Chapter 964: I Have A Divine Ability, Old Pal!
Despite the crashing lightning which surrounded him, the Lightning Ancestor was so shocked he very nearly leaped to his feet.
As Bai Xiaochun inhaled, he sucked in ten lightning bolts. He did so with the utmost caution, and after breathing them in, he unleashed the power of his cultivation base to protect himself from further attacks.
Afterward, it was to Bai Xiaochun's delight that he found that he could easily break the lightning down inside of him, sending shocking power coursing through his energy passageways.
The ten bolts of lightning were equivalent to ten days of ordinary cultivation!
His eyes began to shine brightly, and he was already panting in excitement. Looking around at the lightning, he no longer seemed scared, but instead, worked up.
"I actually did it!" Reining in the power of his cultivation base, he took another deep breath, this time sucking in a hundred lightning bolts.
From a distance, it looked like numerous glowing dragons roaring and howling as they were consumed by Bai Xiaochun. A healthy flush covered his face as crackling sounds filled him, which came from spiritual power equivalent to a hundred days of cultivation.
That much spiritual power caused his heart to begin to race with excitement. Without the slightest hesitation, he began to work on his Sun-Moon Vast-Sky Incantation. By this point, the outline of a moon was rapidly forming inside of him.
Furthermore, his aura was now much stronger than before.
The Lightning Ancestor watched with a blank expression on his face as this unimaginable scene played out. He had been born and raised in the north, and was a demigod. Back in his glory days, he had called himself the Lightning Ancestor because of his deep and profound skill with thunder and lightning. However, not even he would dare to consume lightning.
He knew better than anyone that the lightning bolts in the Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sect were extraordinary, and were reflections of the will of heaven and earth. The destructive power they contained was enough to shatter virtually anything in creation.
Therefore, the scene playing out right now caused his mind to spin, and made it difficult for him to breathe.
"Don't tell me that I was wrong all along… and the lightning… really can be consumed?" He suddenly wondered if all of his time in incarceration had been a huge lie. Barely able to think straight, he suddenly opened his mouth and tried to breathe in some of the surrounding lightning bolts.
A few dozen bolts entered his mouth, whereupon his eyes nearly exploded. A bloodcurdling scream erupted out, and then he began to shake violently and cough up blood. He only recovered after a long moment passed, whereupon he looked over with hidden bitterness at Bai Xiaochun, who was in the middle of breathing in a third batch of lightning bolts.
This time, he breathed in several hundred bolts… and looked like he was nearly drunk with enjoyment….
The clear difference between himself and Bai Xiaochun caused the Lightning Ancestor's heart to be slammed by waves of shock. Furthermore, the unfairness of it all almost drove him to madness.
"How could this be happening…? It's impossible…! I'm a demigod! I'm the Lightning Ancestor of yore…." Even as he descended into madness, the current lightning storm faded away.
After consuming several hundred lightning bolts, Bai Xiaochun could tell that he was almost finished with the first level of the Sun-Moon Vast-Sky Incantation. Licking his lips, he sat down and began to wait eagerly for the next lightning storm.
"This Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sect is actually treating me pretty well. They locked me up in a place most people find a torment, but for me… is a truly blessed land!" The more he thought about it, the more excited he got, until he finally stood back up and started laughing out loud.
The Lightning Ancestor's face twitched at having been called 'old monkey', which was obviously payback for how he had called Bai Xiaochun a 'young buck'.
"So, um… how did you do that, old pal?" The Lightning Ancestor tried to make sure that he was the picture of amiability, as though he didn't mind being called old monkey at all. After he finished speaking, he simply sat there, looking at Bai Xiaochun with anticipation.
The truth was that he had been locked up in this place for many years, and had seen far too many people killed by the lightning. He had seen some people try to swallow the lightning just the way Bai Xiaochun had, except that they all died as a result. Others had been unable to take the torment, and committed suicide. This was his first time seeing anyone succeed at swallowing lightning. Not only had Bai Xiaochun come out unscathed, his cultivation base had been refined in the process….
"You!!" the Lightning Ancestor shouted angrily. He was a demigod, and despite having been locked up in prison for so many years, still had his pride. Not even the Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sect's demigod patriarch had ever treated him disrespectfully.
But in response to his anger, Bai Xiaochun glared right back at him.
Veins began to bulge out on the Lightning Ancestor's face and neck, and his eyes turned as dark as night. A moment passed, and then he stood up and clenched his fists. Although he had long since been drained of spiritual power, he still emanated the pressure of a demigod, which caused rumbling sounds to echo out.
In response, the clouds in the area began to churn and roil, startling Bai Xiaochun to the point where he backed up a few steps. Then the gaunt, almost emaciated Lightning Ancestor took a deep breath, and began to twist and turn according to some peculiar rhythm. There was actually something lithe and elegant to his movements….
Bai Xiaochun's eyes went wide at the sight of it, and he almost forgot to breathe.
Upon hearing such a reasonable argument, which was clearly backed by conviction, a look of admiration appeared in Bai Xiaochun's eyes. All of a sudden, he realized that this Lightning Ancestor was clearly a genius. Most people would go crazy after being imprisoned for so many years, but this old man had figured out a way to pass the time.
Seeing how hard the old man had worked to get what he wanted further increased the admiration Bai Xiaochun felt in his heart. With that, he went on to explain a little bit about the lightning. Leaving out any guesses about Bai Hao, he explained that he had once consumed some heavenly tribulation, and had sensed that it contained life force. That was what gave him the inspiration to consume the lightning bolts here in Lightning Penitentiary.
The Lightning Ancestor didn't believe that at all, but to his frustration, no further questioning got anywhere. Eventually, another lightning storm built up, and Bai Xiaochun excitedly consumed more lightning and proceeded on with more cultivation. That in turn caused the Lightning Ancestor's envy to grow.
After ten days passed, Bai Xiaochun had consumed enough lightning to get his Sun-Moon Vast-Sky Incantation to the great circle of the first level. He was now just on the verge of breaking through to the second level.
Bai Xiaochun glanced at the Lightning Ancestor but didn't respond. Continuing to absorb lightning, he pushed his Sun-Moon Vast-Sky Incantation closer and closer to the next level.
According to his calculations, it would only take a few more lightning storms to achieve his breakthrough!
However, Bai Xiaochun didn't even look over at him, causing his anxiety to mount.
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Q: Вытащить часть строки по шаблону Пытаюсь-пытаюсь, никак не могу подружиться с регулярными выражениями:
var str = "ONE=lorem-one-1; TWO=lorem-two-2; THREE=loremthree"

нужно вытащить TWO=lorem-two-2,причем нужная часть может находиться как спереди, в середине или в конце, также текст имеет именно такой формат (текст_или_цифры-текст_или_цифры-цифры).. желательно хотелось бы вытащить по группам..пытался так:
str.match('TWO=(\w\d)-(\w\d)-(\d);?')
но все безуспешно

A: *

*метод match принимает в качестве параметра регулярное выражение

*В приведенном выражении нужно указать, что цифр или букв может быть несколько, для этого можно использовать +
В итоге получится так:

var str = "ONE=lorem-one-1; TWO=lorem-two-2; THREE=loremthree";
console.log(str.match(/TWO=([\w\d]+)-([\w\d]+)-(\d+);?/));
var str2 = "ONE=lorem-one-1; THREE=loremthree; TWO=lorem-two-2";
console.log(str2.match(/TWO=([\w\d]+)-([\w\d]+)-(\d+);?/));
var str3 = "TWO=lorem-two-2; ONE=lorem-one-1; THREE=loremthree";
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Как подсказывает @Wiktor Stribiżew, регулярное выражение можно чуть упростить, так как \d входит в \w. В итоге получится так:

var str = "ONE=lorem-one-1; TWO=lorem1-two-2; THREE=loremthree";
console.log(str.match(/TWO=(\w+)-(\w+)-(\d+);?/));
var str2 = "ONE=lorem-one-1; THREE=loremthree; TWO=lorem2-two-2";
console.log(str2.match(/TWO=(\w+)-(\w+)-(\d+);?/));
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Teen Titans Go VS Teen Titans (Movie Confirmed - 2019)
By Ryannumber1gamer, June 26, 2019 in Chit-Chat
Oh hey, remember that cliffhanger from Teen Titans Go to the Movies that teased the OG Titans making a comeback? Remember all the speculation about it? Like what if it was an Adult Swim Season 6? Or if we'd get a new DTV movie like Justice League VS The Fatal Five, or maybe even a DC Universe revival, similar to Young Justice?
Yeah, nope - you're getting a cheap DTV TTG movie.
Taken prisoner by a strange alien overlord, The Teen Titans (Go) come up against their greatest challenge yet - themselves. As in, their 2003 counterparts. However, midway during the battle, the arena is destroyed by Trigon, revealed to be working with his powerful 2003 counterpart in order to conquer the planet. With two demon overlords now bent on destroying everything, the OG Titans have to team up with the TTG in order to save the day.
For my own thoughts on the movie....ugh. I really don't like the idea of this. The animation doesn't even match up with the usual Warner Bros standard for the other DTV DC Movies. It all just looks like the stupidly cheap flash animation used for TTG, and it looks utterly jarring on the OG Titans. we have five seasons of great animation as reference for this, and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Hell, Trouble in Tokyo looks better that this IMO.
But it's also general concerns - Teen Titans Go to the Movies was a pretty good film, a rare moment where the writers got their shit together and wrote something funny, heartwarming, and inventive. But here, it sort of just looks standard for lack of a better term. The TTG writers have never handled the OG Titans well at all. You can already see shades of it here. OG Robin is always brooding, looking angry, and what have you, and that was never Robin's personality in the original. Robin was pretty balanced between serious, and comical. E.G:
Cyborg in the short time we see him is kind of the same. Like, he could get goofy in the OG show as well, but just something about him seeing Santa and such is something I'd associate with the TTG version, or even Cyborg in that one episode of OG TT where he got a virus and began hallucinating. Everything about the OG cast's characterisation, at least from the trailer, just felt kind of off to me.
Even the humour to me seems kind of bog standard. There wasn't anything particularly funny, there wasn't anything particularly awful, like TTGTTM's original trailers, it all just seems kind of boring and unfunny to me.
What annoys me most about this is we're literally in the era where nearly every popular DC show is getting some kind of revival via a DTV movie. Batman and Harley Quinn was one for BTAS. Justice League VS The Fatal Five was one for JL and JLU. They know how many Teen Titans fans are clamouring for something after that reveal in TTGTTM, and wanted some kind of conclusion to the awful cliffhanger we got in Season 5 of the original. We could've had a proper "revival" movie of the OG TT like Batman and JL got, but instead we just got them being used as some kind of publicity stunt for TTG.
It's infuriating, because it's basically just using the OG TT and the hopes of fans of the original show to get TTG a bit more money via a second, and cheaper movie, and given how badly the OG Titans have been represented in TTG before, I don't hold my hopes up at all for this. Their usual humour in terms of OG TT is mocking their "edginess/seriousness" (which is in the trailer and wasn't actually that massive of a part of the show - if anything, OG TT are regularly praised for balancing darkness and serious plots with light hearted humour). I can already see this very quickly turning into the usual amount of self-shitting on humour, mocking fans for not moving on, or saying "well it's good to have both".
Idk, personally, my biggest hopes right now is this doing marginally well, Warner Bros getting their heads out of their asses, and giving us a proper OG Titans revival instead of this.
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I liked the original Teen Titans series from the early 2000s. I don't watch cartoons these days so I'm very far removed from what's popular and what's not, plus my knowledge of quality animation is even worse. But what I do I know well enough is that TTG is derided by anyone over the age of 9.
And Christ this just looks bad. Even if I wanted to be excited about the original TT making a comeback, the animation itself is so wrong. It might work for TTG, but the old designs don't translate to this kind of animation at all. And looking at the way the trailer handles humour and storytelling, none of it reminds me of original TT at all.
Garbage tier. Hard pass.
Supah Berry 3,493
Who cares? This is good cocoa!
I'll go ahead and bring out my take on this:
This'll not actually be about the two diffrent frachises fighting each other. In "Return of Slade" style, it'll only start out like that in the first act.
The rest of the movie is about the two teaming up to defeat the gritty Live Action Titans show.
The movie ends with both groups singing this.
I demand full payment for writting the story for you.
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What. The FUCK?!
I'm pretty indifferent on Teen Titans Go and I think this is poor.
Honestly, you what this reminds me of? Drawn Together The Movie.
Tara 15,226
Honestly, can't even bring myself to be mad. Just sort of lethargic.
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The Most Superior of Them All
Man, it's so jarring to see the OG Teen Titans being animated in such a cheap fashion.
Otherwise, it doesn't look that bad. I think if the writing and humor is on par with the TTG Movie, it could be a decently fun movie.
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I mean i watched all of the old TT 00s show. And just IMO it was bad. Sure the season FINALES were usually decent as almost everyone got some "end villain to defeat. But otherwise I think a lot overhype just how good the show was in general. It was in that era where a lot wanted to use that horrid "anime" style of animation seen in shows like totally spies, tt, that mystery show that came on Nickelodeon with the cave man. Where the characters had overly exarated faces and panels. And the tokyo movie was a horrid mess storywise. A villain that makes other villains.........out of ink! i mean outside that it was at least a 6/10. Though it did get a funny flash by well anyway this looks decent and is mixing the best of both worlds it seems. Young people really are enjoying TTG for them to continue to invest in it. We older folks do have Young Justice honestly.
PC the Hedgehog 2,960
I don't remember what episode I got this pic from
Seems odd that they already have the DVD/Blu-Ray ready to go, yet no release date.
I was kind of hoping they'd go all-in with the OG style, but the characters still look pretty good, if not a bit cheaper-animated. And is this the first confirmation that the TTG! Titans are simply the Titans from a different dimension?
Which leads to another question: are these Titans the exact same as the ones from the old series? And if that's the case, does this movie take place before season 4 of the OG show since Trigon is, y'know, not dead?
Trigon can not technically be killed
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I...uh... saw that trailer.
The 2003 Titans look so weirdly animated, like y'all have been saying. The way they're animated just doesn't fit their designs, their expressions are wonky and the proportions between the counterparts look off.
it just doesn't look good.
Nina Cortex Jovahexeon 18,222
On 6/27/2019 at 1:05 AM, PC the Hedgehog said:
Which leads to another question: are these Titans the exact same as the ones from the old series? And if that's the case, does this movie take place before season 4 of the OG show since Trigon is, y'know, not dead?
They probably aren't really of the same continuity. Unless there's some time travel involved.
Blueknight V2.0 714
I haven't been with the series since Trouble in Tokyo and I personally think it looks good. Some things might feel off because of both versions, but overall I'm Not complaining. I mean I like what I see, even though I completely dislike the TTG designs. I think the humor & OG characterization (from what we can see anyways, best example being Cyborg's reaction to santa) is good.
Overall, I'm really hoping this'll do good enough to revive the OG series with new seasons. I don't personally remember the cliffhanger ending, but hopefully that'll be resolved with a series revival. And look, WB finished where the Scooby-Doo 13 Monsters series left off 30+ years ago with the recent film. After seeing that, I think WB will do the same with OG Teen Titans.
Not sure if Samurai Jack had a cliffhanger, but they brought it back anyways.
This crossover (?) might just be it's own thing that's Not in any way connected to either series outside the designs. Might be like the TMNT: Turtles Forever film in a way.
Still, I think I'm going to see this when it comes out.
KHCast 11,920
All we've seen characterization wise, is raven being "emo lol I don't actually care and will boringly scream", Robin "so serious Batman wannabe", and Cyborg making a "omg its Santa" comment. Nothing about these to me so far look promising. It feels like they're just doing the young justice episode again only to the next level.
Well IGN likes it
cool...I'm still not personally convinced.
An 8.5/10 is good enough for me. I had my doubts on how good it will be, but I watched TMNT Turtles Forever recently to get an idea of how this type of film would be like. Well I really enjoyed it, it's just the different styles threw it off at times. Still a good film though.
So I'm thinking TTG! VS. Teen Titans would feel similar to TMNT Turtles Forever in a way. And if it means that Season 6 could still happen afterward, I'm definitely going to give this film a chance. Who knows, maybe they'll include a S6 teaser with it. XD.
Another review. Again improving my opinion all the more. I'd still like to see some more footage though.
https://constant-thinker.com/2019/08/09/teen-titans-go-vs-teen-titans-back-cover-released-details-features/
Back Cover Art Released, Some Details & Features!
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Judging by some Blu-ray ratings I found while Googling, one of the included cartoons will be "How Long is Forever" from the original series.
1 minute ago, CC14 of Doom said:
I sincerely hope they don't bundle How Long is Forever with TTG's future episode because that's gonna be an awkward time
1 hour ago, CC14 of Doom said:
Interesting, you got a link to the page so I can check it out?
Here's what I found on the British Board of Film Classification site. It seems these are some of the included cartoons:
Final Exam (2003)
Chicken in the Cradle (TTG)
Deception (2003)
The Scoop! (TTG)
How Long is Forever (2003)
Shrimps and Prime Rib (TTG)
As apprehensive as I am about the movie, I'm probably going to end up picking up the Blu-Ray for those included OG Titans episodes alone. The UK has yet to get a home release of the original series outside of the first three seasons being available digitally, so anything to show support for a proper release of the original show here.
Also, it looks to be the first episode of every TT season, so by that pattern, I'd imagine the episodes will be
-Final Exam (Season 1)
-How Long is Forever? (Season 2)
-Deception (Season 3)
-Don't Touch that Dial (Season 4)
-Homecoming Parts 1/2 (Season 5) (or alternatively - Go!)
As for what episode I personally would've chosen as the highlights -
Season 1: Switched or Mad Mod
Season 2: How Long is Forever (it's the best episode of the whole show, duh)
Season 3: Haunted
Season 4: The Prophecy (The back cover of the box indicates it's going to be about Raven dealing with her demon side, and Trigon is a key villain in it. I'd much rather have The End as the selection, but that's three episodes long, so the Prophecy is a good sub)
Season 5: Go! (It's honestly probably the best episode Season 5 has and is the origin of the Titans).
So it'll be a mixture of Teen Titans & TTG! episodes. Kind of what I was expecting. Since there's 9-bonus episodes, it's likely there'll only be 4-OG Teen Titans episodes & 5-TTG episodes possibly.
@Ryannumber1gamer I didn't even know the UK never got a physical home release for the OG series outside the digital releases. In that case, I'd definitely support that.
4 minutes ago, Blueknight V2.0 said:
I didn't even know the UK never got a physical home release for the OG series outside the digital releases. In that case, I'd definitely support that.
The UK has gotten shafted with all DC shows. Batman TAS only had Seasons 1 and 2 out for the longest time, and without Subzero, S:TAS only had a few four-episode per disc releases, Batman Beyond got nothing, not even it's movie released, Justice League had Starcrossed, Origins, and a few of it's double length episodes from S1 released, The Batman had Season 1 released, and that's about it. We didn't even get the DCAU movies until roughly around Flashpoint or so.
We got all of Batman The Brave and the Bold I think but they were released in like 10-20 different discs with 2 to 4 episodes released. Last year's Batman The Animated Series Blu-Ray release is the first time the full series was released in the UK, and this year's Beyond Blu-Ray will be the first time the UK gets that series released as well.
All of these series aired on UK TV, and on Cartoon Network UK in particular (Toonami UK, which was a standard channel over here primarily ran anime and Superhero shows, so it was basically non-stop DC animated stuff for awhile), but other than that, no home releases whatsoever.
I actually didn't even know all that, that's kind of disappointing to hear. But at least there's more releases are happening for the UK though.

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St James Ossuary
A remarkable set of underground chambers in Brno that are filled with bones and skulls of some 50,000 people, some artfully arranged, others just in heaps, plus a few other objects such as antique coffins and a couple of sculptures. This is said to be the second largest ossuary in Europe after the Paris Catacombs in terms of the number of deceased, and though much smaller in area space than its more famous French counterpart, it is an impressive sight to behold.
More background info: The ossuary has a remarkable history, in particular the fact that for much of its existence it was totally obscure and forgotten! The first St James Church (or St Jacob, sv. Jakuba in Czech) at this location goes back to sometime in the 16th century. As was common practice back then, there was a cemetery adjacent to the church. These small plots usually soon filled up, so older bones and remains had to be collected and relocated (cf. Sedlec Ossuary!). For this purpose, so it is now assumed, vaults were constructed in the 17th century underneath the church for storage of those old bones. Owing to diseases such as cholera and the plague, as well as through the ravages of the Thirty Years War and a Swedish siege, these caverns also soon filled up. And so additional vaults were constructed underneath the cemetery. A further expansion must have been planned but given up, as evidenced by an extra connecting tunnel that abruptly ends after a couple of dozen yards without leading anywhere.
In 1784, reforms introduced in the reign of Austrian emperor Joseph II, outlawed burials within the city in parish cemeteries – for health reasons, all burials were now to be carried out in plots of land outside the city. The old church cemetery was cleared and all the remains dumped in the underground chambers for a final time.
With it no longer being required, the access staircase to the ossuary chambers from the church's nave were covered and sealed off by a stone slab. And over the years the very existence of these bone-filled vaults was forgotten.
Hence it came as no small surprise when in 2001 they were rediscovered by chance during a planning survey for the renovation of the square outside the church. The discovery opened up the chance for archaeological and forensic investigations; and as it was deemed unsafe for the nearby busy road to leave the chambers as they were, it was decided to stabilize and refurbish them.
Bones and skulls were cleaned and rearranged in the artistic manner we now see again – while one section was left in the state it was found in. Some old coffins discovered here too were also refurbished and put on display in the vaults.
After the renovation work was completed, the ossuary was opened to the public in 2012 and has become another rather morbid but fascinating tourist attraction in Brno's underground portfolio.
What there is to see: The entrance to the ossuary is outside the church it is associated with and marked by a big concrete/stone structure. Like a section of a thick wall. There's a brief information panel that states the essentials about the place. Stairs next to the concrete wall lead down to a steel door. Behind this is the purpose-built entrance hall with the ticket desk and a few artefacts on display. These include some bones and skulls in glass cabinets. Apparently these had been the object of archaeological investigations. Three large text panels in Czech and (slightly flawed) English provide more in-depth historical information about St James Church, the former cemetery and the discovery of the ossuary.
Through a very low door and archway you then enter the original brick vaults of the ossuary. Inside, immediately to the right, is a first charnel chamber with bones and skulls piled to the ceiling, dimly lit by reddish lights set into the floor. There's also piped background music (apparently specially provided by a local composer). In the centre between two walls of bones is some sculptural artwork.
Parallel to the first chamber, a narrow corridor goes down a gentle incline and ends at a smaller chamber. This is filled entirely with skulls, some polished white, others with yellow and reddish colouration – the latter apparently a sign of diseases like cholera or the plague.
Back at the main passageway you pass yet more walls of bones, some old tombstones and more artwork and eventually get to the main chamber. You are now directly underneath St James' Church. Another wall of bones and skulls (and yet more sculptural artwork) is to the left. In the centre is a thick column made of bones and skulls, and at the far end a large glass panel holds back a mass of heaped bones and skulls in another side chamber. This is how the human remains were found when the ossuary was rediscovered. It was decided to leave one part in that messy state – perhaps so that visitors can even better appreciate the renovation work that has gone into the rest of this place.
The right-hand side of the main chamber has displays of antique coffins on either side of yet another wall of bones. The painted lids have been restored and are displayed attached to the wall above the main parts of the coffins, which are now sealed by a glass panel so you can see the skeletal remains inside.
That is more or less it. It's quite atmospheric, especially when you don't have to share the space with other visitors – so it pays off to linger a while and wait for others to leave rather than hurrying along with them (most other visitors I encountered spent much less time in there).
All in all, it may not be quantitatively all that much that you get to see for the admission price you paid, but it's extremely rewarding for the dark atmosphere and morbid aesthetics. Recommended.
Location: in the Old Town of Brno, on the south-western corner of the square that St James Church sits in, by Rašinova Street.
Google Maps locator: [49.19633, 16.60797]
Access and costs: Easy to locate; a bit expensive, but not excessively so.
Details: The stone slab in the square outside St James Church marks the entrance fairly well, and there's also an info panel above ground. Down the stairs and through a steel door you reach the ticket desk.
Opening times: Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: 140 CZK, students, seniors and children under 15 pay half.
Still photography is allowed for free, but for the use of camcorders, an extra charge of 50 CZK is levied.
Combination tickets are on offer, at a small discount, with two other underground Brno sights: the labyrinth underneath the Vegetable Market Square (see under Brno) and/or the Mint Master's Cellar.
Time required: not long, maybe 15 to 20 minutes max.
Combinations with other dark destinations: Fewer in numbers of the dead, but even grimmer to look at are the semi-mummified bodies of the Capuchin Crypt in the south of Brno's Old Town, less than a ten-minute walk from the St James Ossuary. If you liked the ossuary, those Capuchin bodies will impress you even more.
See also under Brno in general.
Combinations with non-dark destinations: The church above the ossuary, St James in English, but Kostel sv. Jakuba in Czech, may also be worth a look. I didn't spot it myself, but I read that there allegedly is also a "naughty" statue above one of the windows of a person with exposed buttocks!
Being so centrally located, the ossuary is near most of the main attractions of Brno.
St James Ossuary 01 - narrow corridor
St James Ossuary 02 - side chamber
St James Ossuary 03 - polished skulls
St James Ossuary 04 - another side chapber, with artwork
St James Ossuary 05 - wall of bones closer up
St James Ossuary 06 - another wall of bones, and more artwork
St James Ossuary 07 - looking towards the main chamber
St James Ossuary 08 - in the main chamber
St James Ossuary 09 - form the other side
St James Ossuary 10 - beyond the glass barrier
St James Ossuary 11 - in a glass coffin
St James Ossuary 12 - stack of skulls
St James Ossuary 13 - hollow stare
St James Ossuary 14 - jawless
St James Ossuary 15 - badly battered skulls behind glass by the entrance
St James Ossuary 16 - St James church


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Dan Deacon Announces Rat Film Soundtrack
Much as Theo Anthony's film uses rat infestation in Baltimore, the city both he and Deacon call home, as a starting point from which to probe deeply entangled issues of race and class, Deacon's bold and beautiful score, takes the listener on an exploratory sensory trip through the city streets.
For the soundtrack, made in close collaboration with director Theo Anthony as he built and refined the film's edit, Deacon drew inspiration from recent scores such as Mica Levi's Under the Skin and Mark Korven's The Witch, as well as Philip Glass' raw early work North Star.
Rat Film marks Deacon's first full record devoted to modern composition. In between his four ecstatic electronic-pop albums, Deacon has frequently flexed the 21st-century classical muscles he first developed studying at SUNY Purchase's Conservatory of Music. He's provided soundtracks for film and stage giants ranging from Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt to New York City Ballet's presentation of Justin Peck's "The Times Are Racing." Deacon's array of compositional commissions includes pieces with Kronos Quartet at Lincoln Center, Sigur Rós at the L.A. Philharmonic, and So Percussion at the Barbican Centre.
Rat Film offers the first recorded document of this parallel career—and both as a self-contained album and a companion piece to an equally potent film, it astounds.
Rat Film (Original Soundtrack) is available to pre-order on CD, limited edition "rat hair" colored vinyl, and limited edition pink colored cassette now through Domino. The release will also be available on digital platforms on October 13, 2017
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Iraq and Kurdish governments argue over oil sales
by Kurt T Jan 8, 2018
The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has been accused by the Iraqi Prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, of exporting $1.6 billion worth of oil over the last three months without authorization from Iraq. Tensions are running high and neither government can seem to find a solution other than shifting blame. No one seems to believe they are at fault.
Safeen Dizayee, the KRG spokesperson, responded by saying, "The average of oil exports since after October 16 in the Kurdistan Region was 265,970 barrels of oil which was not sold in Brent price and its revenue did not reach two trillion [Iraqi Dinar] as Abadi claims otherwise," and followed with, "Abadi says that the Kurdistan Region exported 450,000 barrels per day on a daily basis in October. It is clear to all sides that after the October 16 events, the Havana and Bai Hassan oilfields, which had a produce of 250,000 BPD daily, fell to the Iraqi government and North Oil Company, hence halting exports since."
Rejecting the claim that the KRG's monthly income was 544 billion dinars, Dizayee stated that neither the KRG or Iraq sold oil at full crude prices and that, "We do not know the source of this incorrect information with Abadi and how could he confirm them?" The KRG claims that their revenues have been cut in half after the loss of the oil fields in Kirkuk and that this has left them with approximately $337.4 million, after essential expenses and payments to international energy companies, for government salaries. KRG monthly salaries climb to around 850 billion dinars monthly and due to the current economic crises have now been reduced to a mere 600 billion.
In Dizayee's mind, Abadi's press conference did not serve to bolster ties between the KRG and Iraqi government. To this disclosure he added, "While there is a lot of internal and international efforts for the start of dialogue and the resolution of the Kurdistan Region and Iraqi federal government, and while we saw positive signs from Baghdad and felt there was now a convenient atmosphere for the beginning of dialogue and an Iraqi government delegation visited the Kurdistan Region, once again, the Prime Minister, in his press conference, spoke in a language which does not serve the current atmosphere and direction by giving some incorrect information concerning relevant questions with respect to the Kurdistan Region."
Dizayee made it clear that to resolve the issue at hand, serious talks must take place rather than press conferences and remarks made on the side. He added that the Ministry of Oil for the KRG released reports monthly oil sales and revenue from 2014 until 2016's end. The KRG was also been audited for the first six months of 2017 as well — a report on the overall process is scheduled to be released soon. It was also made clear that since Iraq's membership in the good-governance Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global collective, had been suspended since 2016. This meant that the reports released by Iraq's Ministry of Oil were "not audited and ambiguous," according to Dizayee.
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FA Cup Second Round draw: When is it and what number are Grimsby Town?
Grimsby Town fans will be keeping a close eye on this evening's FA Cup Second Round draw as the Mariners find out who they'll face.
Michael Jolley's men made it past the first round for the first time since 2015 after beating MK Dons 3-1 at Blundell Park on Saturday.
Second half goals from Elliot Embleton, Wes Thomas and Charles Vernam saw the Mariners storm through after Kieran Agard's opener.
They'll now go into tonight's draw, where they'll be joined by 53 other teams – with a number of first round ties still to be decided.
Thirteen games are going to a replay, including Ebbsfleet United vs Cheltenham Town and Mansfield Town vs Charlton Athletic, while Hampton & Richmond Borough take on Oldham Athletic following tonight's draw, with the League Two side aiming to avoid an FA Cup shock.
The draw will take place at Hampton & Richmond's home ground The Beveree, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two from 7pm, with former Middlesbrough and Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and Brighton & Hove Albion striker Glenn Murray conducting.
Grimsby Town are number 11 in the draw, while local rivals Scunthorpe United and Lincoln City are numbers eight and 18 respectively.
Among some of the bigger names still in the draw are Sunderland (9), Barnsley (26), Blackpool (34) and Portsmouth (39).
The Mariners will already scoop £36,000 in prize money following their first round win, and could take £54,000 should they pick up another victory in the second round.
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ILLUSION OF PURITY is an artistic project founded by Gerrit in 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. The roots of the project go back further in time though. The project is heavily focused on the subject of life with psychological problems. The project at this moment consists of mainly speeching about life with autism, anxiety disorder and depression; and poetry which again is mainly focused on life within the autism spectrum, life with OCD, depression and other psychological conditions. Gerrit himself has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (a form of autism), OCD (which is an anxiety disorder) and has had depressions since childhood. The poetry consists of introspective and metaphore-filled outings of the emotions, fears, despairs, sadness but also hopes, dreams and normal emotions that most people within the spectrum go through. The project hopes to break the taboo about psychological problems and replace the many wrong stereotypes about psychological problems by a more correct picture of how it feels to live with neurodiversity. A smaller portion of the poetry within the project focusses more on political issues and problems and tendencies within (European) society.
Manifest of the project
We live in a society where, below the surface of what people generally see, are still a lot of problems. A lot of people still live a life full of struggles, get socially isolated, and have a low self-esteem due to being constant victims of being misunderstood or discriminated against. In a world where peer pressure and egocentrism often make people fail to notice those in need, rates of depression and suicide have been rising steadily. Something has to be done against this. The first step in order to improve facilities for those in need to improve their quality of life, is knowledge and awareness.
When it comes to psychological problems, people still don't know a lot about what it truly means to live with a psychological condition. People know mainly a lot of stereotypes and cliches, which per definition don't tell the complete truth or are just totally wrong. A lot of people don't know beyond these stereotypes because of the taboo atmosphere surrounding psychological problems. People who have to live with it often experience peer pressure to be "normal" and hide their true self, which often leads to social isolation and low self-esteem. Facilities to offer help to improve life quality for those affected by psychological conditions, often can do not enough because there is insufficient resources and awareness thanks to the taboo. It is a vicious circle.
We want to use art and words; which are often the most powerful weapons; as a method to raise awareness about psychological problems. We don't wish to entertain people with our artistic events, we wish to educate people. We want to counter the many wrong stereotypes in society and replace them by a more correct image of how it really feels to live with a psychological disorder. A lot of people only see the strange, introvert person but fail to see that below that surface is a normal person with normal emotions and desires. Few people look beyond what they see and know about the emotions people with a disorder go through: the daily struggle with the disorder, the many people who refuse to understand or help you, the pains and frustrations, the despairs and isolation… but also the normal desires for affection, the normal desires to chase their dreams, the normal dreams and emotions, the hopes we all have.
This project has a main target to raise awareness of how it really feels to live with a psychological disorder. We want to knock against the taboo walls with such a power until the bricks flow around and not a single fundament is left. This hopefully can pave the path for better understanding of psychological disorders and that in its turn hopefully leads to better facilities and help for those who need it most. The project also wishes to reach out to those who live with a psychological condition, tell them they are not alone with what they are going through and that they should be proud of who they are, no matter what.
Hence, the target of the project is diverse but easy to summarise: break the taboo and counter the wrong stereotypes about mental problems, with the hope it can lead to a better understanding and better life quality for those affected.
To live with a psychological disorder is not easy and sometimes painful. The project wishes to give an honest picture, which means that some poems and some parts of the speeching can be rather sombre. Please note that we are trying to create an honest picture, this includes it is important to show both sides of the coin: both the pains and despair; and the hopes and dreams. As many poems are highly metaphorical, Gerrit will always be happy to explain the specific message in the poem.
The project was formally started in Spain in 2010 but is not limited to any geographic place. We hope we can also contribute to raising awareness in societies and countries where the taboos are still the highest.
Gerrit was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1981. He lived a very reclusive youth by choice and has been coping with depressions since early childhood. His dreams of travelling the world and discover other cultures and far-off places provided the oxygen which was highly needed in the suffocating environment he grew up in. Gerrit has Asperger Syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders on top of the depressions. He experienced first hand how it feels to grow up in a place where awareness of autism is minimal and in schools where he was constantly victim of bullying due to being the only autistic child in a "normal" environment. Rather than letting himself be beaten down by his condition, Gerrit drew motivation from it to stand up for better facilities for those who are also affected. This lead indirectly to the creation of the project. For a biography of Gerrit in detail, see his personal general website.
Gerrit realised his dreams of emigrating and wandering at age 22 when he relocated to Ireland. It was in Belfast that, on invitation from his psychologist, he gave a first speech about life with autism and OCD in front of psychology students and parents of autistic children. The overwhelmingly positive reactions to this speech further motivated Gerrit to continue the activism. It was also in Belfast he started to write his first poems, drawing inspiration from musicians such as Echo & the Bunnymen, Morrissey, The Smiths, … and of course heavily relying on his own experiences.
Gerrit's experience in Turkey, where he lived for a while, further triggered the ambition to stand up for other people going through the same struggles. Gerrit experienced in Turkey the taboo about autism was sky-high, but the people were nonetheless not judging anyone different and helping even when they did not understand the full picture. This showed Gerrit that raising awareness was also badly needed outside of the western world and encouraged him to some day take his poetry and speeches to societies where the taboo is still very big, such as the Middle East or Africa.
Gerrit continued to write poems in Germany and the Czech Republic. An article encouraging autistics to be proud of themselves and believe in their dreams, was published in translated form in an e-zine ruled by a local autism organisation.
Gerrit moved to Spain in 2009 partially because of the lack of artistic opportunities in the country he resided before. At the same time of this relocation, Gerrit was exposed to the music of The God Machine and Sophia (both bands fronted by Robin Proper-Sheppard) which left a huge impression on Gerrit. Especially in songs such as "So slow"; "Purity", the highly claustrophobic "Out", "The Flower Song" and "Portugal", Gerrit recognised his own emotions very well and realised the huge impact art can have to reach out to people. It motivated him to not only start writing poetry on a much higher frequency than ever before, but to also take the leap to perform his poems in public. After about half a year of frequent appearances in the local poetry open mike nights, Gerrit's conceptual poetry is now ready to be performed in own shows that are completely constructed around the poems dealing with psychological problems and to lesser extent, political issues.
His dream is to take the project abroad and perform in as many different locations and countries, including those countries where the taboo is still the biggest. The project consists of Gerrit as only permanent contributor but has from time to time accepted guest contributions by other artists. The project will likely continue in the same way, where guest contributions are allowed without accepting permanent membership of the project, and with collaborations with other projects that are about psychological problems.


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Q: How to multiply permutations I didn't understand the rules of multiplying  permutations.
I'll be glad if you can explain me...
For example: we have $f=(135)(27),g=(1254)(68)$. How do I calculate $f\cdot g$??
Thank you!

A: I'm going to assume that you evaluate products from left to right; note that many people use the opposite convention.
Here we have the product $(135)(27)(1254)(68)$. First see what it does to $1$: the cycle $(135)$ sends $1$ to $3$, the transposition $(27)$ does nothing to the $3$, the cycle $(1254)$ does nothing to the $3$, and the transposition $(68)$ does nothing to the $3$, so the net effect is to send $1$ to $3$.
Now let's see what the product does to $3$. $(135)$ sends $3$ to $5$; $5$ is left unchanged by $(27)$, and $(1254)$ then sends $5$ to $4$, which is left unchanged by $(68)$. The net effect is to send $3$ to $4$.
Next we'll see what the product does to $4$. Nothing changes it until we get to $(1254)$, which sends it to $1$, and $1$ is left alone by $(68)$, so the product sends $4$ to $1$. Notice that this closes a cycle, $1\to 3\to 4\to 1$.
Now start over with $2$, the smallest number whose image under $f\cdot g$ we've not yet found. $(135)$ does nothing to it, $(27)$ sends it to $7$, and $(1254)$ and $(68)$ do nothing to the $7$, so the net effect is to send $2$ to $7$. Next we see what the product does to $7$: $(135)$ does nothing, $(27)$ sends it to $2$, $(1254)$ sends that $2$ to $5$, and $(68)$ does nothing to the $5$, so $f\cdot g$ sends $7$ to $5$. $(135)$ sends $5$ to $1$, which is left alone by $(27)$ and then sent to $2$ by $(1254)$; $2$ is left alone by $(68)$, so $f\cdot g$ sends $5$ to $2$. This closes another cycle: $2\to 7\to 5\to 2$.
We now know what $f\cdot g$ does to $1,2,3,4,5$, and $7$, so we move on to $6$. $(135)$, $(27)$, and $(1254)$ do nothing to $6$, and $(68)$ sends it to $8$. $(135)$, $(27)$, and $(1254)$ also do nothing to $8$, which is sent to $6$ by $(68)$, and we've closed off one last cycle: $6\to 8\to 6$.
Putting the pieces together, we can write $f\cdot g$ as the product $(134)(275)(68)$.
Alternatively, you could work out $f\cdot g$ in two-line notation. First see where it sends $1$, then where it sends $2$, and so on up through $8$; you'll be doing the same work that I did above, but in a different order, and you'll find that $f\cdot g$ is
$$\binom{1\,2\,3\,4\,5\,6\,7\,8}{3\,7\,4\,1\,2\,8\,5\,6}$$
in two-line notation.

A: In the group of permutations, the multiplication means composition. So $f \cdot g := g \circ f$ (first do $f$ then do $g$). If your book or class has defined it in the opposite way but for the purposes of this response lets assume it is $f \cdot g := g \circ f$. The way I calculate this quickly is to make tables:
Starting Point (assuming the set has 8 elements): (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
Apply $f$: (5 7 1 4 3 6 2 8)
(If you don't see how $f$ corresponds to this guy speak up.
Apply $g$ to previous line: (4 5 1 3 7 8 2 6)
List these three 8-tuples on top of one another and see if you can correspond $f$ to the first transition and $g$ to the second transition.


The probability of entering a nursing home is not the same for everyone. Age, being a woman, and living alone are all risk factors. These risk factors are also interrelated: women have a higher probability of entering a nursing home, largely because they live longer and are more likely to live alone during their last years.
Disability also increases the risk of entering a nursing home. The more assistance a person needs, the greater the risk of being institutionalized. Certain types of disabilities have also been associated with increased risk of nursing home admission. For example, people who are cognitively impaired have a greater probability of entering a nursing home because cognitive disorders usually require constant supervision.
The existence of informal caregivers reduces the risk of nursing home use. Many studies have closely examined the role of informal caregivers in reducing the probability of nursing home admission. These studies also show that the attitude families have towards nursing homes influences the institutionalization of a family member.
Most users of nursing-home care have multiple and severe impairments, and they are dependent for care in more than three activities of daily living. In relation to general health, the institutionalized elderly have a multiple variety of diagnoses. The more common are diseases of the circulatory system, along with the mental disorders associated with that problem. Those with dementia normally have behavioral problems.
Many recent studies have estimated that nursing home utilization rates may be declining, and that the decline will continue to occur even though the number of very old is increasing. However, it is difficult to find a simple reason to explain trends in institutionalization. Declining utilization rates can be better explained by a reduction of supply, rather than by a decrease in the of prevalence of severe disability.
Financing of nursing home care – and who pays for it – is a particularly salient issue with regard to public expenses. Admission control, and payment for complexity, thus become priorities for those who manage this type of long-term care. The group includes family members, providers, and care-payers. In Portugal, the payment for long-term care is a co-payment divided between the elderly, or their family members, and the state.
This paper describes the profile of Portuguese elderly admitted to nursing homes that belong to the non-profit sector.
The main objective of the research was to describe the elderly in terms of their general health conditions and motor and cognitive impairment, and to determine the levels of disability (clinical complexity) that were associated with the different levels of utilization of resources. Recognizing the diversity of the elderly with functional impairments is essential in order to develop policies that are responsive to the range of needs that exist among the elderly.
To establish the disability profile, approximately 200 elderly, residing in various nursing homes, were evaluated. Areas considered were general health, frailty, risk and consequences of falls, swallowing disorders, communication profile, performance of the activities of daily living, cognitive ability levels and depression. The instruments used were a general questionnaire, the Lawton scale, Katz Index, Barthel Index, Mini-Mental State Examination, Geriatric Depression Scale, Verbal Association Test, Braden Scale, and a Swallowing Assessment. In addition, there was also a frailty indicator.
In order to identify the resources that were utilized for the different levels of care, a questionnaire was given to the managers of the institutions.
Based on the different instruments used, and the functional impairments found, different levels of complexity were discovered among nursing home residents. However, the payment of care remains almost the same among these residents, except for small differences that do not reflect levels of assistance.
1. Elderly with mild impairments who do not require the active help of others.
2. Elderly with moderate impairments who do not need 24-hour assistance.
3. Elderly with severe limitations who require 24-hour intensive levels of care.
The most important conclusion the study reached is that the institutionalized elderly, since they have different levels of dependency, need flexible responses. The policies adopted, the planning of services, and their provision must be related to the assistance the institutionalized elderly need. The frequency and intensity of care is diverse, and these factors have a different impact on public and family spending that must be considered along with a systematic assessment of the dependency levels of the elderly.


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NCAA Division I schools, Big East Conference members, Schools in New York
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School Name: Syracuse University
Location: Syracuse, New York
Arena: Carrier Dome
Conference: Big East
Head coach: Jim Boeheim
The Syracuse Orange men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of Syracuse University. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big East Conference.
Syracuse Basketball History
Syracuse first fielded a basketball team in 1899 and enjoyed early success, being recognized as national champions in 1918 and 1926. The 1926 squad was coached by legendary coach Lew Andreas and featured Basketball Hall of Famer Vic Hanson
The school made National Invitation Tournament ("NIT") appearances in 1946 and 1950 and made its first NCAA Basketball Tournament appearance in 1957.
The modern era of Syracuse basketball began with the arrival of future Hall of Famer Dave Bing. As a sophomore in 1964, Bing led the team to an NIT appearance and as a senior in 1966, he led the team to its second NCAA Tournament appearance, where it reached the regional final. Bing's backcourt partner on these teams was future Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.
Syracuse remained competitive after Bing's departure, with NIT appearances in 1967, 1971 and 1972. Under coach Roy Danforth, in 1973, the team began a string of consecutive NCAA appearances highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 1975. The 1975 squad featured guards Jim Lee and Rudy Hackett and was affectionately known as "Roy's Runts."
Following the 1976 season, Danforth was hired away by Tulane University and the University turned to young assistant Jim Boeheim to assume the helm. Boeheim extended the string of NCAA appearances to nine, with bids in each of his first four seasons, a period in which his teams won 100 games. These teams featured star forward Louis Orr and center Roosevelt Bouie and were sometimes referred to as the "Louie and Bouie Show."
Syracuse was a founding member of the Big East Conference in 1979, along with Georgetown, St. John's and Providence. Syracuse and Georgetown were each ranked in the top ten in 1980, and a new and major rivalry blossomed when Georgetown snapped the Orangemen's 57 game home winning streak in the final men's basketball game played at Manley Field House. Over the next ten seasons, these two schools met eight times in the Big East Tournament, four times in the finals, and met numerous times on national television during the regular season.
Syracuse won the Big East Tournament in 1981, but was passed over by the NCAA Tournament. The team, featuring Danny Schayes and Leo Rautins, finished runner-up in the NIT. The team returned to the NIT in 1982, before beginning another extended streak of NCAA appearances in 1983.
Buoyed by the visibility provided by the Big East and by rising attendances at the Carrier Dome, the Orangemen continued to increase in national prominence. Heralded high school phenomenon Dwayne "Pearl" Washington joined the Orangemen in 1983, and led the school to NCAA appearances in 1984, 1985, and 1986, before leaving school early for the NBA Draft.
Despite the early loss of Washington, Syracuse returned to the NCAA's in 1987, with a team featuring Rony Seikaly, Sherman Douglas and freshman Derrick Coleman, reaching the Final Four before losing, 73-74, in the final to Indiana on a last-second jump shot by Keith Smart. Led by Coleman, Douglas, Seikaly, Stephen Thompson and Billy Owens, the school extended its string of NCAA appearances to 10 seasons before that string was broken in 1993, due to NCAA sanctions resulting from an incident involving a booster.
Led by guard Lawrence Moten and forward/center John Wallace, the school returned to the NCAA's in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, Wallace led the team to its third Final Four appearance, where it played impressively before losing, 67-76, in the final to a heavily-favored Kentucky team that included nine future NBA players. (Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino had been an assistant coach to Boeheim in 1976, 1977.)
The 1997 squad won 19 games but was bypassed by the NCAA Tournament and appeared in the NIT. The 1998, 1999 and 2000 squads featuring guard Jason Hart and center Etan Thomas all earned NCAA bids. In 2000, the University also named its All-Century Team, recognizing its greatest players of the 20th century and the school's first 100 years of basketball. The team made a fourth consecutive NCAA appearance in 2001, but returned to the NIT in 2002, despite a having a 20-win season.
Although unranked in the preseason polls for the 2002-03 season, led by freshmen Carmelo Anthony and Gerry McNamara and sophomore Hakim Warrick, the Orangemen won their first NCAA Tournament Championship with a 81-78 defeat of Kansas in the final. Anthony was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Anthony left for the NBA Draft after the school year, but McNamara and Warrick stayed on, leading the team to NCAA bids in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, McNamara would lead the Orangemen to an extremely unexpected Big East Championship victory, making the 9th-seeded Orangemen the lowest seed to ever win the championship and only the 3rd school to repeat as Big East tournament champions, but was immediately defeated in the opening round of the tournament by Texas A&M, 66-58.
The 2007-08 season for the Orange was up and down. The Orange had a 50 point win over East Tennessee State on December 15, the largest margin of victory in 20 seasons. They recorded top-25 wins over Georgetown and Marquette . But the team lost to Villanova in the Big East Tournament opening round, and to UMass in the NIT. UMass became the first team ever to beat the Orange twice in the same season at the Carrier Dome.
To date, the Syracuse men's basketball program has made 31 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 4 Final Four appearances and one NCAA Tournament Championship. The program has also made 11 NIT appearances and won 2 early (pre-tournament era) national championships. The program has produced 2 Hall of Fame players, Vic Hanson and Dave Bing, and one Hall of Fame coach, Jim Boeheim.
The Orange have experienced a tremendous home court advantage over the years. Prior to this year only one team had ever beaten Syracuse at home more than once in a season. Penn State beat the Orange twice in Syracuse in the 1922-1923 season. The feat went unmatched until this year when the University of Massachusetts defeated the Orange in the Carrier Dome by scores of 107-100 and 81-77.
Season-by-season results
1900-01 2 2 .500 -- -- -- -- -- None No Coach
1903-04 11 8 .579 -- -- -- -- -- None John A. R. Scott
1905-06 9 3 .750 -- -- -- -- -- None John A. R. Scott
1909-10 3 11 .214 -- -- -- -- -- None John A. R. Scott
1911-12 11 3 .786 -- -- -- -- -- None Edmund Dollard
1912-13 8 3 .727 -- -- -- -- -- None Edmund Dollard
1913-14 12 0 1.000 -- -- -- -- -- None Edmund Dollard
1917-18 16 1 .941 -- -- -- -- -- None Edmund Dollard National Champions
1922-23 8 12 .400 -- -- -- -- -- None Edmund Dollard
1924-25 15 2 .882 -- -- -- -- -- None Lewis Andreas
1925-26 19 1 .950 -- -- -- -- -- None Lewis Andreas National Champions
1942-43 8 10 .444 -- -- -- -- -- None Lewis Andreas
1943-44 Did not play - Team suspended
1945-46 23 4 .852 -- -- -- -- -- NIT Lewis Andreas
1946-47 19 6 .760 -- -- -- -- -- NCAA District II Lewis Andreas
1947-48 11 13 .458 -- -- -- -- -- None Lewis Andreas
1950-51 19 9 .679 -- -- -- -- -- None Marc Guley
1952-53 7 11 .389 -- -- -- -- -- None Marc Guley
1954-55 10 11 .476 -- -- -- -- -- None Marc Guley
1956-57 18 7 .720 -- -- -- -- -- 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Marc Guley
1962-63 8 13 .381 -- -- -- -- -- None Fred Lewis
1963-64 17 8 .680 -- -- -- -- -- NIT Fred Lewis
1964-65 13 10 .565 -- -- -- -- -- None Fred Lewis
1965-66 22 6 .786 -- -- -- -- -- 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Fred Lewis
1968-69 9 16 .360 -- -- -- -- -- None Roy Danforth
1969-70 12 12 .500 -- -- -- -- -- None Roy Danforth
1970-71 19 7 .731 -- -- -- -- -- NIT Roy Danforth
1972-73 24 5 .828 -- -- -- -- -- 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Roy Danforth
1976-77 26 4 .867 -- -- -- -- -- 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Jim Boeheim
1979-80 26 4 .867 5 1 .833 T-1st (Big East) Lost in finals 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Jim Boeheim
1980-81 22 12 .647 6 8 .429 6th Conference Champions NIT Jim Boeheim
1981-82 16 13 .552 7 7 .500 5th Lost in quarter-finals NIT Jim Boeheim
1982-83 21 10 .677 9 7 .563 5th Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1983-84 23 9 .719 12 4 .750 2nd Lost in finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1984-85 22 9 .710 9 7 .563 3rd Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1985-86 26 6 .813 14 2 .875 1st Lost in finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1987-88 26 9 .743 11 5 .688 2nd Conference Champion NCAA Jim Boeheim
1988-89 30 8 .789 10 6 .625 3rd Lost in finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1990-91 26 6 .813 12 4 .750 1st Lost in quarter-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1991-92 22 10 .688 10 8 .556 5th Conference Champion NCAA Jim Boeheim
1992-93 20 9 .690 10 8 .556 3rd Lost in finals None Jim Boeheim
1993-94 23 7 .767 13 5 .722 2nd Lost in quarter-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1994-95 20 10 .667 12 6 .667 3rd Lost in quarter-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1995-96 29 9 .763 12 6 .667 2nd (Big East 7) Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1996-97 19 13 .594 9 9 .500 4th (Big East 7) Lost in quarter-finals NIT Jim Boeheim
1997-98 26 9 .743 12 6 .667 1st (Big East 7) Lost in finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
1998-99 21 12 .636 10 8 .556 4th Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
2000-01 25 9 .813 10 6 .625 T-2nd (West) Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
2001-02 23 13 .639 9 7 .563 T-3rd (West) Lost in 1st Round NIT Jim Boeheim
2002-03 30 5 .857 11 6 .647 T-1st (West) Lost in semi-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim National Champions
2003-04 23 8 .742 13 3 .813 T-3rd (West) Lost in quarter-finals NCAA Jim Boeheim
2004-05 27 7 .794 11 6 .647 T-3rd (West) Conference Champion NCAA Jim Boeheim
2005-06 23 12 .657 7 9 .438 T-9th Conference Champion NCAA Jim Boeheim
2006-07 24 11 .686 10 6 .625 T-5th Lost in quarter-finals NIT Jim Boeheim
7 Big East titles
(Regular season)
5 Big East
tournament titles
31 NCAA bids (t-7th)
11 NIT bids
4 Final Fours
3 National
Syracuse Orangemen roster 13-14
1 Michael Carter-Williams G 6-6 185 SO Hamilton, MA
3 Jerami Grant F 6-8 203 FR Hyattsville, MD
4 Nolan Hart G 5-10 152 JR Albany, NY
5 C.J. Fair F 6-8 215 JR Baltimore, MD
10 Trevor Cooney G 6-4 195 FR Wilmington, DE
12 Baye Keita C 6-10 215 JR Saint Louis, Senegal
13 Griffin Hoffmann G 6-1 178 SR New York, NY
14 Matt Lyde-Cajuste F 6-5 215 SR Mount Vernon, NY
20 Brandon Triche G 6-4 210 SR Jamesville, NY
21 Noel Jones F 6-6 230 JR Halifax, NS
23 Russ DeRemer G 6-5 203 JR Wrentham, MA
25 Rakeem Christmas F 6-9 242 SO Philadelphia, PA
32 DaJuan Coleman F 6-9 288 FR Jamesville, NY
33 Albert Nassar F 6-6 195 SO Stuart, FL
43 James Southerland F 6-8 215 SR Bayside, NY
Basketball retired uniforms
Like many sports teams, Syracuse University retires jersey/uniform numbers as a way to honor its athletes. Historically, Syracuse University has restricted the men's basketball team from wearing retired numbers. A perfect example is Carmelo Anthony, who wore #22 in high school. However, since the number was already retired at Syracuse, Anthony chose #15 as an alternate upon his arrival. Similarly, Gerry McNamara wore #31 in high school, also retired by Syracuse University (McNamara chose #3 instead).
See also Syracuse Men's Basketball All-Century Team
Notable Players
Carmelo Anthony (2002-2003)
Dave Bing (1963-1966)
Derrick Coleman (1986-1990)
Sherman Douglas (1986-1989)
Donte Greene (2007-2008)
Jason Hart (1997-2000)
Gerry McNamara (2002-2006)
Lawrence Moten (1991-1995)
Demetris Nichols (2003-2007)
Billy Owens (1988-1991)
Terrence Roberts (2003-2007)
Danny Schayes (1978-1981)
Rony Seikaly (1984-1988)
Preston Shumpert (1998-2002)
Etan Thomas (1997-2000)
John Wallace (1992-1996)
Hakim Warrick (2001-2005)
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (1983-1986)
Darryl Watkins (2003-2007)
Syracuse Orange Official Page
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Big East Conference members
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Dragons In Talks To Buy Wales International Out Of His Contract
by Jason Hennessy · February 27, 2018
Wanted man.
The Dragons are in talks to buy Wales international Josh Adams out of his contract, according to a report by WalesOnline this afternoon.
The talented winger has been one of the stars of the Aviva Premiership this season, and started both of Wale's opening two games at this year's Six Nations championship.
Bernard Jackman's side have been hugely aggressive in signing players ahead of next season, with the Premiership being his biggest market, as he looks to bring Welsh players home so they are still eligible to play for the national side with the new rulings.
Adams' contract runs until the end of next season, so Worcester are likely to command a fee for the winger. The report suggests Dragons are in 'advanced talks' and that a deal is 'edging ever closer.'


It took a broken marriage for Patty Griffin to seriously consider a life as a professional singer/songwriter, and it's in the dark moments of the soul that her strongest, most affecting work has sprung. Better known by other performers' covers of her songs—sung by Emmylou Harris, The Dixie Chicks, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, among others—Griffin has no problem delivering her own goods. Impossible Dream is the Boston-based artist's fourth solo album, and it contains some of her most devastating songs to date. "Useless Desires" works off reflective disappointment, where the lonely woman in question shuttles herself to work by train and self-meditates with pills that "help me not to wonder how I ended up like this." "Florida" follows two young women trying to escape their dead-end lives, only to settle in a resort area where everyone leaves at the end of the summer season. In these moments, Griffin finds empathy and a beauty that sparkles as her voice takes the desperate situations and make them seem heroic—if only for a few fleeting minutes of pleasure.


This is an Index of all the Free Church ministers whose names occur in the trees on this web-site. Click the letter corresponding to the initial letter of the minister's surname. Then click the icon next to his name. This will take you to the appropriate tree. Scroll down, if necessary to find the index to that tree and go to the reference given there for the minister you are looking for.
Kennedy, Donald – Kennedy Tree: ⦿.
Filling out the details in the Supplementary Information about the ministers in Ewing's List of Ministers remains an important goal of this web-site. We have just completed a general upgrading of this information. There were two main sources used for this upgrading.
Firstly, in the Free Church monthly publication, which appeared under different names, there was sometimes published information detailing changes of personnel: licensing, calls, ordinations, inductions, resignation and deaths of ministers. This was not published consistently; it was incomplete and sometime inaccurate. Nevertheless it has been useful for providing fuller information especially for the Ministry section of the Supplementary material.
Secondly, old online newspapers have been searched, at least, at a basic level, for each minister for whom we are seeking to provide supplementary information. This has turned up much information about induction and retirement dates and the like; also some information about death dates of ministers or their family members; and occasional references to significant events in a man's ministry, not mentioned by Ewing.
to develop this web-site as a starting place for finding information on other Scottish Presbyterian ministers.
Updates detailing progress made towards these goals will appear from time to time on the Blog page.
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VTOL Stories March 2, 2016
An all-star team of former NASA/Tesla/Stanford engineers is building a promising VTOL electric aircraft
- Mar. 2nd 2016 7:30 am ET
Tesla Air Travel Stanford zee.aero VTOL electric aircraft
A startup operating mostly in stealth mode for the past 6 years has been developing a very interesting battery-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which could potentially be described as a "flying car".
Just over two years ago, some early prototypes were spotted at the company's facility near Google's X lab, now called the Moonshot factory, which sparked speculation that Google was financing the project. Not much was known about the company then, but we did some research after finding out that it went on a recent hiring spree and we are now bringing you the most up-to-date report on this promising project.
Zee Aero was founded by Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford and former NASA Researcher at Ames Ilan Kroo. He recruited a surprising number of students and colleagues from both organisations to launch his startup, which looks more ready than ever to debut its aircraft.
We've heard about flying cars supposedly coming to market for years now. It appears to be one of those "always in the lab" technology and although the term "flying car" could potentially apply to what Zee is working on considering the vehicle is shown in patent applications literally parked in an average looking parking space, simply looking at it as an aircraft is more useful here. Especially considering its differentiating features are almost as impressive on an aircraft as it would be on a car, namely its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capacity and more importantly, the fact that it's powered by a battery pack. expand full story


This curved rectangular black nickel finished link bracelet is a beautiful piece whose true beauty only comes through completely when worn. A center thin silver finished cross shines with a bright cut engraved waves crest out from the cross finished in black nickel. The center pendant is on hand crafted Cuban links and measures 2'' long, with an overall length of 9''.
Black nickel and 99.9% fine silver plated over a brass base.


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The Lost Weekend Bim (Frank Faylen)
Bim (Frank Faylen)
Although Bim only has a bit part in The Lost Weekend, his brief appearance is totally unforgettable. To be fair, we don't know how much of that we attribute to the character itself, and how much we attribute to the amazingly off-putting performance delivered by actor Frank Faylen.
Bim's a nurse at the alcoholic ward where Don enjoys a brief stay. He serves as the gatekeeper for the bizarre world, guiding newcomers (like Don) and giving them a hint of what their future will be like if their alcoholism remains unchecked. To hear Bim tell it, being a lifelong alkie is all but inevitable.
Oddly, Bim seems to get a perverse pleasure out of explaining the futility of addiction to Don. Is it his way of getting back at alcoholics for making his job so stressful? Or is he just giving his honest opinion?
We're not sure, but Bim's disposition isn't quite what one would expect from a dude who's dedicated his life to curing alcoholics—or trying to cure them, at least.
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Wick Birnam (Phillip Terry)
Helen St. James (Jane Wyman)
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The traffic rules in Bulgaria do not differ significantly from the traffic rules elsewhere in Europe. Every driver is acquainted with them and is aware that their breach entails responsibility, either administrative or criminal. However, some practices on the way control on the road is exercised in Bulgaria are often found strange by foreigners, which is why we think it will be interesting to explain them.
Everyone who has lived in Bulgaria, even for a relatively short time, knows that there are some "other" unwritten traffic rules as well, but they will certainly not be the subject of the present article.
We wrote for the first time about the new Commercial Registry - the new administration belonging to the present Registration Agency (literally translated from Bulgarian language as "Agency of the Entries", which was responsible for the BULSTAT registration and the recording of the real estate transactions) in 2006, when a new piece of legislation was enacted to create the new body replacing the district courts in respect of the companies' registrations. In addition, an obligatory process of re-registration of existing companies was introduced. Our article was based purely on the provisions of the newly adopted Commercial Registry Act (the "Act") and being fully aware of the fact that theory often tends to differ substantially from reality in Bulgaria, we submitted that only after the Act came into force, would we be able to find out how it would be applied, and whether new practice and additional internal rules would be introduced.
Investing or moving to Bulgaria poses the question of property relations between foreign spouses and whether the legal status of real estate properties and other assets in Bulgaria differs from the status of the rest of the property of EU citizens located outside Bulgaria. We have referred to this theme in terms of inheritance, so it is time to lighten it up from the perspective of marriage and divorce as well.
The two Bulgarian statutes applicable to this subject are the Bulgarian Family Code and the Code of the International Private Law (CIPL). In order to understand them, however, we need to construe in some more detail the relevant provisions. I am sure that you will find the reasons self-explanatory.
When buying land or property in Bulgaria, many non-residents are unable to attend every meeting relevant to the purchase. In this instance, they may grant someone a Power of Attorney. This Power of Attorney must be notarised in order for it to be valid and it may be used in a multitude of situations but the most common are when registering a company, opening a business bank account or purchasing a property.
A Power of Attorney (PoA) can be notarised by any qualified notary in any part of the country, regardless of the content of the PoA. This is unlike the signing of a Notary Deed for purchasing of property, where only the Notary who is territorially competent at the location of the property is allowed to prepare the Notary Deed.


Ebonyi State Ministry of works & Transport strive hard to deliver the highest standard of excellence, quality and safe service to Ebonyians. We strive to not only build projects, but to also build strong infrastructural development in the State. With our commitment towards exceeding expectations, our State is our utmost priority and our true success is rested on our able Governor, His Excellency (Chief) Engineer David Umahi.
Engr. Fidelis Kings Nweze(MNSE) is the political Head of the Ministry. He is an Engineer by profession.


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Pay Kids for Good Grades? Bad Idea
Once you start down this slippery slope, you have to keep raising the stakes. Here's why it's better to pay a compliment than cash.
by: Janet Bodnar
A plan by New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg and schools chancellor Joel Klein to pay fourth- and seventh-graders for high test scores has prompted plenty of reaction.
In a tongue-in-cheek blog written by "NYC public school parents," the authors note that the kids are holding out for higher compensation. And a group of students calling themselves "Fifth- and Eighth-Graders for Fairness" are demanding retroactive pay for last year's tests.
In the Christian Science Monitor, one mother recounts a conversation between her 13-year-old son and his friends comparing rewards for their good report cards: a laptop for straight As, a cell phone, $10 per A. "What about high school and beyond?" frets Mom. "What would be left after the electric guitar, the portable DVD player and the iguana in the bedroom?"
Although these comments are meant to be humorous, they highlight a couple of serious problems with paying kids for grades. Because once you start down this slippery slope, you have to keep raising the stakes. And once kids get old enough to earn their own money, you lose leverage.
Not to mention that this kind of deal doesn't always work. Child psychologist Sylvia Rimm points out that for high-achieving students, money doesn't matter. And, Rimm says, kids who are underachievers fail because they're inconsistent. So if they slip and get a poor grade, they figure that they're not going to get the reward and give up. Even worse, parents sometimes end up paying them for half measures and the system backfires.
In my experience, paying a compliment is better than paying cash. Reward good grades -- or consistent effort -- by giving your kids a hug, a word of encouragement, or a spontaneous treat -- anything but money. That way kids learn the personal satisfaction that comes with a job well done.
Sometimes money can be too powerful a motivator for parents to resist. But even then it seems to work best in small amounts and limited circumstances.
One dad I know came up with a set of financial incentives to reward his 11-year-old son for good study habits and improved grades even if the grades weren't As. But the boy was also motivated by a conscientious teacher and by his dad, who took an interest in his progress.
Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should take a lesson from the movies. In every film about kids overcoming odds to reach a goal (think To Sir, With Love, Stand and Deliver, Hoosiers, Coach Carter), the hero is either an inspirational teacher or a tough-as-nails coach who achieves success by holding the kids to a higher standard -- not by holding out a paycheck.
VIDEO: Janet Speaks Out on ABC News
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Moderna vaccine enters Phase Three trials
by: NBC News
(NBC News) Drug maker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health announced Monday they're starting Phase Three trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The trial will enroll 30,000 Americans. Half will receive the experimental vaccine, the other half a placebo.
After two doses, researchers will track which group develops more infections as they go about their lives.
"What obviously you want to see is the vaccine reduces the number of cases of COVID-19 in people who have received the vaccine," says Moderna president Dr. Stephen Hoge.
The Trump administration pledged an additional $472 million to Moderna over the weekend.
Through operation warp speed, the U.S. government has put big money into several companies including Pfizer, which is also set to start its phase three trials soon, and Johnson & Johnson, which began a Phase One trial Monday.
To gain approval from the Food and Drug administration a vaccine must be at least 50 percent effective.
The World Health Organization says there are 25 potential candidates in clinical trials globally.