Legal Counsel for an opinion on these matters, yet that opinion remains outstanding and the OIG has been given no timeline for the issuance of the completed opinion. Although the OIG has been told on occasion over the past year that the opinion is a priority for the Department, the length of time that has now passed suggests otherwise. Instead, the status quo continues, with the FBI repeatedly ignoring the mandate of Section 218 and the Department failing to issue an opinion that would resolve the matter. The result is that the OIG continues to be prevented from getting complete and timely access to records in the Department's possession. The American public deserves and expects an OIG that is able to conduct rigorous oversight of the Department's activities. Unfortunately, our ability to conduct that oversight is being undercut every day that goes by without a resolution of this dispute.
At some point, Congress is going to have to decide whether it will use the power of the purse — as they have authorized by statute — to force DEA and FBI to meet the same standards of disclosure that mere citizens would be required if DEA and FBI were investigating them.
Until then, we should just assume FBI and DEA are breaking the law.
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What Constitution? says:
I understand your point that we "should just assume FBI and DEA are breaking the law." Please advise whether we are on equally sound footing if we assume that it matters whether FBI and DEA are breaking the law. Did anyone in the room during Mr. Horowitz' testimony suggest that they thought so?
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Having conducted numerous 'audits', its clear to me those that are being audited must 'know' that 'information(s) requested and not provided, cuts off all funding at the discretion of the auditor so stating the failure in writing. Auditors generally have discretion to 'wait' should there be a demonstrated need that the auditor agrees to, otherwise its now.
Flaunting the Law of the Land and Rule of Law does not come with the jobs of the FBI, CIA, and Special Forces such as NSA. 'Security' is not the Ace of Trumps. Not in Democracy!
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VALENTINE'S EVE HEADLINED BY HATEFUL 8 MATCHUP & ROAST BATTLE ALL-STARS
by Sarah Keller | Feb 13, 2018
It's the day before Valentine's Day and we've brought the hate in a heart-shaped box.
Judging our battles tonight we have silver fox and 80s heartthrob Cort McCown. Cort has graced the judges' panel many times, making him an informed and entertaining judge. Next, we have Shang, who has his own special "Shangry," and will definitely follow you back on Twitter. Rounding out our judges' panel is the incomparable Jade Catta-Preta, who has a laundry list of credits including Modern Family and Californication. Jade is a panel favorite, her quick wit, biting comebacks and intelligent critique make her a judge every battler should heed.
In tonight's only undercard, we have Kelsey Lane versus Sharon Houston. Kelsey participated in the first-ever musical roast, and it wasn't as disastrous as we expected. She's struggled in her recent battles, usually coming up short and taking an L, but her tenacity and unwillingness to quit are admirable. She's been jumping in the ring nearly monthly now, and she's bound to have learned from her mistakes. She's taking on Sharon Houston, a 17-year comedy vet. Sharon's comedy career is closer in age to Kelsey than she is. Sharon has a career in TV, which already makes her the winner. Perhaps, that's why she hasn't felt the need to prove herself in the ring. She lost her last match because of her inability to economize words. If she's learned from her mistakes and can change her novel-like jokes, that seem to meander for days and days, where we don't know where they are headed, and we get lost halfway through, and forget we are watching a battle, and start thinking about what episode of "Frasier" we are going to watch tonight, and oh here comes the punchline! into more efficient, biting jokes, this could be her battle.
The first main event marks the beginning of the "Hateful 8" tournament battles with Galina Rivina versus Jeff Sewing. This battle pits two comics who are among the hardest to write roast jokes about for against one another. Both of these battlers have a strong history in the ring. Galina absolutely destroyed Guam in the last round and looks to continue that streak. Galina has some of the best "thank you ____s" in the game, and has proven herself a solid joke writer. Jeff narrowly defeated Jacob Trimmer in overtime in a phenomenal first round. Jeff is an excellent writer and has maintained one of the only zero-loss records in the top 50, giving him a slight edge. However, I wouldn't discount the Russian nesting doll just yet. Galina has hit her stride in Roast Battle and is seemingly unstoppable. This will be a great match.
The last battle of the night is sure to bring the fucking house down. We have former champion and goofball extraordinaire Alex Hooper taking on arguably the best writer in the game, Doug Fager. Alex's outrageous antics and unexpected characters make him a complete wildcard and a difficult opponent, as you never know who will step onto that stage. Alex has given us some of the most entertaining battles to date. While Alex's antics make him a crowd favorite, Doug's writing makes him a judge's darling. Doug is a master of the bait and switch. His unexpected punchlines keep the audience on their toes and delighted. While Alex is empirically an easier target than Doug, Doug writes jokes that are nearly impossible to write a comeback for, or even to anticipate. Maybe it's all the drugs, but Alex can find humor in anything and is unmatched in his unique joke writing. Doug's cool, collected delivery will make an interesting contrast to Alex's frenetic energy. This is anyone's match, as both of these guys are battle legends, so the clear winner in this is the audience.
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