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 Cantonese Pinyin, a standard romanization of Cantonese used in Hong Kong
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FCC to Vote on Cable TV Regulation
Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms
Washington, D.C., November 27, 2007—The Federal Communications Commission's potential enlargement of its power is a giant step backward for the entire communications realm, not just cable. Chairman Kevin Martin's job is to safeguard and enlarge economic liberty in the communications sector. His – or someone else's – leadership is needed to roll back outmoded, pre-satellite, pre-Internet era dictates, and abandon the obsession with arbitrary percentages and thresholds. The desperately needed leadership task is to replace archaic political discipline by paving the way for greater market-driven competitive discipline.
That means the FCC's only remaining role in today's era is establishing and liberalizing markets in spectrum; otherwise, hands off. Ironically these constant bureaucratic interferences in the communications market by a grasping, increasingly irrelevant FCC are the macro version of what constant interruptions are to normal face-to-face conversation.
There's something perverse in waiting until cable is widely available, with competitors arrayed against it, and massive infrastructure projects underway, before exploiting decades-old legislative provisions that conveniently perpetuate Washington's ability to officiate and meddle. This episode says more about the phenomenon of bureaucracy than it does about the marketplace. Bureaucratic nostalgia for a past era of importance cannot legitimately drive public policy. The FCC may not relent on this and other initiatives; the congressmen who oppose the agency's non-market endeavors may need to revisit the authority they've given the agency.
CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. For more information about CEI, please visit our website at www.cei.org.
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Tim Renkow has cerebral palsy, a condition that makes people assume he's a sweet humble man, a victim. Wrong. Tim's one of life's rebels. He doesn't take life seriously, why should he when he knows his condition means he can get away with saying whatever he wants. Problem is, Tim lets the fun get in the way of actually achieving anything.
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Cloud-management platform provider RightScale is launching a new service to help customers manage private and hybrid clouds similar to what RightScale customer Zynga does with its vaunted Z Cloud infrastructure. Hybrid cloud computing appears to be the end-game for many companies' cloud strategies right now, and RightScale's new MyCloud service might represent an ideal way of thinking about the model.
RightScale's new offering provides the proverbial single pane of glass through which to manage private-cloud infrastructure based on either Eucalyptus Systems or Cloud.com as well as public cloud-based resources that are managed via RightScale. And although Zynga built its RightScale-based cloud setup from scratch, RightScale CEO Michael Crandell said it offers what might be the ideal model for doing hybrid cloud computing. Rather than focusing on simple cloudbursting, which Crandell calls "naive" in certain situations, Zynga honed in on standardization as a focus of its cloud efforts.
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Another use case for MyCloud, Crandell said, might be to spread different components of an application architectures across both public and private resources. Depending on bandwidth costs and the need for high-speed interconnects, it might make sense for certain parts (e.g., an on-demand processing engine) to run in the public cloud while others remain on premise.
Crandell will be present at Structure 2011, being held June 22-23 in San Francisco, to discuss the future of cloud application platforms and what issues they'll need to address as mainstream interest picks up. MyCloud is currently available for free through an early access program, although more-functional, and paid, Standard and Enterprise versions are on the way.


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Geometric 154 Sq. Ft. Office-On-Wheels Is Built With Reclaimed Materials
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This portable workspace prototype can move whenever needed.
Backyard shed offices can get pretty wild, be they permit-free modern prefabs, or eccentric structures clad in recycled brooms or tires.
Conceived as prototypical "micro-building designed and built like a piece of furniture," Los Angeles-based design firm Knowhow Shop's Lighthouse is a geometric office pod that measures 154 square feet (14 square metres), yet is designed in a way that it feels spacious enough to accommodate up to four people working inside.
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Designers Justin Rice and Kagan Taylor, who built the structure themselves, say that they approached the project in the interest of pushing the design envelope a bit:
Typical details and assemblies were discarded in favor of new methods of construction from the ground up. The result is a project designed to test our craft in materials and our perceptions of space. From a door with no right angles, to a custom made skylight that marries traditional boatbuilding materials with details borrowed from a car sunroof, to shop fabricated and mitered SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) joined with film industry hardware.
One enters through a custom-made, pivoting door into a space that's naturally well-lit, thanks to the openable skylight and window. There is a long, U-shaped desk running along three sides of the interior for workspaces and equipment, as well as plenty of shelving and storage.
Seen from above, the Lighthouse nestles into one corner of its site. However, it is mobile as it rests on industrial-grade caster wheels -- typically used for dumpster bins -- so that it can be easily rolled around the firm's small shop yard in order to make room for ongoing project and material deliveries. To facilitate its free movement, the Lighthouse has been intentionally built with lightweight, prefabricated and recycled materials wherever possible, thus also minimizing its environmental impact. Nevertheless, from the hand-milled flooring to the reclaimed Douglas fir woodwork, no effort was spared in creating this structure, which not only functions as the firm's office, but also as a project that showcases their design and woodworking skills.
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In total, the firm estimates that the Lighthouse cost USD $50,000 to build, including labour and materials. They are now working to develop a two-room version of the Lighthouse, and refining a commercially available prefab version that could be assembled within a day. To see more, visit Knowhow Shop, Instagram and Twitter.
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So you ask, "snails?", what is the most joked about cuisine when you're trying to gross-out friends doing as a willing entry here rather than on a dare. I have to honestly admit, if it weren't for my wife, there would be a lot of things, cuisine-wise, I'd never have tried, and snails (not to be confused with their brethren, "escargot") would not have been the highest on my list. But, figuring this is a top notch establishment, and an unlimited supply of good beer to wash everything down, I said "what the heck!". For goodness sake, the meal and establishment share most of name (Gastropod vs. Gastropub).
First off, the presentation is what truly counts. Much in the same way you'd want calamari to come out breaded, Beck's snails come out on a round crostini, slathered in a rich burgundy flavored sauce. They have the appearance of an exotic mushroom in the sauce… until you snag one on your fork. It doesn't jiggle or slip as your mind would want to transpose, but rather it does have that unmistakable outline of something evicted from it's spiraled calcium carbonate home.
Down the hatch it went… and there wasn't the gag reflex your brain wanted to use, in fact it was rather tasty. The pairing with the crostini added a perfect rough, but airy, texture to accompany the eye fixating snails. The burgundy sauce, however remained the main distraction, as it was too strong and overwhelmed the entire dish, with the reduction of the wine giving it a sour-sweet spin. However, due to this turning out to be a different experience from what I was squeamishly expecting, I'd actually try them again. If you have to whet your appetite between shifts of forking the rest of your fine food on to your, now, highly tuned and subjective palate, my recommendation is to accompany it with an order of Beck's Belgian frites which come with (insert your Pulp Fiction joke here) three different types of mayonaise. While, in my honest opinion, The Brewers Art in Baltimore has the best frites in the DC Metro area, these come in a close second.
Now, for Brasserie Beck itself, the atmosphere had you thinking you were in a train station. Voluminously high ceilings and ever pervasive (non-working) clocks hung on the walls. The service was excellent, with each waiter patiently explaining the menu and offering up his or her help with recommending a series of items on the menu that best fit your mood or palate. While I did not monopolize the beer sommelier, or cicerone, like our neighbors, the defensive line of the Pittsburgh Penguins (who were in town to spank the Capitals the next day), I still did enjoy their selections. If you don't feel like going in for a full three to four course meal (of which their desserts are also fabulous), Beck is still a place, and was designed to be the place, to experience great Belgian and European beers. While Bill Catron recently exited his post as cicerone, general manager Thor Cheston has taken his place for the time being, still providing that excellent line up.
Computer Geek, Music Junkie, Movie Fanatic, Beer Aficionado, Part-Time Amateur Photographer… Amélie has lived in D.C. off-and-on for the past 23 years, always calling the National Capitol region her home. She's also probably one of those types of odd-folks with realms of useless trivia you'd like to have on your side during a pub quiz.
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I think that a lot of this restaurants charm left with Catron, I have been back once since his departure and the vibe is completely different, not to mention the service is dreadfull!!!
It's a real shame, and as a european beer destination.. They had Dogfish Head on tap..
While I don't have a pre- and post- view of Mr. Catron's stewardship, I will have to defend the selection of some "domestic" breweries to include on a Belgian-style beer list. While my liver may have some opinions of it's own, there are a number of breweries in the States here that rival and surpass some of the holiest-of-holies in the realm of the beer styles. I think Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery, Rob Todd of Allagash and the folks at Jolly Pumpkin Brewery in Michigan brew consistently good variations on the styles tasted in Belguim. I'm not sure all of what Sam has to offer at Dogfish Head may be in the same category, their beers still pair well with much of the cuisine at any restaurant (more so than what some folks accompany their food with – um, Bud Light, Coors, etc.) I'll leave the beer appreciation to another forthcoming DC 100 entry, but I'm sure with any loss at such an establishment leaves a hole until an appropriate substitute arrives and gives it their own "what for".
I agree with Joe8842, the real special part of the restaurant was the all Belgian beer program that was put together by Catron. What is the draw if the list is not what made the place SO popular?
If Beck's didn't have beer it would be Central.
Computer Geek, Music Junkie, Movie Fanatic, Beer Aficionado, Part-Time Amateur Photographer... Amélie has lived in D.C. off-and-on for the past 23 years, always calling the National Capitol region her home. She's also probably one of those types of odd-folks with realms of useless trivia you'd like to have on your side during a pub quiz.


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The France international left the Bianconeri for a move back to Old Trafford in 2016 in a deal worth £89.3million but the Turin giant are not giving up hope of bringing the midfielder back to Italy when the transfer window re-open in the summer.
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A Tale of Two Simon Frasers: The Invented and Contested Scottish Tradition of SFU
Posted on November 14, 2018 by Katie McCullough
Georgia Twiss is in her final semester of her undergraduate (honours) History degree at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on the impact of the British Empire on the urban development of Glasgow, and the legacy of imperialism within Glaswegian heritage, as well as performances of gender, culture, and imperialism in British Columbia. The basis of this research blog was a poster presentation for Georgia's History honours seminar class in Spring 2018.
On September 9th 1965, Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, took to the stage in Convocation Mall to give a speech commemorating the opening ceremonies of Simon Fraser University. He began his speech with a quote taken from Shakespeare proclaiming, "I didn't come here to talk."[1] His choice of words rang true. He was not there to talk, but to embody an invented tradition of Scottishness, promoted by the university's President, Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, and predicated upon SFU's association to the Clan Fraser of Lovat. While today most people assume the university's name and Scottishness honour Simon Fraser, the nineteenth-century imperial explorer and fur trader, McTaggart-Cowan's invented tradition intentionally excluded him in favour of Lord Lovat. As the head of the Clan, this Simon Fraser symbolized a prestigious sense of historical continuity and heritage that was lacking in the locally-branded "Instant University."[2] It was through this invented tradition that the early university endorsed and enforced an image of SFU as overtly Scottish. An image which, despite contestation, has prevailed through the years, but in truth has little to do with Simon Fraser the Explorer at all.
[Figure 1] Lord Lovat bestowing the Clan Fraser Claymore (Not the mace as the caption of the photo suggests) to SFU at the university's opening ceremonies, September 9th 1965.
The naming of SFU was a fluke by way of an acronymic oversight. The original name, 'Fraser University', was chosen to reflect the region from where its student body would largely derive. However, upon the realization that the school would be colloquially referred to as "F.U," the prefix "Simon" was added, with no direct statement as to whom it was meant to honour.[3] This addition transformed the intended toponymic name to one that allowed for the forging of a relationship between the university and the Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose Chief at the time was named Simon Fraser. The relationship between SFU and the Clan began when Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, a Scottish immigrant to Canada himself, requested the use of the Clan's motto and crest for the university's insignia.[4] It was this relationship that underpinned McTaggart-Cowan's invention of a Scottish tradition at SFU.
[Figure 2] "Coat of Arms." Simon Fraser University.
[Figure 3] FRASER, Lord Fraser of Lovat Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure, three fraises (cinquefoils), Argent (for Fraser); 2nd and 3d, Argent, three antique crowns, Gules (for the Lordship of Lovat).
"Invented tradition" is a concept brought forth by historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terrence Ranger, and defined as, "a set of practices…of a ritual or symbolic nature, which seek to inculcate certain values and norms by repetition, which automatically implies continuity with the past."[5] The invented tradition of SFU, through the appropriation of Clan Fraser of Lovat heritage, projects an image of historical Scottishness. The Clan's imagery are found in SFU's official tartan, coat of arms, and motto as well, as in the use of the ceremonial claymore and mace at formal ceremonies and events.
[Figure 4] "Patrick McTaggart-Cowan (left), flanked by B.C. Premier W. A. C. Bennett and SFU Chancellor Gordan Shrum, delivers SFU's opening address on Sept. 9, 1965"
The exclusion of Simon Fraser the Explorer within the construction of McTaggart-Cowan's invented tradition in favor of Lord Lovat is clearly illustrated in the university's opening ceremonies. While Lord Lovat was grandly standing upon the stage in Convocation Mall, Donald Fraser of Fargo, North Dakota, and great-great-grandson of Simon Fraser the Explorer, was also in attendance. Unlike Lord Lovat he received no honours, his presence was not promoted and he paid for his own way to the event.[6] While Lord Lovat embodied the invented tradition of Scottishness McTaggart-Cowan craved, the presence of Donald Fraser had no appeal. A man from North Dakota did not evoke the same esteem or romance as a war-hero and Clan chief from the Highlands of Scotland. It was Lord Lovat who personified McTaggart-Cowan's image of Scottishness, not a long-dead imperial explorer or his American descendant.
McTaggart-Cowan's invented Scottishness was an attempt to formulate a shared identity for the incoming student body. This identity, centred around the prestige and history of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, would allow students to feel pride in their new university. McTaggart-Cowan's plan however, backfired when met with reality. Rather than accepting this imposed Scottishness, SFU's new students challenged the invented tradition in order to embrace the modern and progressive identity they saw in the divergent image of the "Instant University."
[Figure 5] Clan Fraser of Lovat Clan Crest
In a series of "Letters to the Editor" from the university's first newspaper, The Tartan, written in September 1965, various students contest SFU's overt Scottishness. James Stuart Patterson writes, "Why must this university be an ethnic eyesore?" and later declares, in reference to McTaggart-Cowan, "the Scottish nut on the planning committee must be restrained."[7] The most direct rejection of McTaggart-Cowan's invented Scottishness comes from another student, John Cole, who argues, "We are Canadians, going to a Canadian university and to tag a Scottish label on us and our university is phoney."[8] Evidence of Cole's assertion is witnessed a few weeks later when The Tartan collapses and is replaced by a new paper The Peak. The new name, chosen by the students, illustrates that when given the choice they sought an image rooted in a localized identity, like that of Fraser University, rather than one steeped in the imagery and traditions of Scotland.[9]
[Figure 5] "The SFU Pipe Band has bagged the title of world champions six times. Now it's ready to take New York, after a stage show here at home."
The rejection of SFU's invented Scottish tradition continued following the collapse of The Tartan. In late October 1965, a student named Barbara Chomica wrote a passionate plea to The Peak calling for the paper to take on a hard-line and innovative approach. It was vital to her that The Peak did not become a conservative paper afraid of taking a stance on critical issues. In her concluding sentence Chomica proverbially noted, "The pen is mightier than the sword, even a claymore."[10] Using the claymore as a placeholder for conservativeness is a clear dig at the enforced Scottishness of the university, as to her it represented an anachronistic identity she did not share. Chomica's piece again illustrates the wide chasm between McTaggart-Cowan's invented Scottish identity and the real, progressive, and modern identity students sought to forge in their new university.
The conflict between the two identities, apparent in the fall of 1965, was soon overtaken by more pressing issues such as enrollment fees and unionization. It would resurface again in 1968 when a student led movement to rename the school "Louis Riel University" was voted down.[11] Despite the disappearance of the figure of Lord Lovat from the university, McTaggart-Cowan's invented Scottish tradition prevails. By exploring the construction of SFU's Scottish image it becomes clear that the history of the university, from the beginning, has been a tale of two "Simon Frasers." Not only the two competing figures of Simon Fraser of Lovat and Simon Fraser the Explorer, but the two divergent identities of instant and invented and the way they continue to shape the legacy and image of the university today.
-Georgia Twiss
[1] Quoted in: Hugh Johnston, Radical Campus (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2005), 113.
[2] Built in just 18 months, the local press nicknamed the then unnamed university the "Instant University" before it became Simon Fraser University.
[3] Ceremonies and Events Office Fonds, 1963-1969. F-91-1-0-0-1. SFU Archives, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
[4] Lord Lovat, 1965-1995. F-208-1-0-0-5. SFU Archives, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
[5] Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992),
[6] Johnston, Radical Campus, 113.
[7] The Tartan and SF View: Issues, 1965. F-17-6-2. SFU Archives. Burnaby, BC, Canada.
[9] The Peak: Issues, 1965-2016. F-17-6-3. SFU Archives. Burnaby, BC, Canada.
[10] The Peak (Burnaby, BC) October 20, 1965.
[11] McLeod, Brad. "Simon Fraser vs Louis Riel." The Peak (Burnaby, BC) January 6, 2015.
[Figure 1] "Lord Lovat and the SFU Mace." Photograph. [Untitled.] Burnaby, BC, 1965. Accessed on November 13, 2018. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/21097595415/in/photostream/
[Figure 2] "Coat of Arms." Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, BC. Accessed November 13, 2018. https://www.sfu.ca/communicators-toolkit/tools/brand-tools/logos/coat-of-arms.html
[Figure 3] https://www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-fraser-of-lovat/fraser-of-lovat-coat-of-arms/ <accessed 14 November 2018>
[Figure 4] "Patrick McTaggart-Cowan (left), flanked by B.C. Premier W. A. C. Bennett and SFU Chancellor Gordan Shrum, delivers SFU's opening address on Sept. 9, 1965" [Untitled.] Burnaby, BC, 1965. Accessed, November 13, 2018. https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2016/founding-president-patrick-mctaggart-cowans-sfu-legacy.html
[Figure 5] Clan Fraser of Lovat Clan Cresthttps://www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-fraser-of-lovat/fraser-of-lovat-crest/ <accessed 14 November 2018>
[Figure 6] "The SFU Pipe Band has bagged the title of world champions six times. Now it's ready to take New York, after a stage show here at home." Meadahl, Marianne. [Untitled.] Photograph. Victoria, BC, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2018. https://the-peak.ca/2014/05/sfu-pipe-band-prepares-for-the-world-stage/
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Organizers are asking visitors to do one specific thing before arriving
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Roanoke County is about to flip the switch on year two of Illuminights.
The most important thing you need to know this year is you must register ahead of time; you cannot just show up.
Organizers are asking folks to go online ahead of time and register for their 30-minute time slot.
While they have put a lot of thought into making this event happen during a pandemic, they've also put in a lot of work stringing lights.
With each hit of the hammer, Explore Park employees are not just building light displays, but making memories.
"Just trying to build a family tradition, having everybody's favorite ornament so that they can come back and try to find," said Eric Kohler, grounds supervisor.
Kohler and his team have been tasked with putting up a half-million lights in the park.
"We went from Labor Day straight to setting up for Christmas," said Kohler.
It is his second season setting up Illuminights.
He took feedback from 2019 visitors to help create what you will experience this year.
"I try to sort of channel my inner child and set things up and think of that as I'm going along," said Kohler.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much in 2020, Illuminights promises to bring the same family fun back, but this year they will do it with safety top of mind.
"One of the great parts about Illuminights is that it's outdoors, and while we're out here, we do ask that people wear their masks while in the park and along the trail as well as maintain social distancing," said Alex North, Recreation Marketing Assistant.
As you walk the trail with your group, you'll notice favorites from last year, like the giant ornament or the photo-friendly reindeer.
"Giving them a chance to come out and enjoy some time with their family as well as build memories for those to last years and years to come and hopefully we have people come back that establish their own Christmas traditions here at Illuminights each year," said North.
While Santa will be appearing virtually from the north pole, you can always mail him a letter.
There's also a canned food drive donation box available every night at Illuminights. The drive benefits The Agape Center Vinton-Roanoke.
If you bring two cans of food, you get a voucher for a free hot cocoa.
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After working and going to school in Central Virginia for over five years, Lindsey's made her way back home to the mountains.
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This past Friday, I had the sad honor of speaking at the funeral of young Ty Osman.
1. What would Ty want you to know?
2. What would Ty want you to do?
3. What would Ty want you to feel?
4. Who would Ty want you to be?
1. The moment Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11).
2. The moment Jesus revealed he was aware of the sick woman (Mark 5).
Reading the devotional book the Jesus Calling.
Listening to God by reading the Bible.
You are invited to develop these spiritual habits in your life. Many people have been inspired by Ty's life and faith and are now adding Ty's routine to their day.
Ty Osman II leaves us a legacy of joy that he is living right now.


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Public Divided on Whether Fantasy Sports Commercials Should Run During Televised Games; Governor Christie's 'Really?' Comment on Debate May Have Rung True
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South Orange, NJ, October 29, 2015 — Despite ongoing investigations by the Justice Department and the FBI into whether daily sports fantasy games are a form of gambling, the American public is divided on whether commercials for those sites should be appearing in televised sports events.
A Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted this week (Oct. 26-28) among 820 random adults across the country by landline and cellphone, found that 41% felt they should be able to advertise and 39% felt they should not. (20% said they did not know.)
The poll has a margin of error of 3.5%, making the result a statistical dead heat.
"The ads from DraftKings and FanDuel are ubiquitous," noted Rick Gentile, director of the Poll, which is sponsored by The Sharkey Institute. "They are definitely a new and impactful part of the sports landscape. It happened, seemingly, overnight. But there is certainly no hard push-back by viewers about running these ads.
"It seems to harken what {N.J.} Governor {Chris} Christie said in the debate last night about playing fantasy sports as an issue – 'really?'"
Only 4% of respondents said they participated in a baseball fantasy game.
The Poll also asked if sponsors who promote products (such as fantasy sports), in an environment where its athletes are forbidden to participate (college athletes may not gamble), should not be allowed to advertise on any college sports. By 59% to 34%, respondents said they should not. A similar margin – 56%-36% – felt that beer advertising should not appear on college sports telecasts. (It currently does). The Poll also noted that the NCAA has said the ads will not run during their college basketball tournaments, and 47% felt that was a good decision, versus only 30% saying it was a bad decision. (23% did not know).
About the poll:
This poll was conducted by telephone September 28-30 among 929 adults in the United States. The Seton Hall Sports Poll is conducted by the Sharkey Institute.
Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard landline and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
The Seton Hall Sports Poll has been conducted regularly since 2006.
Daily fantasy sports websites are currently facing FBI and Dept. of Justice investigations. Do you think they should be able to advertise on televised sporting events during these investigations?
Don't know 20
The NCAA has said that no fantasy sports website commercials will be allowed to run during the men's or women's basketball tournaments. Do you think this is a good decision or a bad decision?
Good decision 47
Bad decision 30
Most collegiate athletes and students are too young to drink alcohol. College athletes are not allowed to gamble. Do you think sponsors who promote products that cannot legally be used by a large portion of college students should be allowed to advertise on collegiate athletic broadcasts?
Don't know 7
(IF YES SKIP NEXT QUESTION)
(asked only of those who answered "no" to question above) – Do you think beer advertisements should be allowed on televised collegiate athletic events if the theme of the commercial is to drink responsibility?
Do you participate in any baseball fantasy games?
How closely do you follow sports, very closely, closely, not closely or not at all?
Very closely 15
Closely 36
Not closely 30
Not at all 15
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An old message I read a few years ago was on my mind today. Thomas Chalmers, a Puritan pastor, preached this famous sermon, The Expulsive Power of a New Affection (click here to read it's entirety). I don't want to write a full on summary or explanation of the whole thing here. I just wanted to make note of a couple things briefly which may be of value to consider and even meditate on.
First, Chalmers rightly grounds our sin and need for redemption far deeper than our behaviors, all the way down at the level of our desires. Of course this isn't his idea, it's a thoroughly biblical idea which originates from God's wisdom and revelation in the Scriptures. And the bottom line is that behaviors are merely symptoms which point to the disease or condition of sin. At it's core, sin is simply misplaced desires within the human heart. They may be desires for wicked things or they may be inordinate or controlling desires for even good things.
The biblical word for behavior-shaping desires is "worship." Worship is literally be shaped by the worth of something. Chalmers is essentially says that we are all worshippers all the time, because we are always being shaped by the worth of something. When that something shaping our lives is anything other than the surpassing worth of Christ Jesus, this is what the Scriptures call "idolatry" - the worship of a false god, or the overvaluing of anything other than God above God.
Chalmers' sermon is on the passage in 1 John 2:15, which says "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." The obvious but overlooked reality which Chalmers expounds on is that desires for God and desires for sin cannot coexist in the human heart. They are two opposing forces; two competing affections, and one will always push out the other.
Chalmers says, therefore, that "the only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection [or sinful one], is by the expulsive power of a new affection." Or as Tim Keller says, "idols can't be removed, they must be replaced." In other words, you can't just "stop sinning." You can't just "knock it off." Why? Because sin is always beyond the outward behavior. The observable patterns of sin in our lives only exist because of the root system that's tangled up our affections. The issue is what we desire, love and worship.
Whatever struggle you are living in the midst of today; whether anxiety has gripped your heart, anger is controlling your attitude, lust has highjacked your thoughts or pride has kept you hardened toward God and distant from people, the reality is that you have a worship problem. Brothers and sisters, we worship our way into these places, which may be discouraging or difficult to accept. But the good news is, by God's grace, we can worship our way out.
If we want to stop sinning, we need to start worshipping.


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"The Jacks may not have carried the Stanley Cup like the St. Louis Blues, but the Los Angeles quartet — whose video for its first single, "Walk Away," is premiering exclusively below — is another winner from the hockey championship series.
The group, which performed at the National Hockey League's Winter Classic back in January and at this month's NHL Awards in Las Vegas, was part of the Stanley Cup Playoff campaign via NBC and the NHL's social media. It was also the house band for the league's awards show on June 19 in Las Vegas. "They've been great to us, and a lot of people are getting to hear our music because of it," bassist Scott Stone tells Billboard. "I'm the biggest sports fan in the band, but we all love hockey and it's been great to be part of all of that. It's a super exciting time for us."
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Tripoli [Libya], Apr 7 (ANI): The army aligned to Libya's United Nations-backed government on Sunday announced a counteroffensive and vowed to reclaim all areas seized by the self-styled Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Addressing media, Al Jazeera quoted Colonel Mohamed Gnounou, spokesperson of Government of National Accord (GNA), as saying that the counteroffensive, dubbed as "Volcano of Anger", was aimed at "purging all Libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces".
The announcement came after Haftar's forces claimed that they had conducted the first air raid on a Tripoli suburb as part of their aim oust the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and control Tripoli.
The alleged strike came after GNA forces conducted air raids on Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) around 50kilometers south of Tripoli on Saturday, reportedly killing one person.
Meanwhile, the US military on Sunday said it had temporarily pulled some of its forces out of Libya amid the escalating political tension in the North African country.
On the same day, Anadolu Agency reported that Turkey issued a warning for its citizens traveling to Libya amid the recent clashes in the country.
"Considering the developments in Libya and especially the conflicts around Tripoli, it is recommended that our citizens who plan to travel to Libya should follow the latest developments and review their travel plans in this context," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
India too has evacuated its entire contingent of peacekeeping forces comprising of 15 CRPF personnel from Tripoli after the situation there "suddenly worsened".
"Due to increased unrest in Libya, a contingent of US forces supporting US Africa Command temporarily relocated from the country in response to security conditions on the ground," it said in a statement.
"The situation in Libya has suddenly worsened. There is fighting in Tripoli. Indian Embassy in Tunisia @IndiainTunisia has evacuated the entire contingent of 15 CRPF personnel yesterday itself. I appreciate the excellent work by the Indian Embassy in Tunisia. #Libya," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.
Resulting from years-long civil conflict, Libya has no single government currently, with LNA backing the Tobruk-based parliament which governs the East of Libya, and the GNA which controls Libya's western parts from Tripoli.
The UN in a statement noted that Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister, Fayez al-Sarraj and Haftar held talks in Abu Dhabi in late February during which they agreed that national elections were necessary.
Last week, Haftar had also held talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Benghazi, a day after his troops launched an offensive against the GNA government in Tripoli which the Eastern Commander dubbed as 'terrorists'.


Sa chlàradh fuaim seo on Dàmhair 1988, tha Eilidh Nic a' Phearsain, tè-thaisbeanaidh 'Moray Firth People', a' bruidhinn ri Stiùbhart Ros às Inbhir Nis, fear-ciùil is sgrìobhadair òrain. San earrainn seo tha Stiùbhart a' bruidhinn air pàrtaidhean chonsairt leis an RAF. Tha e cuideachd a' bruidhinn air seinn còmhla ri buidheann ciùil Stiùbhairt Rois ann an Inbhir Nis.


Our triple rooms have one double bed and a single bed. The bathroom has a bath or a shower and a toilet.
In all rooms there is a desk, a flat screen TV, a direct dial telephone, hair dryer, a free of charge Internet access as well as a tea and coffe making facilities.


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My Siouxsie and New Order tees came in on Tuesday, and I washed them yesterday, and here is the Siouxsie tee. Yes it's a public bathroom selfie, a first for me. And for some reason it looks like I need some makeup. My face looks so plain! But I like my hair, so there is that. And the shirt.
I took this picture while The Grandmother was in the stall doing her business. Of course, I make her use the men's room since it's more seemly for her to be in it than me in a lady's room. This makes me wonder why there aren't more unisex bathroom options for those of us who care for a parent or grandparent with needs. Although The Grandmother prefers men's rooms since she says they're cleaner than ladies' rooms.
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Open the file with Silhouette Studio software (included in delivery of Portrait and Cameo cutters) and scale to size. It's best to display the cutting edges (red frame) to make sure all parts of the design are within the cutting area.
Now the entire design will be cut from black HappyFlex and we weed away everything we don't need until only the outlines remain.
– Even if it doesn't look like it in the photo, it's still HappyFlex black ;) – It's best to weed one part after the other with this design. To not get confused, it is helpful to only weed the part that will next get a different colour.
In the next step we will cut the part that was weeded in the upper photo. To minimise waste we placed that part of the design separately on the working area.
You can find a different method to only cut certain parts of a design here.
Better safe than sorry: overlay the pieces to make sure you got everything.
If you are not sure wether two colours look good together, simply put differnet colours next to the weeded parts to make your decision easier. For our picture we decided for HappyFlex light orange.
That's it for the bottom part of the design. We now use HappyFlock lemon to get a special look and that suede feel.
Got the hang of it? Then just continue until you have all your parts together!
We also used HappyFashion Foil to create a special effect. Just read on to learn how that works.
As always pre-iron the garment to eliminate residual moisture and creases.
Now we start with the HappyFashion Foil. Fashion Foil is a very thin metallic vinyl that does not have glue, so it only sticks to already printed flex vinyls.
Start with the part that is supposed to get this special effect. Step 1: Print the light blue HappyFlex on the garment.
You can use the vinyl smooth as it is delivered or crumbled up to get a somewhat "grungy" look.
Step 2: Put the smooth or crumbled up vinyl with the matt or motif side facing up on the blue flex vinyl.
Steo 3: Look up the correct settings (instructions) for the HappyPress, cover everything with HappyCover Grip and print. Let the print cool off and remove the carrier.
Fashion Foil can be used until there is no more colour left on the carrier.
Next we print the outlines we cut from HappyFlex black.
Continue to print one vinyl after the other. Always use a cover sheet!
Pro-tip: If you are using thicker vinyl such as Flock or Glitter, always print them after the thinner vinyls.
Done! A colourful design with great effects and a unique feel.
Before you finish, turn your garment inside out and print again with your press or iron. That way you can make sure everything sticks perfectly.
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Q: Replacing missing characters in ASCII/Latin block I'm working with a display font that is missing many common characters, including parenthesis, em-dash, and true ``directional quotes''.
I'd like a straightfoward way to replace these with matching characters set in another font when encountered.  A general "if the primary font is missing this character, use this other font" would work, but I can identify all of the characters I care about.  I do not need change the character; if the missing character is, say "(", it will be ( in the fallback font. I'm only using the font in limited circumstances (\chapter and \section in memoir) which may may the problem easier or harder.  Similarly, all fonts involved are TrueType/OpenType.
newunicodechar and ucharclasses seem promising, but the former won't meddle with ASCII characters and the latter only works on entire Unicode blocks.
XeTeX's interchar class mechanism seems promising, and is my plan B. But I'd prefer something a bit more portable, if only between XeLaTeX and LuaLaTex.
Minimal Working Example, relying on the free Cyberfunk font.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}
``Dr. J---/Mr. H---'s (Missing Glyph) Day''

\fontspec{Cyberfunk}``Dr. J---/Mr. H---'s (Missing Glyph) Day''
\end{document}

I can provide a longer, more realistic example of how I'm using it with memoir if that's helpful; but it was a lot longer.

A: Here you can set up a token cycle to search for the missing glyphs and replace them with glyphs of an alternate font, here taken as Calibri.
Here, I have taken the liberty of searching for and replacing the following glyphs/strings: (, ), ', ', /, -, --, and ---.
Note that changing catcodes inside of the token cycle can't be easily accomplished, since the tokens are scanned with the current catcodes before they are executed.  This affects verbatim blocks, for example.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec,tokcycle}
\newif\ifemdash
\newif\ifendash
\newcommand\dashtest{\emdashfalse\endashfalse\tcpeek\Q
  \ifx-\Q\tcpop\Q\tcpeek\QQ\ifx-\QQ\tcpop\QQ\emdashtrue\else
  \endashtrue\fi\fi
}
\Characterdirective{%
  \ifx(#1\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}(}}\else
  \ifx)#1\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri})}}\else
  \ifx`#1\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}`}}\else
  \ifx'#1\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}'}}\else
  \ifx/#1\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}/}}\else
  \ifx-#1\dashtest
    \ifemdash\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}---}}\else
    \ifendash\addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}--}}\else
    \addcytoks{{\setmainfont{Calibri}-}}\fi\fi
  \else
  \addcytoks{#1}\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi
}
\begin{document}
``Dr. J---/Mr. H---'s (Missing Glyph) Day''

Endash -- and Hyphen -

\setmainfont{Cyberfunk}
\tokencyclexpress
``Dr. J---/Mr. H---'s (Missing Glyph) Day''

Endash -- and Hyphen -
\endtokencyclexpress
\end{document}

The processed tokens of the cycle are buffered and output at the conclusion of the cycle.  If the token cycle is very large (encompassing the whole document, for example), and one is worried about exceeding an internal buffer size, one can instruct the token cycle to  clear the buffer after each ungrouped \par, by adding a \Macrodirective, as follows:
\Macrodirective{
  \addcytoks{#1}\ifnum\tcdepth=0
    \ifx\par#1\the\cytoks\cytoks{}\fi
  \fi% CLEARS BUFFER ON UNGROUPED \par
}

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Jeannie Simms received an Art Matters grant in 2008. Her works have screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (06), Courtisane Video and New Media Festival in Belgium (06), the ICA in London (02), the ARS Electronica Center in List Austria (03), Kunstbuero in Vienna, Austria (03), the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (04), the Alternative Film Center in Belgrade, Serbia and Montengro (03), Los Angeles County Exhibitions (LACE, 05), the MIX festival in New York (02, 03), the Eighth Biennial in Havana, 4D project in Havana, Cuba (03) and during a solo show at the OHT Gallery in Boston (04). She holds an MFA from UC Irvine and is on the graduate and photography faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She live/works between Brooklyn and Cambridge.
I don't distinguish between local and global subjects, but look at circumstance in interrogating ideologies around subject formation and environment: the remarkable number of shifting epistemological frameworks that construct individuals and groups in contemporary culture. I rely on research and writings from cultural studies, experimental fiction/non-fiction and art, photo and film history to help stage questions like: who are you? What do you have to say?
Often using historical works from art and culture (Ingmar Bergman's "Persona," Johannes Itten and Bauhaus, Jean Genet's the Maids) to probe the distinguishing facets of canonical works more deeply, or as tools to understand contemporary contexts, I've also used discarded photographs, speech, my own body, interviews, photography, video, sculpture and performance to create works of art.


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Why The Sunday Talk Shows Are Light On Women
Irin Carmon
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz disputed on Meet The Press yesterday that this is a "Year Of The Woman." It was a rare pronouncement — in part because it came from a female elected official on a Sunday show.
She also pushed back at Carly Fiorina about the oil spill and government accountability. But it was only her second appearance on a Sunday show this year. While the shows aren't as central as they used to be, they are still some of the most prominent, agenda-setting platforms in politics, but according to facts cited in in a Politico story today, only 13.5 percent of the congressional guests on the shows this year have been women.
Those aren't the only women who appear on the shows, of course — Doris Kearns Goodwin is a standby, as are several journalists and commentators, as well as Obama administration figures like Valerie Jarrett and Hillary Clinton. And the picture has gotten slightly better when it comes to the hosts — Candy Crowley now has her own show on CNN, and Christiane Amanpour is about to take over This Week. Still, the dynamics Politico's interviewees cite may also apply to any discussions of getting more women onscreen in influential positions. They basically break down to the following:
Men Still Hold The Influential Positions.
Politico notes, "In addition to Pelosi, only four women in the 111th Congress - all senators - currently sit in committee or leadership roles, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University." These shows are jockeying to get powerful people to say something newsbreaking; those powerful people are still mostly men. But given how press prominence can fuel other aspects of a political career, including fundraising and influence, this may partly be a chicken-and-egg situation.
Women Decline Invites.
Although some women do say they aren't being asked, an indisputably powerful woman, Nancy Pelosi, is said to refuse most invitations — partly because her press team doesn't want her to be "overexposed":
"I've probably asked her 25 times. She is just unwilling to do it," Betsy Fischer, executive producer of NBC's "Meet the Press," said of Pelosi. "Literally, I have our booker e-mail her every Monday, but she's not available. She does not seem to be making herself accessible."
There is also the implication that female elected officials are being undermined by their own family commitments — some semblance of work-life balance:
Sen. Claire McCaskill goes home almost every weekend to Missouri, where family plans often take precedence over Sunday shows. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) tries to appear via satellite from her home in Bangor, Maine, where she travels almost every weekend. But it's a small media market with few studios to provide a remote shot.
Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer - all key women - live on the West Coast, which would mean that even if a remote shot were possible the taping would have to be early, putting them in the chair as early as 6 a.m. for some shows.
it's not clear whether male elected officials have declined to appear on these shows on a similar basis — or even whether 6am call times have actually led Feinstein and Boxer to turn down invitations to appear on these shows.
Year Of The Woman or not, it's at least clear that this weekend on Meet The Press, it was boys against girls! They even got matching team uniforms.
Women Scarce On Sunday Shows [Politico]
Fiorina Regrets Bad Hair Day [NYP]
Wasserman Schulz: 2010 Not Yet A Year Of The Woman [Politico]


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NALDA Partners Abia on Job Creation for 3,000 Youths
James Emejo
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has entered into a partnership with the Abia State Government to boost agriculture and provide employment opportunities for over 3,000 youths.
The landmark initiative culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by both parties towards the rehabilitation of the Ogwe Golden Chicken Farm Estate in the state.
The deal was sealed recently in Umuahia, where the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, had hosted the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, and his team.
Ikonne said President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the authority to rehabilitate all farm estates across the country, including the Ogwe chicken facility in Ukwa East Local Government Area of the state.
He stated that the visit was meant to formalise the modalities for the rehabilitation of the poultry to reduce unemployment in the state.
He said the estate was expected to employ about 3,000 youths, adding that the first phase of the project will be inaugurated in December
He said: "NALDA programmes are community-based and this one will engage youths in the entire poultry value chain. What this means is that Abia will be known for egg production and finished chicken products.
"It will also reduce unemployment, because by the time you take away 3,000 people from the job seeking environment you are automatically creating security, as an idle mind is the devil's workshop."
He said: "Ogwe Golden Chicken is going to have many facilities because the land is over 300 acres and with that size we will have the processing and hatchery points, residential area, production area in terms of producing feeds, and the packaging area."
The NALDA boss said Abia was entitled to three integrated farm estates and urged the governor to donate land for the two other remaining farm estates.
Responding however, Ikpeazu expressed gratitude to Buhari for appointing an indigene of Abia to head NALDA, assuring the federal government that the Ikonne would continue to deliver on the mandates assigned to the authority.
The governor said NALDA had inspired hope for Nigerian youths, adding that agriculture remained a significant sector that needed quality personnel for proper management.
Ikpeazu said: "You (Ikonne) have inspired hope through NALDA for our youths. Also, I will state that agriculture is a very strategic enterprise because it is one of the greatest sector for job creation and food provision.
"We applaud NALDA's drive to ensure local participation in its programmes to create local economies and power houses to grow the country's Gross Domestic Product and we assure the President that the chief executive of NALDA will continue to deliver."
Separately, the NALDA boss also announced that it was establishing fish ponds meant for women in both Abia and Borno States.
According to him, the fish ponds were being established under the NALDA's Women in Fishery Programme, adding that 50 of the ponds were being constructed in the fish village in Ikwuano LGA of the state.
He added that for Borno, the ponds were being established in 50 different locations, while about 50 ponds in 10 locations in Maiduguri would be inaugurated in October.
Culled from https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/06/30/nalda-partners-abia-on-job-creation-for-3000-youths/
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