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A Halloween Special 2012 Tale
"What are you doing!? Stop it! Stop it!"
The pregnant woman rubbed her belly in that absent-minded way expecting mothers do.
"I'm going to fulfill my ancestor's legacy, thanks to you, professor - and the girl."
The girl lay naked on a wooded table. A large, glass jar, kind of an inverted tub, enclosed her. The room was straight out of Dr. Jeckyll's laboratory with shelves of oddly-shaped jars full of strange-looking content. A flame flickered beneath a beaker. Bubbles rose through a spiral tube, green liquid dripped into a flask. There were no windows. The only sign of modernity was the fluorescent lamp hanging overhead. The professor, sensibly dressed in slacks and a pale green, fluffy sweater was fastened to the heavy wooden chair. A thick leather strap encircled her throat, another her chest, a third her waist. More straps secured her wrists and ankles.
"You won't get away with this! You-"
The pregnant woman pushed a rubber bladder into the bound woman's mouth. She fastened the clasp, then grabbed the rubber bulb. She closed the metal valve, pumped the bulb.
"Your words are not only a distraction, professor, words carry meaning and will alter the process."
She squeezed the bulb. The professor's cheeks bulged, obscene. Her eyes wild.
The pregnant woman turned back to the naked girl. She attached a hose to a fitting in the glass, ran the tube to a flesh-colored bladder - a deflated rubber doll. The face was startlingly human. Not the girl's face, not the pregnant woman's either, but there was a resemblance there. The doll's hair was lush and black like the woman's.
The woman chanted, had been for almost an hour. She mixed chemicals as she chanted. Finally she attached another tube to another fitting in the glass near the girl's head. A smoky gas filled the space, obscured the girl. The doll moved. No, it didn't move ... it was inflating.
The professor screamed behind her gag, tore at the restraints, frantic, helpless.
"Hey, Elsie. Look at this."
Elsie was Elsie Murdow, assistant professor of history at the small, private, girls' college upstate.
"I don't know. It's a book in some weird language, or maybe it's symbols."
The professor took the book from the girl, Deb, her G.A. She flipped through the pages.
"Well, it's certainly odd. Put it aside and I'll take a look at it."
"But look at this. Inside the back cover. Walter Alexander Doll. Could it be the Walter Alexander Doll? Like the school founder?"
"He wasn't the actual founder. The school was named after him, though. Not many around with that name, surely. Might be something from his collection."
"But look at it. The writing and the signature both look the same, same pen, same ink."
Elsie flipped through the book, frowned.
"Doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before and I've worked on glyphs from Egypt and South America. Still, I do seem to see a pattern of sorts. Here. We'll make this your class project. It'll be a good challenge for you and, who knows, it may have local, historical significance."
The two woman, the professor and her graduate assistant, walked on adjoining treadmills. Deb glanced over at the professor. She envied Elsie her body. Slim, but not skinny. Full hips. A woman's body. Deb, at 23, still hadn't lost all of her baby fat. Not that she was chubby. And three days a week at the gym with Elsie was making a difference, but still ...
"How's it going?"
"I assume you mean the book?"
"No, your quest to save every stray cat in town. Of course I mean the book."
"Hey, CNR is a great program. Catch 'em, neuter 'em, release 'em. Helps keep the vermin down without increasing the kitty population."
Elsie held up a hand.
"Yes, yes, I know. And I support you."
"You do and we appreciate it. It's just that-"
"Deb? The book?"
"Yeah, well, I'm out of ideas. I mean, I'm seeing patterns - kind of. And I have a pretty good collection of symbols or words or whatever they are. But when I run 'em through a linguistics algorithm I get gibberish."
"Did you try the Larson sequence?"
"Yeah, and Gibbs, and Foster. Nothing."
"Have you talked to our linguistics friends?"
"Yeah. Nothing there, either. They think it's some kind of code."
"What about the geeks?"
"Not interested. No fun in it. Now, hacking into government computers and cracking their codes, well, that's fun. Er, but you didn't hear that from me."
Elsie smiled.
"Remind me to tell you about Albert and how he got into the school computers and we both got As in calculus."
Deb shot her a look. Elsie shrugged.
"Computers were kind of new back then. well, not new, but a lot of professors trusted their paper ledgers. Anyway, they chalked it up to user error. And, since they couldn't track the actual grades, we kept the As. To obfuscate, Al awarded As to other students in other classes."
Albert was her last, male lover before she'd come out of the closet. She smiled at the memory.
"Listen, I may have something for you. I've tracked down Amanda Doll. She's the great, great, great, well, a lot of greats in there, granddaughter of Walter. Let's just say he's her ancestor. I've written to her, told her we had the book. Haven't heard back yet."
"How long does it take to answer a text?"
"Deb, not everybody texts, or e-mails. Hell! I don't think she even has a phone."
"Mrs. Doll, I'm Elsie Murdow and this is my assistant Deborah Owens."
"Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you. I was so excited to hear you found Grandpa's book. It is his, isn't it?"
"Well, we were hoping you could tell us that, Mrs. Doll."
"Please, I prefer Miss."
Student and teacher both resisted the urge to glance at Miss Doll's very pregnant form.
"Well, we were going through the archives, kind of a summer project we do every year, and we came across a book that apparently belonged to your ancestor. We've matched the signature with others we have of his, so we're pretty sure it's authentic. But the problem is, is that the book is written in some sort of code. And we can't figure it out."
The other woman chuckled.
"You mean with all your fancy computers my grandpa's got you flummoxed. Oh, that's sweet. He'd appreciate that no end."
"Miss Doll, you refer to him as Grandpa, but surely you mean an ancestor from further back in your line?"
"No. I mean my grandfather, but that'll take a bit of explaining. Would you like some tea?"
Neither woman wanted tea, they wanted help with the book, but they both agreed tea would be lovely and soon the three of them were seated at a table in the solarium. Beautiful, lush plants of every shape and color surrounded them.
"This room is lovely. The plants are just gorgeous."
"Yes, yes. Many of them are unique. Raised generation after generation by the women in my line. They are not only beautiful, but critical to our survival, to our very way of life."
"Oh? How so?"
"Well, I told you that Grandpa was my grandfather - literally. He lived from 1683 to 1741. My father lived from 1860 to 1902."
She sipped her tea. The other women did the math, tried to get their heads around the idea.
"I'm sorry, but how is that possible?"
"The last insemination in my line occurred in 1893 with my father and my great grandmother. I know it's confusing. Our female line goes back many, many generations. Our male line only a few."
She smiled at them.
"More tea?"
When the woman had left the room Deb turned to Elsie.
"Looney tune."
"Sh! Let's humor her. We may get more insight into the book."
"Or it could be a bad Twilight Zone episode."
"Ladies?"
Both accepted fresh cups of tea. It had an odd, soothing, almost dream-like effect.
"As I said, I know this is confusing, but, simply put, our women are able to procreate without fertilization. Surely you've heard of virgin births. A woman's egg drops and embeds itself in the wall and begins to divide all on its own. It's rare, some would even deny the possibility, but it's a well-documented phenomenon. Unlike those women, we, my female ancestors and I, can induce pregnancy at will. It's simply a process of making the body properly receptive at the proper time. These plants are part of that process. You look skeptical."
"I'm sorry, Miss Doll, and I just realized why you prefer that title, it's just, well, odd."
"Yes. It is. But I was explaining the discrepancy between our male line and our female line."
"Let me see if I understand. Your grandfather sired a child. She, through this, er, cloning process, gave birth to a daughter."
"Who gave birth to a daughter, and so on until my father came along and impregnated my great grandmother."
"And then the process started all over again."
"Exactly."
"But why have men at all? I mean ... sorry."
"That's all right, Deborah. We have men in our lives because we enjoy their company and we allow them to breed because human DNA changes over time. So, in a way, we're just staying current, dipping our toes into the gene pool, as it were."
"I don't think there could be a chance you'd be willing to share this knowledge with our biology department?"
"No, Professor, I'm afraid not. And now, the, er, book?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. Sure. Here."
The woman cradled the book for a long moment before opening it. She flipped through the pages, stroking them, as one would the cheek of a lover.
"Yes. Yes. It is his. Before the book was lost my father took photographs of key passages. As you may have surmised, the book is in code. The key is embedded. I, my mother, her mother memorized these passages. I can read this as easily as you would read the newspaper."
"A dream, child, a dream. My grandfather was a brilliant scientist, an alchemist, his wife, as are all women in my line, an occultist, an expert in the paranormal. Their love was the stuff of legend. The fruit of that love rests in this book."
"Nothing less than everlasting love and everlasting life."
Elsie screamed behind her gag as her student, her lover was enshrouded in gray vapor. The doll on the adjoining table inflated, slowly, steadily, completely. And as it did, the glass became clear. A naked Deb lay there, still and quiet.
The woman ended her chant. She paused, cocked her head. Nodded.
"It is finished."
She turned to the professor.
"You were lovers."
A statement, not a question.
"Of course, of course. No one told me. No one knew. But I know. I know many things on many levels."
"I will explain these things to you. Yes."
"Your darling Deborah is gone, yet not gone. The vapor captured her essence as it left her body. She exists, but in the past. Her essence, the sum total of her life, until a few moments ago, continues on inside the doll. She lives, but, as I said, in the past. To her, she will always be 23 and you will always be the one, true love of her life. And you will always have your young lover ... always."
"At some point in the future, as you near death, you may want to release her. I will show you how. But for now, let me guide you. Let me help you. Let me prove to you that she is still with us."
"In her current existence, she is in the past. Being with her is akin to sharing a couch and reminiscing. A case of 'remember when.' You, of course will be conscious - conscious of the present as well as the past. She, only the past. But her past is now much richer, fuller, more complete than you can ever imagine. Human memory is truly photographic and she will now recall long-forgotten events. As a history professor, you can appreciate the fact that you will now have a source of perfect, total recall going back to the womb. Not only that, but every book, every writing, every photograph she's ever seen are there for you. And there are other implications. The areas of biology and anthropology, psychology and sociology come to mind."
"But for now, come. Take a small step into your future. Calm yourself. Think back to a recent memory, something fresh and vivid. It will be awkward at first, kind of like having a dream, but one you can guide. Now, calm yourself. Calm yourself. Relax."
... and so the geeks are all like, "Why do we need history? It's all on-line." And I'm like, "well, duh!, who do you think compiled it and put it on-line. It didn't just happen on it's own."
Elsie? Earth to Elsie.
Uh, oh, sorry Debbie.
Debbie? Hey we're not in the bedroom and I'm not your little Debbie, but maybe the sauna is vacant. Wanna go check?
No, no, let's just talk for a while, er, Deb.
Okay. Well, anyway ...
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Picturing South Dakota's History Being Discussed At Book Club Meeting
South Dakotans are invited to celebrate the state's 125th anniversary by learning about a book that illustrates South Dakota's history.
People may go to sites in Pierre, Rapid City and Sioux Falls on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to participate in discussions of "South Dakota 125: A Pictorial History." The book is published by South Dakota Magazine and features one photograph to illustrate and represent each of South Dakota's first 125 years.
South Dakota Magazine Publisher Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton will speak at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre at 7 p.m. CST (6 p.m. MST), on Feb. 4. People at all three locations will be able to see, hear and talk to each other through the use of the Digital Dakota Network, a statewide interactive video communications system. People may join in the discussion at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Classroom Building Room 109 in Rapid City and at the administration building of the South Dakota University Center, 4801 N. Career Ave, room 145 in Sioux Falls.
The event is sponsored by the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation as part of its History and Heritage Book Club. Everyone is welcome to attend the free event.
"Photographs are a way of preserving South Dakota's history. We're pleased to provide a way for people throughout the state to observe the state's quasquicentennial," said foundation President Michael Lewis. The foundation is the nonprofit fundraising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society.
Hunhoff said that he and magazine staff members wanted to observe South Dakota becoming a state on Nov. 2, 1889, but believed that several good books about South Dakota history already exist.
"We thought there was a need to illustrate the history. This book illustrates the spirit and perseverance of South Dakotans throughout these 125 years," Hunhoff said.
Those at South Dakota Magazine turned to the photo archives at local and state history associations and museums, the magazine's own files and asked photographers for submissions in their search of a photograph that would capture the essence of each year.
"I would say that 80 percent of the photographs have never been published in our magazine or anywhere," Hunhoff said. "What I learned is how trials and tribulations such as floods and fires have shaped our history and shaped our people. We've endured all these adversities."
Although he likes all the photographs in the book, his favorite is of rodeo great Casey Tibbs at his first rodeo, chosen to illustrate the year 1947.
"It reeks of confidence and cockiness. You want to laugh and applaud at the same time," Hunhoff said.
For more information, please call (605) 773-6006.

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Houston Chronicle endorses Mitt Romney for president
By Richard Dunham on October 21, 2012 at 8:06 PM
1of37 US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney boards his plane at Love Field airport in Dallas,Texas on September 19, 2012. NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP/Getty Images Show More Show Less
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5of37 Protestors line the street and driveway leading to the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is holding a private fundraiser, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Tom Fox / Associated Press Show More Show Less
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11of37 Jessica Ruvalcaba of Arlington, Texas, second from left, donned her 2010 high school graduation cap and gown to protest Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney outside the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas as Romney holds a private fundraiser on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Tom Fox / Associated Press Show More Show Less
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For those of you who missed today's print edition of the Houston Chronicle, here is a copy of the newspaper's presidential endorsement.
The Chronicle's backing of Barack Obama in 2008 broke a 44-year string of endorsing Republican candidates for president. Like so many others, we were captivated by the Illinois senator's soaring rhetoric and energized by his promise to move American politics beyond partisan gridlock and into an era of hope and change.
It hasn't happened. Four years later, President Obama's deeds have failed to match his words, much less his specific vows to cut the national debt by half and bring the nation's unemployment rate to 6 percent. As Texans, it is a particular vexation that this president's attitude toward the interests of our state has occasionally bordered on contempt, particularly in decisions relating to the NASA budget and the energy sector. The hurtful symbol of this attitude of insensitivity to Texans' feelings was the administration's choice to deny Space City's bid to become home to one of the retired space shuttles.
We do not believe four more years on the same plodding course toward economic recovery is the best path forward for Texas or the nation. And so we endorse the Republican team, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, in the belief that they can do better by Texas and the nation.
Mitt Romney campaigns in Derry, N.H. (AFP photo)
Starting with energy and continuing with NASA.
Concerns about the economy consistently register at the top for most voters, and for obvious reasons: Nearly 23 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed or have given up the job search. And national unemployment rates remain stubbornly high, especially among African-Americans and Hispanics.
There is a launching pad to reignite the national economy: It is the abundance of affordable domestic energy that has revealed itself so dramatically over the past several years. We refer primarily to the resources of natural gas and oil from shale rock that have become available through the technologies of horizontal drilling and fracturing.
These resources offer us a clear path to prosperity and energy security. This is a Texas story, to be sure. The state has huge shale resources, and they've been unlocked in large part due to the pioneering work of Houstonian George P. Mitchell.
But it is a national energy story, as well. Shale resources extend from Texas through Oklahoma and Kansas, east to Mississippi and north through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York state. The picture of abundance is further enhanced by the riches in North Dakota's Bakken oil formation that has transformed that state into a major energy center and given it the nation's lowest unemployment rate. Add to this the upward revisions of reserves in the Gulf of Mexico and the potential for East and West coast offshore development, as well as in the Arctic.
Such a gift.
President Obama's failure to identify the economic opportunities these resources offer is mystifying. In our 2008 endorsement we cautioned the president against demonizing the energy sector – good advice that he has never heeded (see Keystone XL Pipeline). By contrast, Gov. Romney has listed energy atop his five-point plan to rejuvenate the economy.
It can. Let us count the ways:
Jobs: The abundance of clean-burning domestic natural gas has raised the prospect of a manufacturing renaissance across the Rust Belt in the Midwest.
National security: Increased reliance on domestic fuels will lessen our dependence on oil and gas from unstable, unfriendly countries. With each passing day, the volatility across oil-producing areas in the Middle East becomes more apparent.
Balance of payments: Producing our own energy at home will stanch the flow of dollars to nations such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, while expanding the revenue base for governments at every level in this country through job generation.
Transportation: Conversion of fleet vehicles to natural gas is already well under way, but much broader use can be made as infrastructure is expanded for refueling automobiles and long-haul 18-wheeler trucks.
Cleaner air: Natural gas burns 50 percent cleaner than coal, the fuel traditionally used by electric utilities and heavy industry.
In the development and expanded use of these resources, utmost care must be exercised to protect air and water resources. We join many other Texans in insisting on that. We also view this windfall as the logical bridge to a sustainable energy future for the country.
The other launch pad ignored by President Obama is the literal one – NASA, and specifically the Johnson Space Center.
It has been an insult to the memory of American heroes like Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride to allow manned spaceflight to languish in the country that put men on the moon. The notion of paying $50 million a seat to Russia for commercial taxi service to the International Space Station is galling.
Obama has failed to articulate a bold vision of his own for the agency. That failure forsakes a legacy of scientific achievement that has showered benefits on the nation. This approach to NASA has abandoned the American imperative of lighting out for the territory and exploring new worlds. NASA's legacy must be reclaimed.
In recent days we have seen a welcome return of popular enthusiasm for space exploration, thanks to the success of the Mars rover Curiosity. When NASA stuck the landing in a tour de force of technical precision, the international excitement was palpable. Let's seize upon it.
That will require more effective presidential leadership.
Our endorsement of Mitt Romney is not unqualified. He must address the perception that he tailors his message to suit any given audience. And his economic plans lack specificity. There's a lot of concern that his tax and budget proposals won't add up without gutting our social safety net. "Trust me" is not good enough. Between now and Nov. 6, Romney needs to go to the blackboard and show us the math.
Let us stipulate: The Mitt Romney we are endorsing is the Massachusetts moderate who worked successfully alongside an 88 percent Democratic majority in the state Legislature to produce what the Obama administration says became its model for national health care reform.
Romney's ability to negotiate successfully across party lines in the Bay State stands in contrast to the president's baffling disengagement from the national health care debate. Obama's decision to leave essential details to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, together with his failure to step in and insist that the Republicans' version of health care reform have a fair hearing in the House of Representatives, needlessly polarized the process. Reports from his own staff that Obama is uninterested in process are troubling.
Should Romney be elected, we expect him to make good on his promise to negotiate in good faith with congressional Democrats on two major issues:
Health care: Chief Justice John Roberts' Supreme Court opinion on the Affordable Care Act clearly left room for a political solution beyond the act. That solution is self-evident: It should combine the best elements of the Democratic plan signed into the law – coverage of pre-existing conditions, mandatory participation by all, coverage of children up to age 26 – with strengths in the Republican plan that were not included, such as freedom to purchase health insurance across state lines. There is room for debate over whether the tailoring of health care reform should be left to individual states. Texas is not Massachusetts.
The deficit, debt and spending: Forging a solution will require both cuts in government spending and additional sources of revenue. The opportunity for meaningful tax reform is within reach if the two sides will take it. As president, Romney would have specific responsibility for bringing true believers in the tea party wing of the GOP toward workable compromise. The challenges of the next four years leave no room for partisan triumphalism.
Gov. Romney impresses us as a focused, task-oriented problem solver, both by inclination and by experience – a "fix-it" guy.
A lot needs fixing in America, from a broken economy to a broken-down political system. Mitt Romney offers the leadership we require from the White House.
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It was not a glowing report.
Specifically, the report said that DelDOT does have the authorization to spend "significant dollars and resources" on developing roadways, but it did not demonstrate the necessary "competence, judgement and diligence" required — particularly concerning land-reservation agreements forged with a few local developers in advance of the proposed project.
The report also stated that these agreements were reached without any kind of appraisal done on the properties in question.
We're pleased that the governor's office did such a thorough job with this report, and thankful that Markell and state lawmakers appear to be serious about making sure situations like this one will not be repeated in the future. The report also suggests that more public input be solicited on future projects than was garnered on the proposed Route 113 bypass — an argument voiced often by local farmers and property owners in our extensive series.
Delaware has long had a bit of a reputation as being one of those "business-as-usual" states — the "old-boys' network" mentality of certain individuals and companies getting away with more than the next guy. We saw a bit of that at work during the research part of our series on the project. However, this detailed report, and the harsh criticisms inside, lead us to believe that change might really be coming our way.
For the record, we did understand why DelDOT was making the agreements with developers in advance of the project, even if we didn't necessarily agree with them. The agency was looking ahead and trying to stall any possible future problems when they began construction. We did honestly believe that DelDOT officials thought they were acting in the best interests of the state. And we really do believe their intentions were good.
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Baltimore reporter taunts Sylvester Stallone on latest rape denials
Posted by Ken Stone on December 21, 2017 in Hollywood | Leave a response
Information is sketchy, but Sylvester Stallone is not taking accusations of being a rapist lightly.
The "Rambo" and "Rocky" star has threatened through his lawyer to file a complaint asking that an unnamed woman be investigated for filing a false police report.
Following stories by TMZ, The Hollywood Reporter contacted the Santa Monica Police Department, which confirmed a woman had filed a sexual assault complaint last month against Stallone for an incident in the 1990s.
Meanwhile, a Baltimore reporter posted a series of tweets challenging Stallone, his lawyer and a spokesman over their accounts of various cases.
Baltimore Post-Examiner Doug Poppa, a former cop, Thursday afternoon cited the case of the late Toni Ann Filiti, Stallone's younger half sister.
Sylvester the freaking pig and liar. Remember Toni Ann Filiti. Remember that 16 year old minor female in Las Vegas. RIP Toni Ann. You do have a voice in me.
— Doug Poppa (@doug_poppa) December 21, 2017
Stallone's attorney: It is clear that Mr Poppa has a personal agenda to make a name for himself by recklessly publishing false and defamatory stories about my client as evidenced by stories previously authored by Mr. Poppa about my client that have been published in the BPE.
Marty Singer please tell me what stories that I have authored about your client Sylvester Stallone that were false and defamatory. Has Stallone ever paid any money to anyone to keep their mouth shut? That is a question I asked you the other day which you refused to answer.
Stallone and his spokesperson Michele Bega told the media the first time they heard of the story about the 16 year old female in LV in 1986 is when the Daily Mail published the story. Well I broke that story in 2016. Marty Singer said he knew about all my stories. Who is lying?
Nov 2017. Michele Bega, Stallone PR person speaking about the Las Vegas incident in 1986: "No one was ever aware of this story until it was published today, including Mr. Stallone. Marty Singer this seems to contradict your letter to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regarding the Santa Monica case, THR said: "Technically, the alleged incident is past the statute of limitations for California. It is unclear if police will investigate nevertheless."
TMZ had said: "Stallone's camp was aware of the allegation and say they've been told she's alleging rape during a 1990 meeting at Stallone's office."
Stallone has supposedly admitted he had spent three days with the accuser during a 1987 movie shoot in Israel.
"He was single, she was not a minor and he says there was never a rape," TMZ said. "He also denies he saw her at all in 1990."
The San Jose Mercury News collated several other sex misconduct allegations against Stallone, including one surfaced by the Daily Mail.
That British paper "obtained a 1986 police report alleging that Stallone forced a 16-year-old into a threesome with himself and his bodyguard, Mike De Luca, at a Las Vegas hotel," said the Mercury News. "The accuser says she consented to have sex with Stallone but not De Luca, and that Stallone threatened to 'beat her head in' if she told anyone."
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SC 06 Oberlind is een Duitse voetbalclub uit Oberlind, Thüringen. Tot 1950 was Oberlind een zelfstandige gemeente, daarna werd het een deel van Sonneberg.

Geschiedenis
De club werd in 1906 opgericht. De club was aangesloten bij de Midden-Duitse voetbalbond en speelde in 1910/11 in het eerste kampioenschap van de Zuid-Thüringse competitie en werd derde op vijf clubs. Tijdens seizoen 1911/12 trok de club zich in januari 1912 terug uit de bond en de reeds gespeelde wedstrijden werden geannuleerd.

Vanaf 1920 speelde de club in de tweede klasse van de Kreisliga Thüringen. In 1922 werd de club groepswinnaar en in de eindronde ook algemeen kampioen en promoveerde zo naar de Kreisliga. Na 1923 werd de Kreisliga ontbonden en werd de Zuid-Thüringse competitie terug opgewaardeerd tot hoogste klasse. De club werd meteen kampioen en plaatste zich voor de Midden-Duitse eindronde. De club versloeg SC 1912 Zella, SV 01 Gotha en verloor dan van Naumburger SpVgg 05. In 1925/26 werd de club vicekampioen achter 1. SC Sonneberg 04, maar omdat de club twee wedstrijden minder gespeeld had mocht Oberlind naar de eindronde in plaats van Sonneberg. De club versloeg FC Wacker 1910 Gera en Preußen Langensalza en verloor in de halve finale van Fortuna Leipzig. Ook het volgende seizoen deed de club het goed. Langensalza werd opnieuw uitgeschakeld en daarna volgden ook nog Erfurter SC 1895 en Sportfreunde Halle. In de halve finale verloor de club van VfB Leipzig. In de eindronde van 1927/28 verloor de club voor het eerst in de eerste ronde, van SpVgg Zella-Mehlis 06. Het volgende seizoen werd de club in de reguliere competitie nog vicekampioen achter VfB 1907 Coburg, maar eindigde daarna in de middenmoot.

In 1933 werd de competitie geherstructureerd. De Midden-Duitse bond werd ontbonden en de vele competities werden vervangen door de Gauliga Mitte en Gauliga Sachsen. Uit Zuid-Thüringen kwalificeerde enkel de kampioen zich voor de Gauliga Mitte en voor de Bezirksklasse Thüringen, die de nieuwe tweede klasse werd, kwalificeerden zich slechts twee teams. De derde plaats van Oberlind volstond voor de Bezirksklasse, waar de club als enige team alle tien de seizoenen speelde, meestal in de middenmoot. In 1942 werd de club groepswinnaar, maar enkel de winnaar van de andere, sterkere groep, SpVgg 02 Erfurt, maakte kans op promotie.

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden alle Duitse voetbalclubs opgeheven. De club werd heropgericht als BSG Stahl Oberlind en werd in 1952 BSG Motor Oberlind. Dat jaar ging de club in de nieuwe Bezirksliga Suhl spelen en promoveerde na twee seizoenen naar de DDR-Liga, de tweede klasse. De club werd elfde op veertien maar omdat de competitie van drie naar twee reeksen ging degradeerde de club. De volgende drie jaar speelde de club in de II. DDR-Liga en daarna opnieuw in de Bezirksliga Suhl, die na de afschaffing van de II. DDR-Liga de derde klasse werd. In 1976 degradeerde Motor uit de Bezirksliga naar de Bezirksklasse. In 1989 promoveerde de club, die intussen BSG Thüringia heette opnieuw.

Na de Duitse hereniging werd opnieuw de historische naam aangenomen. De club speelde in de Landesliga maar zakte na de eeuwwisseling weg tot in de Kreisliga, negende klasse.

Erelijst
Kampioen Zuid-Thüringen
 1924, 1927, 1928

Externe links
 Officiële website

Oberlind
Sportvereniging in Thüringen

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Super Ten's at Rockcliffe Rugby Club
Tynemouth MP this morning officially opened the start of this year's Super Ten's at Rockcliffe Rugby Club.
The Rockcliff Super TEN's is an annual ten a side rugby event geared to touring sides who want to let their hair down at the end of the season and combine some very social rugby with Tyneside's legendary night life. The competition takes the structure of a knockout tournament with every team who lose in the first round of the cup automatically qualifying for the plate competition. This ensures every team plays at least 2 games and those with serious ambitions play more until they are knocked out or win.
Alan said 'It's always a pleasure to visit Rockcliffe. They have gone from strength to strength in the last 10 years, with major improvements to the changing rooms and clubhouse, and importantly the installation of an all weather pitch. It has certainly become a hub of the local community."
Alan at Rockcliffe Rugby Club
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Email: campbellal@parliament.uk
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"We are all going to make mistakes. The only way to make progress is to remember to learn from them. You will never learn anything if you are right all the time."
So this was what I posted on my FB page describing the events leading up to what we know now about Joaquin. Because most of the people reading it on my FB page are very new to the weather enthusiast world it is written in a language that everyone should understand. The analogy I use about half way through I give credit to our very own rb on this board. (thanks) Lets cont any further discussion about model runs etc regarding Joaquin here going forward. I will pin this thread for today then after 12z if nothing is changed we will let it dift down into the bowels of the forum. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
So here is the situation regarding Hurricane Joaquin and an explanation why the forecast was the way it was this week. This will be a fairly in depth convo and will be a long read, so if you dont want to read anymore here is the spoiler alert. There is about a 90-95% chance that Joaquin's track takes it out to sea with no major landfall at all along the east coast. I will not update it any more unless drastic changes occur. Now lets look a little more in depth.
Image 1A is an image of north america and the atmospheric conditions as of about 6am this morning at about 18,000ft above sea level (AKA 500mb maps; AKA H5 maps). The wind pattern or movement of air at this level is typically used to see the direction that a system like Joaquin will go. The first thing to understand is that as of 3-4days ago not a single weather model had Joaquin develop into a category 4 major hurricane. Initially they had him as a Trop storm or Cat1 hurricane by this time. Thats important because if that were the case by this morning it would have been positioned further north and west than it currently is. Ill explain why thats important in a minute.
Now look at image 1B.
Same time frame as 1A. As of this morning you have two counterclockwise spinning areas of low pressure(LP) influencing Joaquin, one to the north west over the US and one to the north east over the Atlantic. In addition an area of high pressure(HP) with clockwise winds is building into a "block" NE of new England. The blue arrows indicate the direction of wind. If Joaquin was a bit further north he would get sucked into that alley and slam into the coast prob creating as bad if not worse conditions than Sandy because it prob would have been a stronger storm at landfall.
Pretend Joaquin is like a tennis ball sitting in the center of a mattress and the two areas of LP to the east and west are like two bowling balls that you place on the mattress on either side of the tennis ball. Both bowling balls will create an indentation in the mattress. Depending on how close the tennis ball is to either one will dicate if it rolls towards one vs the other. What models had a tough time seeing is that the LP to the NE over the Atlantic ocean had been tuging on Joaquin holding him back and forcing it further south than originally thought. As a result the center remained over VERY warm waters. As a consequence he rapidly intensified (which models didnt see) going from a tropical storm to a category 3 and now 4 hurricane in less than 36-48hrs. Again not a single model saw such intensification a few days ago.
Refer back to image 1B. Notice how the LP to the right has a little black line that wraps around the system indicated by the little yellow arrows. Imagine it like a tenticle. Thats the LP over the Atlantic tugging on Joaquin holding him back ever so slightly; preventing him from being influenced for the moment, by the LP sitting over the US.
Now shift to image 2 below.
The time frame for this image is Saturday afternoon. As you can see the LP to the east is no longer in the picture and the LP to the west now has now got a tentacle around Joaquin. The HP to the north of the system has strengthened into a formidable block, and the big white arrow up I added over Canada indicates that the entire pattern as a whole is shifting from west to east. Problem here is that by now Joaquin is too far east to be heavily influenced by the LP over the US and pulled into the coast. Again if he was not held back he would have been further west and you see the lane where he would have been sucked into and made landfall.
Enter the final image, labled #3.
By late Sunday night into early Monday because of the movement of the pattern as a whole from west to east the western edge of the HP block has eroded and shifted east now giving Joaquin an escape route northeast out to sea.
The European model was the first one to show this soln. Monday it still had a landfall near North Carolina. On Tuesday and most of Wed EVERY model, with the exception the European model had Joaquin making landfall somewhere on the east coast. With Sandy so fresh in everyones minds and so many models depicting a potential catastrophic outcome it had to be mentioned this week to get people prepared for the worst case scenario. By late Wed and Thurs the other models began shifting towards the out to sea soln, and now most agree its going out to sea. Until Joaquin is above the same latitude as Cape Hatteras North Carolina its not totally over but again an out to sea soln is more than likely at this time.


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Q: Stop wheel of fortune on a specific sector I'm creating a wheel of fortune game, and I need the wheel to stop on a specific item from the sectors array.
As soon as the user clicks "Spin", the backend will return me an index of what item the spinner should land on.
Jsfiddle

const sectors = [
  {color:"#b0f", label:"100"} ,
  {color:"#f0b", label:"5", },
  {color:"#bf0", label:"500"},
];

// Generate random float in range min-max:
const rand = (m, M) => Math.random() * (M - m) + m;

const tot = sectors.length;
const elSpin = document.querySelector("#spin");
const ctx = document.querySelector("#wheel").getContext`2d`;

   ctx.canvas.width = 600;
    ctx.canvas.height = 600;

    const dia = ctx.canvas.width;

const rad = dia / 2;
const PI = Math.PI;
const TAU = 2 * PI;
const arc = TAU / sectors.length;
const friction = 0.991;  // 0.995=soft, 0.99=mid, 0.98=hard
const angVelMin = 0.002; // Below that number will be treated as a stop
let angVelMax = 0; // Random ang.vel. to acceletare to
let angVel = 0;    // Current angular velocity
let ang = 0;       // Angle rotation in radians
let isSpinning = false;
let isAccelerating = false;

//* Get index of current sector */
const getIndex = () => Math.floor(tot - ang / TAU * tot) % tot;

   const loadImage = (ctx, sector, ang) => {
      const img = new Image();
      img.onload = function () {
        ctx.drawImage(img, rad - 50, 10); // Or at whatever offset you like
      };
      img.src = sector.image;
    };

//* Draw sectors and prizes texts to canvas */
const drawSector = (sector, i) => {
  const ang = arc * i;
  ctx.save();
  // COLOR
  ctx.beginPath();
  ctx.fillStyle = sector.color;
  ctx.moveTo(rad, rad);
  ctx.arc(rad, rad, rad, ang, ang + arc);
  ctx.lineTo(rad, rad);
  ctx.fill();
  // TEXT
  ctx.translate(rad, rad);
  ctx.rotate(ang + arc / 2);
  ctx.textAlign = "right";
  ctx.fillStyle = "#fff";
  ctx.font = "bold 30px sans-serif";
  loadImage(ctx, sector, ang);
  ctx.fillText(sector.label, rad - 10, 10);
  //
  ctx.restore();
};

//* CSS rotate CANVAS Element */
const rotate = () => {
  const sector = sectors[getIndex()];
  ctx.canvas.style.transform = `rotate(${ang - PI / 2}rad)`;
  elSpin.textContent = !angVel ? "SPIN" : sector.label;
  elSpin.style.background = sector.color;
};

const frame = () => {

  if (!isSpinning) return;

  if (angVel >= angVelMax) isAccelerating = false;

  // Accelerate
  if (isAccelerating) {
    angVel ||= angVelMin; // Initial velocity kick
    angVel *= 1.06; // Accelerate
  }

  // Decelerate
  else {
    isAccelerating = false;
    angVel *= friction; // Decelerate by friction

    // SPIN END:
    if (angVel < angVelMin) {
      isSpinning = false;
      angVel = 0;
    }
  }

  ang += angVel; // Update angle
  ang %= TAU;    // Normalize angle
  rotate();      // CSS rotate!
};

const engine = () => {
  frame();
  requestAnimationFrame(engine)
};

elSpin.addEventListener("click", () => {
  if (isSpinning) return;
  isSpinning = true;
  isAccelerating = true;
  angVelMax = rand(0.25, 0.40);
});

// INIT!
sectors.forEach(drawSector);
rotate(); // Initial rotation
engine(); // Start engine!
#wheelOfFortune {
  display: inline-flex;
  position: relative;
  /* height: 720px;
  width: 720px; */
  overflow: hidden;
}

#wheel {
  display: block;
}

#spin {
  font: 1.5rem/0 sans-serif;
  user-select: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 30%;
  height: 30%;
  margin: -15%;
  background: #fff;
  color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px currentColor, 0 0px 15px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transition: 0.8s;
}

#spin::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: -17px;
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  border-bottom-color: currentColor;
  border-top: none;
}

  <canvas id="wheel" width="300" height="300"></canvas>

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Where do I start to get this done? The spinner needs to gradually slow down, not stop instantly.
I tried to specify a winningAngle variable, and when it matches the current angle, it stops.
However, it didn't work as it stopped instantly.

A: Tl;Dr:
ease-animate your wheel of fortune element using CSS transition and rotate, or JS's Animations API.

The code (originally answered here: How to Draw a Wheel of Fortune) is using requestAnimationFrame (to handle acceleration, deceleration etc.). This is not necessarily needed.
Instead:
get the wheel's current absolute angle
// Generate random float in range min-max:
const rand = (m, M) => Math.random() * (M - m) + m;
// Fix negative modulo stackoverflow.com/a/71167019/383904
const mod = (n, m) => (n % m + m) % m;

let ang = 0;

// function spin (index) { .....
const angAbs = mod(ang, TAU)

get the server-sent "prize index" and calculate that index's absolute angle
let angNew = arc * index

since you don't want to end the spin exactly on the sector edge, subtract same random 0toarc degrees:
angNew -= rand(0, arc)

fix negative degrees using a helper modulo function
angNew = mod(angNew, TAU)

Now that we have the two angles (angAbs and angNew) get the angles difference:
const angDiff = mod(angNew - angAbs, TAU)

Now you can easily add that angDiff to ang and animate, but let's add some additional random number of turns (full revolutions) first:
const rev = TAU * Math.floor(rand(4, 6)) // extra 4 or 5 full turns

// Finally update-increment ang
ang += angDiff + rev;

and animate!
const spinAnimation = elWheel.animate([{ rotate: `${ang}rad` }], {
  duration: rand(4000, 5000),
  easing: "cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)",
  fill: "forwards"
});

spinAnimation.addEventListener("finish", () => {
  // Wheel stopped
});

PS:

*

*in the above code TAU is (Math.PI * 2)

*arc is TAU / totalSectors

*By default the angle in the web world is pointing 0 right (east) and advances clockwise. If your wheel pin/needle is located on the top (north) add that angle offset at the moment you need to rotate the wheel: elWheel.animate([{ rotate: `${ang + angOffset}rad` }], { where angOffset might be a constant like const angOffset = TAU * 0.75; // needle is north.

Tip: if you want to track the wheel spin animation progress you'll need to use requestAnimationFrame regardless, since the Animation instance does not have a direct "animationTick" event callback.
// update() { function called at ~60fps using requestAnimationFrame

const currentProgress = spinAnimation.effect.getComputedTiming().progress;
// value from 0 to 1
// Get the angle:
const angDiff = ang - oldAng;
const angCurr = angDiff * currentProgress;
const angAbs = mod(oldAng + angCurr, TAU);
console.log(angAbs);

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However, you only get limited protection and extra features with the free antivirus products. For a complete peace of mind, you should go with a premium version as they outperform the free ones.
With Avast Pro Antivirus, you get everything in the "free" plan plus Sandbox technology (lets you test suspicious files in a separate environment so they don't wreak havoc on your computer), a Real Site feature (prevents hackers from redirecting you to fake websites to steal your sensitive details), and premium in-product support.
With Avast Internet Security, you get everything that comes as part of the "Pro" plan plus a built-in firewall (monitors network traffic and prevents web-based attacks), and an extra layer of ransomware protection (stops hackers from taking over your personal files), and anti-spam filter (blocks junk emails and phishing scams).
Another level up is Avast Premier. It adds a File Shredder, an automatic Software Updater, and also protects against webcam spying.
Avast Ultimate is the company's full-blown suite, including almost every security-related feature and extra utility that you could ask for. Along with everything jammed into the "Premier" suite, it includes a clean-up utility, an unlimited VPN, and a premium version of Avast's password manager.
The two useful browser extensions that Avast offers are Online Security and SafePrice. The latter is price comparison and coupon finder tool that helps you save money while shopping online, while the former blocks dangerous websites and also thwarts phishing attacks.
For Mac users, Avast offers two separate security suites: Avast Security and Avast Security Pro.
Avast Security is the company's free offering for Mac users. It includes anti-malware security, a WiFi scanner, and also protects against web- and email-based threats.
To get ransomware protection and other additional features, you must upgrade to Avast Security Pro.
Now, let's see what is included in AVG's premium suites.
What is Included in AVG's Security Suites?
AVG AntiVirus Free is the company's Windows-only freeware. It offers great malware protection but doesn't offer many extra features and utilities other than a useful File Shredder (thoroughly removes any file or folder).
It blocks dangerous websites, links, and attachments and also prevents phishing attacks.
Next level up is AVG Internet Security. Along with everything jammed into the "free" plan, it adds dedicated ransomware protection, webcam protection, an enhanced two-way firewall, an encryption utility, and a WiFi Guard (warns you of unsecured networks).
A silent mode feature and an anti-spam module (blocks junk emails and scams) are also part of the "Internet Security" suite.
Also, a single subscription of AVG Internet Security keeps your whole family secure; you can install it on every device in your household.
AVG Ultimate is the company's top-of-the-line suite. It includes everything that comes as part of the "Internet Security" plan and further adds AVG's TuneUp utility (fixes performance issues, removes junk, improves battery life, and updates other outdated software).
Note: Both AVG Internet Security and AVG Ultimate are compatible with Mac, too.
AVG also offers a Mac-only freeware, called AVG AntiVirus for Mac. It includes excellent anti-malware security along with protection against malicious websites and downloads.
Avast vs AVG: Which Provides Better Protection?
Nearly all the modern antivirus software — including Avast and AVG — use signature-matching technology to detect all the sorts of viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojans.
In simple terms, they employ different methods to check and compare your files against a huge database of virus definition files, which contain data on known/unknown malware threats and even potentially dangerous files. Any file that matches an existing definition file is either removed or marked as suspicious and is added to cloud servers for examination.
AV-Test, Germany's IT security institute, regularly conducts independent lab tests to thoroughly examine the performance of different antivirus products on different operating systems.
Australian independent lab AV-Comparatives also conducts various tests to check and compare the performance of various antivirus products.
In their Malware Protection Test Report, which published in September 2017, both Avast and AVG received "ADVANCED +" rating with 99.99% protection rate, and returned 9 false alarms (i.e. wrongly identifying clean software as malware).
In their Real-World Protection Test which took place in November 2017, both products again received an excellent "ADVANCED +" rating courtesy their 99.6% protection rate.
So, it's a tie in this category as both Avast and AVG provide an excellent level of protection.
Now, let's talk about which software is less resource-hungry.
Avast vs AVG: Which Puts Less Impact on System?
All modern antivirus products continuously run the background to provide real-time protection against malware threats, and that means they use some percentage of system resources.
An application that takes too much of system resources will degrade your computer's performance. So, it is imperative that not only antivirus software provides comprehensive protection, but also that it doesn't cause any significant impact on system performance and speed.
Both Avast and AVG both are super-lightweight antivirus products and exert a minimal impact on system resources.
In September-October 2017, AV-Test conducted a study to measure the influence of Avast and AVG on system speed (system performance) by carrying out typical actions like launching popular websites, downloading and installing, commonly used applications, copying of files, and more.
Here's how much Avast slowed down the system when performing different tasks on a standard and high-end PC, expressed in terms of percentage slowdown.
And here the results of performance tests with AVG installed.
Both Avast and AVG received a rating of 5 stars out of 6, an acceptable performance score.
archiving/unarchiving, installing/uninstalling applications, launching applications, downloading files, and browsing websites.
Both software received an "ADVANCED +" rating, with an impact score of 8.9.
Avast vs AVG: Which Offers a Cleaner Interface?
Nobody likes using a piece of software that doesn't offer clean user experience and easy-to-use navigation. Avast and AVG both will not disappoint you if that is your preference too.
Avast's dark interface sits nicely on Windows/Mac and cannot be resized or run full screen. It has a vertical menu on the left which has four main items: Status, Protection, Privacy, and Performance. Each of those menu items — when clicked — elegantly opens sub-menu items, which contain all its features. There's also a promotional banner at the bottom for getting you to upgrade to the premium version.
At the bottom-left edge, there's a button which takes you to the settings.
On the other hand, AVG's interface looks a bit overwhelming at first, but when you get used to it, you'll see it's very easy to navigate, too. Unlike Avast, there a horizontal menu with the following components: Computer, Web & Email, Hacker Attacks, Privacy, and Payments.
If you're using the free version, you'll get basic protection, and much of what is on the interface will not be useful to you.
There's a 'Scan Computer' button in the middle and next to it, there's a button which takes to all the different type of scans you can run with AVG. Also, there's a promotional banner at the bottom.
The green color represents that everything is okay and no further action is needed, while the red color signals a problem.
Overall, Avast's interface provides a better user experience and navigation, but AVG's interface is not far behind.
Avast vs AVG: Which Will Cost You More?
First, let's look at the prices of Avast's security suites.
Now, let's see the pricing of AVG's suites.
Avast vs AVG: Which is More Popular Solution?
Avast and AVG belong to the same company and together they capture a huge market share. To determine which among them is more popular is not an easy task.
Avast claims to have a user base of 400 million (that includes AVG users, too). AVG, on the other hand, no longer shares its numbers publically. So it becomes difficult to decide which one has a bigger market share based on what we see on their official websites.
However, if you look at other sources, you'll notice that Avast is clearly ahead in this race.
According to OPSWAT, a company which regularly releases reports about the market share captured by different antivirus solutions, says – as of 4th Jan 2018 — that Avast is the leading antivirus software with 18.88% market share, followed by ESET (13.88%) and Malwarebytes (11.57%).
AVG doesn't quite make it to OPSWAT's list of top 10 antivirus products.
According to Download.com by CNET, AVG has over 565 million downloads while Avast has been downloaded 411 million times. But Avast's editor rating' is 4/5, which means "excellent", while AVG has 3.5 stars out of 5 (meaning "very good"). Avast also has a better average user rating of 4.5/5 stars as opposed to AVG, which has 4 stars.
If you look at social numbers, Avast's Facebook community totals to 4.1 million while AVG has over 3 million Facebook fans. On Twitter, though, AVG leads the way with 215k followers as opposed to Avast's 182k.
A premium antivirus product is a requirement in the modern world, mainly because your security and privacy are at stake.
Both Avast and AVG are reputable antivirus companies that offer several antivirus suites to meet your protection needs.
Not sure if I agree with the "overwhelming" comment about the interface. Both look pretty comparable to me. Article seems slanted towards Avast, for whatever reason – even to the point of stretching some of the facts in the data. For example – my AVG premium plan for the $69.99 annual fee, covers all of my PC's and laptop. I don't think Avast has a "one fee for all" plan. In addition, AVG provides Private data protection, which Avast does not, according to other rating services.
Both Avast and AVG belong to the same company, so it's out of the equation that this write-up is "slanted towards Avast." And yes, you're correct. AVG offers protection for multiple devices with a single subscription. I am going to update it soon btw.
Have you had a look at the AVG Tune-Up features bundled with AVG Ultimate? Antivirus plus the Tune-Up add on for $99 per year unlimited devices (PC, Mac, Android). I use Avast Pro now and it is $85 per year for 5 PCs only. Wondering if the Tune-Up add on and having all our devices on the same solution is worth the slight increase over Avast.
You're correct. That seems a good bargain.
Having used Avast for 8 or more years I have nothing but good to say about their products. Only reason I'm changing is to cover more devices under the same solution and the addition of the tune-up features.
I agree. Avast offers some of the best products but you have better (and cheaper) alternatives if you want to protect multiple devices.
Av comparatives is an austrian firm and not an australian one. So please correct your mistake in the article.
In the graphic summary the "cost" winner is Avira. It is OK when you explain that Avast is cheaper, but it was confusing at the first glance.


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\section{Introduction}

  One definition  of the epoch of galaxy formation is when galaxies first began
to form stars. Different types of galaxies (e.g., ellipticals and spirals)
or different parts of the same type of galaxies (e.g., bulge and
disk of spirals) may have formed at different epochs. A important goal of
observational cosmology is to identify these different formation
epochs.

  Conventional wisdom suggests that ellipticals and the spheroidal
component of  spirals
formed very early, followed by disks. The population of galaxies
at $z>3$ identified using the Lyman limit drop-out
technique may very well be the progenitors of the spheroidal component
of massive galaxies [1,2].
Here we discuss evidence for a sharp rise in the metallicity
distribution of damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbers at $z\leq 3$,
which may signify the onset of star formation in galactic disks.

\section{Results}

   Damped Ly$\alpha$ (DLA) absorption systems seen in spectra of background
quasars are widely accepted to be the progenitors of present-day galaxies
[3], although their exact nature (dwarfs, spheroids, or disks?) is still
unclear.  A program is carried out using the Keck telescopes to study the
chemical compositions of the absorbing gas in DLA systems.
One of the goals is to (hopefully) identify the epoch of the first episode
of star formation in these galaxies,
hence constraining theories  of galaxy formation.

   Figure 1 shows the distribution of [Fe/H] in DLA systems as a function
of redshift. Detailed descriptions of the data and analyses are given in
refs [4,5]. The low
metallicities of DLAs testify the youth of these galaxies: they have yet to
make the bulk of their stars. Remarkably, all 6 of the
highest redshift absorbers
have [Fe/H]$\leq -2$; while many absorbers have reached ten times higher
metallicity at just slightly lower redshifts. This indicates an epoch of rapid
star formation at $z\sim 3$. The effect is likely to be real:
if DLA systems at $z>3$ have [Fe/H] that is uniformly distributed between
$-1$ and $-2.5$ (i.e.,, similar to the distribution at $2<z<3$),
then the {\it posterior} probability for all six of the highest
redshift systems to have [Fe/H]$\leq -2$ by chance is $1.4\times 10^{-3}$.

\begin{figure}
\psfig{figure=figure1.ps,height=2.5in,width=3.5in}
\caption{Metallicity distribution of damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbers.
   \label{fig:figure 1}}
\end{figure}

   Coincidentally, the metallicities of DLA systems at $z>3$, [Fe/H]$=-2$ to
$-2.5$, is identical (within the uncertainties) to those found for the
IGM clouds at similar redshifts, as inferred from the C IV absorption
associated with Ly$\alpha$ forest clouds [6,7,8].  This coincidence
suggests that the metals in DLA galaxies at $z>3$ may simply reflect
those in the IGM, however they were made (e.g., Pop III stars, ejected from
protogalaxies); DLA galaxies did not start making
their own stars (hence metals) until $z\sim 3$.

\section{Discussion}

The implications of the above result for the general question of
galaxy formation and evolution depend on the nature of the DLA galaxies.

   It was suggested [9] that DLA systems may represent the progenitors
of disk galaxies. This is supported by the very recent finding [10] that
the kinematics of DLA absorbers as inferred from the metal absorption line
profiles appears to be dominated by rotation with
large circular velocities ($>200$ km s$^{-1}$).
However, the mean metallicities of DLAs at $z>1.6$ are significantly
below that of the Milky Way disk at the corresponding epoch [4,11].
The problem with the metallicity
distribution may be lessened if DLAs represent a thick disk phase of galaxies
[3] or if low surface brightness disk galaxies (which have substantially
sub-solar metallicities) make up a significant
fraction of DLA absorbers [12]. {\it If} the
disk hypothesis for DLA absorbers is correct, we may have identified the
epoch of initial star formation in disk galaxies.

   Alternatively, DLAs may represent dwarf galaxies or the spheroidal
component of massive
galaxies; this conjecture stems from  the similarity
between the metallicity distribution of DLAs and those in
halo globular clusters and local gas-rich dwarf galaxies [4].
In this case, however, one has to explain the kinematics of DLAs
[10] by other means.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
LL appreciates support from a Hubble Fellowship (HF1062-01-94A). WWS
was supported by NSF grant AST95-29073.

\section*{References}

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Q: Converting from Swift 2 to Swift 3 errors Im working my way through this tutorial on using a gesture on a tableview cell with CoreData.
I got most of it converted by there are 2 places where I have ran into an issue.
1.
Swift2:
snapshot.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1.05, 1.05);

Swift 3:
snapshot.transform = CGAffineTransform.scaledBy(1.05, 1.05)

This is the error I'm getting:
Use of instance member 'scaledBy' on type 'CGAffineTransform'; did you mean to use a value of type 'CGAffineTransform' instead?

Here is the 2nd issue.
Swift 2:
 let bool:Bool = indexPath!.isEqual(beginningIndexPath) as Bool

Swift 3:
let bool:Bool = indexPath!.isEqual(beginningIndexPath) as Bool

error:
Value of type 'IndexPath' has no member 'isEqual'

I tried to use the == as a replacement, but that didn't work either.

A: First issue, use an initializer:
CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 1.05, y: 1.05)

Second issue, use the elementsEqual:
let bool = indexPath!.elementsEqual(beginningIndexPath)

A: First issue:
It should be:
snapshot.transform = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 1.05, y: 1.05)

You should use init(scaleX:y:) CGAffineTransform initializer.
Swift 3 has many improvements on working with C APIs, you might want to check this proposal.

Second issue:
It should be:
let bool = indexPath == beginningIndexPath!

Note that IndexPath Struct is conforms to Equatable Protocol, == operator should works fine.
If you are using isEqual then I assume that indexPath was an instance of NSIndexPath; I recommend to check the NSIndexPath class Documentation:

The Swift overlay to the Foundation framework provides the IndexPath
  structure, which bridges to the NSIndexPath class. The IndexPath
  value type offers the same functionality as the NSIndexPath reference
  type, and the two can be used interchangeably in Swift code that
  interacts with Objective-C APIs. This behavior is similar to how Swift
  bridges standard string, numeric, and collection types to their
  corresponding Foundation classes.

You can find what's the exact reason behind that by check Mutability and Foundation Value Types Proposal.


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Construction recently started at Caltech's W.M. Keck Building, with renovations scheduled for completion in early 2017. The project's design architect is AC Martin of Los Angeles.
The project will create a new laboratory for the work of Lihong Wang, a new professor of medical engineering at Caltech whose research is focused on living tissue imaging. The renovated space will include new imaging laboratories, a tissue culture room, instrument room and approximately 10,800 square feet of office space.
The work is being done by the San Diego office of Seattle-headquartered BNBuilders, which does projects in industries including life science, healthcare and education. The San Diego office is led by Principal Jamie Awford.
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This chart shows how rare Saturday political debates really are
By Alvin Chang@alv9n Nov 13, 2015, 2:00pm EST
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We've written about how Saturday's Democratic debate isn't ideal for garnering big audiences. And this chart shows exactly how rare these Saturday debates are:
The chart includes every debate since the 2000 election cycle, and there have only been seven on Saturdays — going on eight after tomorrow.
And we're not done with Saturday debates yet. The Democrats have one six days before Christmas, and the Republican have one on February 6, 2016. There are still more debates planned that don't yet have a set date.
Here are the remaining debates for the primaries:
CBS Democratic debate: news and updates
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Where do I change the position of the panels?
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