The oil fly is a carpophagous species, whose larva, possible damage agent, is a miner of the olive tree drupe.
Assoprol Umbria annually carries out the Monitoring Program of the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae). The work is developed keeping under observation all the areas of regional olive-growing interest, intensifying the monitoring in the most sensitive sectors to the attacks and processing weekly the phytosanitary Bulletin.
The data obtained from the monitoring are included in the DSS that processes the status of infestation and allows to produce an overall report of the Company, in order to provide support to the technician in deciding times and methods of intervention in the fight against the fly.
The results of the monitoring and sampling, integrated with the processing obtained by the computer system, allow the technicians of the Association to have an overall picture of the seasonal trend of the fly populations and then produce the weekly phytosanitary Bulletin which is disclosed at the membership base.
ASSOPROL is an Italian organization of more than 1,900 olive oil producers born in 1978. The association aims at safeguarding and preserving olive oil production, one of the most important cultural and economic resources of the country.
Agriculture in general, and olive growing in particular, have always faced various critical issues, from production variability to necessary competitiveness. Olive groves are constantly threatened by plant pathogens that cause varying degrees of modification in olives and oil quality, without considering huge product losses and bad income for farms.
One of the most dangerous adversities for olive trees is the "olive fruit fly" (Bactrocera oleae), an insect that can significantly affect size and quality of olive production. The incidence of attacks is accentuated by wetter and cooler seasons, since the fly's lifecycle is influenced by the weather.
OLIWES is a Decision Support System that helps operators to take action against diseases that are affecting olive groves.
It is able to generate risk forecast models on the likely proliferation and distribution of olive fruit flies. An algorithm triggers an alarm to warn/notify users (olive growers) of the weather conditions in the area. It informs of the appropriate time to carry out preventative treatment against the insects before the damage becomes visible.
Thanks to OLIWES, associated farmers have been able to save many products (olives and oil) from pest attacks. Use of OLIWES has enabled the farmers to increase crop yield and guarantee their source of income.


This is a graduation speech Howard Rheingold gave to the class of 2004 of the Department of Communication at Stanford University on June 12.
At this moment, all across the land, a thousand old guys like me are dispensing platitudes to graduates and their parents. It's natural -- and a good idea -- to take the advice commencement speakers dispense with a large grain of salt. Occasionally, however, one of us stumbles upon a clue that might actually be useful to you. I hope I can deliver one of those elusive clues, because I believe deeply and passionately that one of you or some of you or even all of you just might help the rest of us through the next few years.
I am convinced that the last time young communicators faced this degree of excitement, peril, opportunity, uncertainty, and responsibility was 1776. Don't forget that James Madison founded the American Whig Society as a college student and helped enscribe history's most important social software at thirty-six.
If your passion is to create culture -- if you are a writer, a musician, a creator of video or videogames, a programmer of software, an instigator of online community -- you face a legal, political, and technical assault on your right to innovate. But at the same time, you have the use of the most powerful tools for cultural production since the Gutenberg revolution.
If your calling is journalism, you enter the job market at the same time that that the long and honorable history of American journalism is traveling through the digestive tract of the disinfotainment industry. But at the same time, you arrive on the scene just at the moment something broader, faster, and perhaps more democratic than the invention of journalism is emerging.
To those engaged in cultural production: thanks to your education, I don't have to detail what I mean about the assault on your right to innovate. The extension of copyright law at the expense of the public domain and the tradition of using culture to create culture. The use of digital rights management to protect old businesses from new means of expression. The instantiation of tight surveillance and control of innovation in the "trusted computing" technologies that are being planned for the next generations of chips and PCs. The regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum according to the laws of the 1920s and the wishes of the incumbent license holders. All these regulatory battles are not so much about protecting property as they are about controlling innovation.
There is your peril and your responsibility. Will your generation be able to create new industries, new artforms, new communication media? Or will you have to work for an existing company and sign away your rights in order to innovate?
To those of you who aspire to journalism: Don't get me wrong on this -- there are still journalists of great courage, integrity, and inventiveness, and they make a difference every day. But their editors and publishers are caught in a situation not of their making. A couple of months ago, I was invited to participate in one of those old media meets new media discussions that have become fashionable lately. All the usual suspects were there -- the household names of newspaper, newsmagazine, radio, and television. Not the reporters, but their bosses. These are people who are deeply worried about the future of their businesses. When I had the opportunity to speak up, I acknowledged that I understand from personal experience that if you can't stay in business, other issues are moot. Then I reminded them that their product is different from the other widgets that their corporate parents produce.
There is a long and deep connection between the growth of journalism on this continent and the history of the American experiment in democracy. An older James Madison emphasized that connection when he wrote, in a letter to W.T. Barry in 1822, words that are carved in marble at the Library of Congress today: "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
I reminded the assembled managers of profit centers for content conglomerates that there would be no newspaper business today to worry about its future if the US Post Office had not subsidized the "penny press" at the beginning of the 19th century. So although I never want to dismiss the importance of worrying about a business model that is under attack from all sides, I do feel it's important for everyone in the journalism business to consider, from time to time, their responsibility to citizens of a free society.
I managed to repeat this message in different ways three or four times during this seminar on the future of news media. And every time I piped up, the assembled group looked at me as if I had just bitten off the head of a live chicken. They just didn't want to think about what they were hearing. And I don't mean to assign blame. From online advertising to the cost of paper to the decline in young subscribers, this group have been given a lot of cause to worry about their future.
So far, I've talked about the serious challenges you -- and the rest of us -- face. But there's another side to this turbulent moment in the history of communication. While all these attacks on expression are underway and barriers to communication are being put in place, people around the globe are making entirely new kinds of art and journalism. Young people in every part of the world are using and inventing blogs, wikis, mobile messaging, desktop video, digital music, online animation, social software. I will leave you with two brief examples: Wikipedia and OhmyNews.
Wikipedia is a website that anyone can edit. Anyone who registers can create or correct or extend an article about any subject they want. Since 2001, thousands of people have created half a million articles in more than fifty languages. And although anyone can vandalize what others have written, many more people have the power to undo the damage. The mean time between such an attempt at damage and its repair is under four minutes. The knowledge in Wikipedia is published under a license that allows anyone anywhere to use it online, to print it out, to sell it or give it away. The Encyclopedia Brittanica spent millions of dollars and many more years to put around 60,000 articles online. Although it remains to be seen whether the accuracy and integrity of public knowledge created in this way will improve or deteriorate over time, Wikipedia most certainly is an example of the kind of radical innovation people can accomplish these days.
OhmyNews is a website in South Korea that employs 26,000(*) citizen-reporters. Those citizen-reporters and their readers vote on which articles should appear on the front page. It's wildly popular, particularly among the young cybergeneration. Earlier this year, OhmyNews did something remarkable. The candidate that was favored by many of their readers and reporters was behind in the polls in the days before Korea's Presidential election, and the exit-polls in the early hours showed him losing. A call to action on OhmyNews led to readers sending nearly a million emails to their friends, urging them to get out and vote, along with an uncounted number of text messages to their friends' telephones. That unprecedented online get-out-the-vote effort tipped the election -- and the first interview President-elect Roh gave was to OhmyNews.
I know that your education, the tools you have available, and most of all, your determination and enthusiasm constitute a formidable counter-force to the walls that are being built around creativity and discourse. I count on you to get out there and create. You can -- you MUST -- innovate faster than your ability to innovate can be enclosed by laws, regulations, and technological fences.
*OhmyNews currently has 33,000 Korean citizen reporters. -- Ed.


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6 Ways to Make Your Feed Memorable Like Heart Evangelista's Instagram
When it comes to IG-worthy posts, Heart's got it in the bag.
As her 7.1 million Instagram followers would attest, Heart Evangelista is endlessly fascinating. She lives a glamorous life that most people can only dream of—attending Paris Fashion Week, wearing haute couture, and being included in Forbes France's Top 10 Luxury Influencers. If you want to get a glimpse of the good life, look no further than Heart Evangelista's Instagram.
Elevate Your Feed
While very few people can attain Heart's ultra-high-end lifestyle, there are a few things we mere mortals can do to at least get our Instagram looking more memorable. Below are a few lessons from our favorite fashion icon's own Insta.
Embrace Your Personal Style
Heart's millions of followers know what to expect from: attention-grabbing outfits, feathers, fur, ruffles, heels, baubles, and lots of bling.
Sometimes they're all in one photo!
This is Heart's brand—opulent, ultra-luxurious, extra—and she definitely knows how to work it. However, her glam vibe ultimately doesn't come from the stuff that she owns, but from knowing who she is and staying true to it. Being authentic shows more elegance and sophistication than trying to be someone you're not, so let your true self shine in your feed.
Always Look Put-Together
Can't afford Heart's designer bags and shoes? You can work with what you do have to emulate Heart's perpetually polished look. One of her secret weapons beneath all the glitz and glitter: that's never out of place. Get Heart's lustrous locks with Cream Silk Rich Organic Powerfusion Ultra Conditioner—her personal fave is Rich Lustre, which contains shea butter, almond oil, cinnamon, cassia leaf oil, sunflower seed oil, bamboo extract, and aloe extract.
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It's In the Details
Even inexpensive items can look yayamanin when styled right. Take these chocolate roll slices, for example. In a box or a plain serving dish, they would look rather ordinary. Topped with strawberries and grouped together with a silver serving tray, a fur backdrop, and Heart's bejeweled wrist? Absolutely decadent.
You can make a nondescript item look special with some luxe touches—a string of pearls, a printed scarf, even flowers. Snacking on supermarket cheese and chips? Taking them out of their packaging and transferring them to plates and bowls can already elevate them.
Have a Sense of Humor
Like any famous personality, Heart receives her fair share of, er, questionable comments. But instead of lashing out, she deals with them with wit. When faced with criticism, just smile. Show off your pearly whites with closeup Menthol Fresh Toothpaste. It kills 99% of bacteria that cause cavities and odor, making you fresh and confident
She's also not afraid to poke fun at herself—in an Instagram story, she once joked that she was buying corned beef in her opulent outfit, spawning countless memes. She also leans into her Chanel obsession, occasionally posting funny food photos with the iconic logo of her beloved brand.
Keep 'em Guessing
We're so used to maximalist Heart that it can be surprising when she posts pared-down photos like this one.
This photo got a ton of likes, showing that posting something unexpected every now and then can keep your followers engaged.
Use It for Good
It's easy for an over-the-top Instagram influencer to amass haters, but it's easier still to love Heart because she's got substance to go with her style. She uses Instagram to shine a spotlight on advocacies that are close to her heart, such as the artisans of Sorsogon, the home province of her husband Gov. Chiz Escudero.
In mid-2020, she used her platforms to help out students who were scrambling to get a tablet so they could go to school online. She put out an announcement on Twitter, calling on people in need to slide into her Instagram DMs. If there's anything that makes Heart truly classy, it's that she cares about other people and tries to do what she can to help.
The main lesson from Heart's Instagram: Being memorable is less about high-end brands and expensive jewelry and more about grace, humor, and kindness. And that's something money can't buy.
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The Poetic Mets
David Wright Will Always Be The Captain
It's All About Telling a Story
June 20, 2018 / Chris Dollard
Saturday night in Seattle and I'm back at Safeco. I kind of wish I could call it something other than that. I could just say, "the ballpark." That's better than some insurance company's name.
Anyway, I'm at the ballpark, sitting in the upper deck and munching on a chicken katsu plate from Uwajimaya (yes, bring your own food in and avoid the stadium price-gouging), and the place is packed. Unlike the previous game I went to, the Mariners fans are louder than the Red Sox fans. It's Father's Day Weekend, the Solstice festival (with thousands of nude, bodypainted bicyclists parading through Fremont) is happening. Grill smoke is in the air, everywhere. Seattle summer is in full, dazzling swing.
And I'd already been sunburned earlier in the day at the nude bike parade, and now the sun creeps over the stadium awning and I'm in full blast, and no way. So I stand behind stands behind home plate for the last three innings. It was a shutout, with another unknown (LeBlanc) keeping the Sox to two hits in 8 2/3rds. Diaz came in for the ninth and closed the whole thing down to the loudest sound I'd ever heard in the ballpark.
I'd never been happier to see the Sox lose, too. I've rooted for them plenty—every time I went to Fenway except for the two Mets games here. 2004? I was crazy for them. 2007? Sure, why not? But once, well, basically all Boston sports began winning everything and the region's fans (who were already ornery, some of which who are infamously racist) truly became the worst in sports.
I say "became" because, when I was a kid in southeastern Connecticut and southern RI, Sox fans didn't have anywhere near the glitzy swagger of the Yankees to trophy around. The Yankees (or, to them, pretty every New York sports team) were the evil empire. I believed this, too, as a young, jilted Mets fan who, frankly, learned a great deal about grief and loss in the 2000 World Series, and learned exactly how to hate a bandwagon, showboating fanbase along with Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins fans.
That is until, in high school, I was accosted by a drunk, staggering Patriots fan in the parking lot of Gilette Stadium who jabbed his finger at me (I was wearing a Jets jersey, from when I still rooted for the Jets with my dad, and I've since sworn them off just out of sheer embarrassment) and said, "I bet yer a fuckin' Yankees fan, too!"
I was like, dude, I like the Sox. I hate the Yankees. I'm a fucking Mets fan. Not all New Yorkers are the same, you know?
And from then on, mostly regarding the Patriots, I've generally hated their fans. And a lot of Red Sox fans. I don't follow basketball or hockey, but I can imagine hating Celtics and Bruins fans, too.
I'm throwing a whole lot of my friends under the bus when I say that I hate Boston/New England sports fans, but so be it. Push!
Honestly—and I noted this in my last post, and maybe it's just regional differences of temperament because, as an East Coast guy, I miss the ornery, crass, and otherwise unlikable yet completely lovable social traits of the Northeast and the Northwest tries way harder to be polite than is possible for me to achieve—nobody likes bandwagon fans, fans that brag or boast, fans that put others down, fans that hurl racist pejoratives at players of color, or fans that light cars on fire and riot when their team wins a championship.
And I'm not saying that even, perhaps, 90% of current New England sports fans are bandwagon fans, or exhibit any of the above behavior. Nearly all of my friends who root for these teams have done so since childhood, when the Red Sox hadn't won a World Series since 1918 and the Patriots were just another shitty NFL expansion team. They are all dignified sports fans who appreciate the fun and entertainment of it, who love their teams, but who also have a great deal of respect for other teams, even their rivals.
So, when the Sox made a go of it, considering the story behind them (perpetual underdogs) and the fanbase (beaten-down fans of perpetual underdogs), I couldn't help but root for them. I loved it, too. I watched games with friends who had been waiting for this their whole lives, and whose parents, even grandparents, had also been waiting. People were shaking the ashes of their dead relatives at their TV screens before games, or refusing to shave or shower, or any of the other strange superstitions that sports fans believe in. There were so many emotions at play, and when Boston went down 3 games to zip against the Yankees, and then came back, and then went on to win the World Series, I wanted to hear the Dropkick Murphys on repeat just as much as anyone did. Hell, I even called my local radio station to request it—and my request was fulfilled.
I had a Sox hat. I still have it. I've worn it for two great games at Fenway: when David Ortiz hit his last home run, and when the Red Sox had a wild extra-innings walk off the following summer. I high fived fans on my walk to Back Bay Station. It didn't matter, either, because the Mets are always there for me, my childhood team, my father's favorite, my favorite.
But it doesn't mean you can't root for other teams, and even root against those other teams from time to time.
Like rooting for the Mariners. I mean, there's another story. Seventeen years without a playoff berth. The 116-win season that was drowned in the champagne of yet another Yankees postseason series win. The home of Griffey and Ichiro. A team of has-beens, unknowns, fading stars, and distant relations. The team of the place that, at least for a while, I am calling home.
The only catch is that I can't root against the Mets. Any other team? Fair game. For or against, doesn't matter. As long as some fan ethics are upheld—like, generally not rooting for unlikable players, teams, or hopping on blatant bandwagons—I'm a fan of the game overall, and it is mine to explore and enjoy as I will.
So, when standing in between two sets of families and kids—one Sox fans, the other, Mariners—in the concourse behind home plate for the last three outs on Saturday night, I looked at one family as already spoiled by repeated victories (Sox), and the other as deserving of a good win. Honestly, what really matters is that everyone has a good time and enjoys the game, because it's just a game, it's leisure for us, it's not personal, and we have no control over anything that happens other than what crappy food we eat or how much we dress up in expensive, useless, but meaningful sports garb like custom jerseys and fitted caps and color-matching shoes. (I'm guilty of this, I get how stupidly materialistic it is, but it's fun.)
But when Mookie Betts struck out and the Mariners fans, the tens of thousands of them, already standing, their gazes locked on home plate, silently hopeful, then loudly hopeful, cheering on their pitcher, suddenly burst forth with a fucking chorus of victory screams and chants and cheers, I let out a shout and clapped hard for a few seconds and, finally, saw that ballpark at its fullest, loudest, brightest, and happiest moment of this season.
Then, wanting nothing more with a crowd of 50,000 baseball fans on a holiday weekend, I ducked straight for the exit and made fast for the train station before everyone else. But I'll be back because there's a story there that's being told, and told well.
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Q: How to create SQL Unique constraint by time lapse I have table A with columns from, to, val. I want to create unique constraint where:
Only 1 record must be in time lapse from - to. Example:
There is already 1 record (03.12.2021 11:00:00 - 03.12.2021 15:00:00). Now I'm adding some records, where TRUE it means that can be added:

(03.12.2021 10:00:00 - 03.12.2021 10:59:00) - TRUE

(03.12.2021 16:00:00 - 04.12.2021 10:59:00) - TRUE

(03.12.2021 10:00:00 - 03.12.2021 12:00:00) - FALSE

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All Masons hold Solomon's Temple in high esteem, for the perfection of this edifice symbolizes the internal edifice we all hope to perfect within us. But what do we know about Solomon, this fallible, historical, and biblical figure who built a temple to God?
Some records indicate Solomon lived about 60 years, reining as King of the United Monarchy of Israel from 970 – 931 BC. The son of David and Bathsheba, Solomon was Israel's third king. David selected Solomon over his older brother, Adonijah, whom Solomon executed, believing him to be a political threat; hardly the expected action of one whose name derives from the Hebrew word 'shalom' or peace.
We learn in the Old Testament that God offered Solomon anything, but rather than wealth, respect or good health Solomon chose wisdom to carry out his God given responsibilities. He authored Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs, as well as several proverbs and psalms. However, Solomon disobeyed God by living a life of sin. He sealed many foreign agreements by marrying pagan women, allowed his wives to affect his loyalty to God, excessively taxed his people, and drafted his people into a labor and military force.
Marrying the Pharaoh's daughter (name unknown) in order to seal a pact with Egypt was one of many questionable actions. She was the first of hundreds of wives married for political reasons. Though an effective leader he let his personal life over shadow his successes, thus diminishing his gift of wisdom. It was not until late in his life that he began to repent his sins.
As a business leader Solomon leveraged the commercial aspects of sea transportation and copper. He leveraged the weakness of his neighbors, Assyria and Egypt, and to make up for a trade balance deficit with Hiram, King of Tyre, Solomon ceded him 20 towns in Galilee.
It was with Hiram that Solomon had his biggest achievement, the building of the temple to the most high God, fulfilling his father's promise to do the same. This was not the first structure associated with Solomon, given he built vast defense structures, public works, and the Porch of Pillars. But it was by far the grandest, eclipsing all other shrines in the land and used more continuously than any other structure of worship, until it was destroyed in 586 BC by the Babylonians.
Like all men, Solomon was not perfect. He was given a gift by God, but tarnished his wisdom through his actions. Best known to Masons as the builder of The Temple, the perfection of that building serves as a symbolic reminder of the elusive internal perfection we all seek.


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100,000 Lionel Messi Fans Plan A March In The Heart Of Buenos Aires To Convince Him To Stay On
Joshua Arpit NathUpdated on Jun 29, 2016, 20:07 IST
Lionel Messi made up his mind to quit international football after Argentina's 4-2 loss on penalties in the Copa America final to Chile. Since then, millions of fans and famous celebrities including Argentina's President Maurico Macri, have urged the superstar footballer to reconsider his decision.
It's crystal clear that Messi, with his kind of skill, talent and fitness, has a lot to offer to Argentinian football. Frustrated with Messi's decision to retire from his country's duties, his countrymen are planning a mass protest march on Saturday, July 2, in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires.
Over 100,000 Messi fans have showed their support to this march, the venue for which is the famous Obelisco monument in the heart of the city. Obelisco is to Buenos Aires what India Gate is to New Delhi and traditionally sees fans celebrating victories and titles.
However, Saturday won't be any cause for celebration for Argentinians. On Facebook, where the event is publicised, there are over 65,000 people who've showed their interest in attending the march and nearly 60,000 are going for it.
Seeing the love of his countrymen, will Messi reassess his move?


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Brazil is the world's fifth largest and most populous country. It borders on every country in South America except Ecuador and Chile and is the only Portuguese-speaking territory on the continent. Brazil is the only country in the world that lies on the equator and has contiguous territory outside the tropics.
The Brazilian economy is the seventh largest in the world, both in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity. Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee, sugar, and soybeans, third largest producer of iron ore, the 13th largest oil producer, and has the fourth largest car market in the world.
Over 2,000 indigenous nations and tribes originally inhabited the area, with an estimated population of 8 million people. In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet arrived and claimed Brazil for Portugal. Lack of immunity to Western diseases caused many Amerindian deaths; smallpox and other contagions spread rapidly through communities even before they made contact with Europeans. This trend was then greatly exacerbated when Portuguese colonists began exploiting indigenous peoples as slaves to work on sugar cane plantations.
The levels of disease, combined with extremely harsh working conditions, led to an incredibly short life-expectancy for indigenous slaves and led to a massive quantity of African captives being transported in Brazil to work (an estimated four million people before abolition). Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery, in 1888, and it is estimated that 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas were taken to Brazil.
Brazil achieved independence from Portugal in 1822 and was ruled by a constitutional monarchy until 1889, when a military coup led to the country becoming a republic. A large portion of the 20th century saw Brazil controlled by a military dictatorship (1930-45 and 1964–85), though it has seen increased political stability and liberalisation since.
Modern-day Brazil is a federal republic composed of 26 states and with a population of over 200 million people. 65% of Brazilians consider themselves Catholic, though this represents a notable reduction in the 90% who did so in 1970.


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Latest parish unifications raise concerns over the fate of historic Catholic churches | Chicago News
The Corpus Christi Catholic Church dominates King Drive in Bronzeville, where it has been on 49th Street since 1914.
The church has been in the Katie Williams Hall family for almost as long, since it first opened to Black Chicagoans in the early 1930s.
"Since… my grandfather joined me in the 1930s, there has been a family member or several family members who have been members of the ward," she said.
Williams Hall was baptized in Corpus Christi, married there, and raised her children in the church.
(Courtesy of Corpus Christi Catholic Church)
And just a few weeks ago her granddaughter and grandnephew were baptized there as well.
"I know it doesn't mean much to them now, but I hope that in the future I understand that they are the fifth generation of a family that has, you know, belonged to a church and helped. in building this church over the years, I hope it will be exciting and meaningful for them, "said Williams Hall.
For decades Corpus Christi was a bustling parish, once home to around 3,000 members. She operated a high school and even a credit union that provided loans to black people in Chicago when most banks wouldn't.
But on Sunday, Williams Hall and his family will attend their last church mass. For the last time, they will pray and sing under the high vaulted ceiling, designed by Daniel Burnham's apprentice, Joseph William McCarthy.
On July 1, Corpus Christi, along with Saint Anselm, Saint Ambrose, Saint Elizabeth and the Holy Angels, will be grouped into one church.
According to the Archdiocese, there are no longer enough Catholics in the region to support so many parishes.
The five unifying parishes will move to the current Holy Angels premises on Oakwood Boulevard, which will be renamed Our Lady of Africa.
For Corpus Christi members, the closure of their beloved church is bittersweet, but not exactly a surprise.
"As beautiful as this church is, it's expensive to maintain, you know, the bill for heat, water, electricity," said Larry Cope, another lifelong member of Corpus Christi. "Water damage has occurred in this church. And it's expensive to repair and maintain what you've got, when you've got a declining congregation.
Cope, who also acts as a parish historian, understands that it is no longer possible for the vast Corpus Christi to function as an autonomous parish.
But he and Williams Hall are both concerned about what will happen to the building after the final Mass – its walls are lined with ornate stained glass and paintings of the Stations of the Cross, several of which have been recently restored.
"I am very concerned about this church," said Williams Hall. "And again, the other churches, especially St. Ambrose and St. Anselm and Corpus Christi, are the larger older churches like this one. And it's like, what's going to happen to them? These were important institutions in the community. And will these institutions simply remain vacant? "
In response to questions from WTTW News, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese wrote in an email that after churches close, "properties are secured and sacred or other important or particularly valuable items are removed and stored centrally for later transfer to another parish within the Archdiocese of Chicago or another diocese.
The Archdiocese says there are no specific plans for Corpus Christi, St. Anselm and St. Ambrose at this time, while St. Elizabeth will serve as a heritage center for Father Augustus Tolton, who has escaped notice. slavery to become the first recognized black Catholic priest in the United States.
Overall, Cope says he wants the parish amalgamation to be successful. But he says black Catholics in Chicago need more support to grow and thrive.
"We need a way to express our opinion, to have leaders ready to stand up and fight for the Black Catholic Church, to say, 'Hey, here we are. We need help, "he said. "Above all, we are black and we are categorically Catholic in an area which has all the other Christian denominations. Even though we are a small community among all of our other Christian brethren, we have a voice that needs to be heard.
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Lebanon woman indicted for drugs
Ashley M. Wilkerson, 35 of 328 N. Woodlawn Avenue in Lebanon was indicted in Marion Circuit Court on May 6 for first-degree possession of a controlled substance, buy/possess drug paraphernalia and no registration plates. According to the indictment, on or about March 1, Wilkerson knowingly and unlawfully possessed meth and drug paraphernalia and was operating a motor vehicle with no or expired registration plate. Bond was set at 10 percent of $10,000.
In other indictments:
• Michael J. Burke, 53, of 399 First Street in New Haven and/or 425 Country View Estate in Loretto was indicted for theft of identity of another without consent, third-degree criminal mischief and attempted theft by unlawful taking over $500. According to the indictment, on or about Nov. 7, 2017, Burke knowingly possessed or used any current or former identifying information of another with the intent to represent that he is the other person, intentionally or wantonly defaced, destroyed or damaged any property causing loss of less than $500 and attempted to unlawfully take or exercise control over movable property of another (Wal-Mart). Bond was set at 10 percent of $5,000, and Burke was ordered to have no contact with the victim or the premises.
• Eric Dean Coffman, 32, currently in the Marion County Detention Center, was indicted for first-degree promoting contraband and first-degree persistent felony offender. According to the indictment, on or about Feb. 14, Coffman knowingly introduced dangerous contraband into a detention facility. Bond was set at 10 percent of $10,000.
• Melissa K. Jackson, 46, of 10 Joseph Drive in Lebanon was indicted for first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. According to the indictment, on or about Nov. 30, 2018, Jackson uttered or possessed a forged instrument with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another. Bond was set at 10 percent of $10,000, and Jackson was ordered to have no contact with the victims.
• Jennifer L. Nichols, 42, of 58 Hatcher Lane in Buffalo was indicted for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to the indictment, on or about March 13, Nichols possessed, manufactured or transported a firearm when one has been convicted of a felony in any state or federal court. Bond was set at $2,000.
Editor's note: The indictment of a person is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


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Mackenzie Blackwood (born December 9, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the  New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Blackwood was the top-rated North American goaltender ranked in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final rankings for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. He was selected by the Devils in the second round, 42nd overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Early life
Blackwood was born on December 9, 1996, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. His father was involved in local ice hockey teams, while his mother played basketball and track and field. He began playing ice hockey at the age of nine, comparatively late by Canadian standards, and temporarily quit after only a year. When he was 12 years old, the goaltender for Blackwood's youth hockey team was injured, and Blackwood volunteered to mind the net in his place. He enjoyed the new position and became a full-time goaltender. He played in house leagues with the Volunteer Pool Bearcats and Neebing Hawks before joining the Thunder Bay Kings of the Thunder Bay AAA Hockey League for the 2011–12 minor ice hockey season. There, he won 15 games while posting a 3.08 goals against average (GAA). The following season, he was recruited for the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League; the son of Elmira director of hockey operations Keith Stewart was a scout for the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and wanted Blackwood to gain a year of development in a lower-tier junior ice hockey league before he was drafted by a Junior A-level team.

Playing career

Junior
Following his performance in minor hockey, the Colts selected Blackwood in the fifth round of the 2012 OHL Priority Selection. Originally a backup during his rookie 2013–14 season, Blackwood became the Colts' starting goaltender early in the season when Mathias Niederberger left the team and Alex Fotinos struggled in the role. He earned his first shutout on November 1, stopping all 31 shots from the Niagara IceDogs. After leading all rookies in both the OHL and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) with a 2.98 GAA and .902 save percentage (SV%) and leading OHL rookies with 23 wins, Blackwood was named to the OHL First All-Rookie Team in 2014. Although the Colts' OHL postseason run came to an end with a loss to the North Bay Battalion in the second playoff round, Blackwood was praised by coaches for his performance during the season, and he was expected to remain Barrie's starting goaltender for the remainder of his junior hockey career.

The following season, Blackwood was selected as a member of the OHL All-Stars for the 2014 Subway Super Series. He was also chosen to play the 2015 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, but was unavailable due to illness.

Professional
On December 30, 2015, Blackwood signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils, who had drafted him in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. After playing for the Devils' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Blackwood was assigned to the Adirondack Thunder, the Devils' ECHL affiliate, on January 1, 2018.

Blackwood began the 2018–19 season with the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Devils. He was recalled to New Jersey on December 17 after goaltender Cory Schneider was placed on injured reserve. Blackwood made his NHL debut the following night in a 7–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He replaced starter Keith Kinkaid in the third period and saved eight of ten shots. On December 20, Blackwood made his first NHL start against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and although the Devils lost 2–1, Blackwood had an impressive performance, saving 36 of 38 shots. On December 27, Blackwood recorded his first NHL win, a 5–2 victory over the Boston Bruins, with another strong performance, making 40 saves on 42 shots. In only his third NHL start, Blackwood recorded 37 saves to earn his first shutout in a 2–0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on December 29. Blackwood was named a Star of the Week following this performance. Following another shutout victory on December 31 against the Vancouver Canucks, Blackwood became the first Devils rookie goaltender to post back-to-back shutouts. He also became the youngest Devils goaltender to record multiple regular season shutouts, surpassing Martin Brodeur. On January 3, 2019, Blackwood was named to the North Division roster for the 2019 American Hockey League All-Star Classic. On January 10, Blackwood was placed on injured reserve by the Devils due to a lower body injury he suffered on January 2. He returned to the Devils lineup and played his first game since January 4 in a 3–2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on January 12.

On December 23, 2020, the Devils re-signed Blackwood to a three-year contract.

International play

On June 24, 2015, Blackwood was one of only three goaltenders invited to attend Hockey Canada's U-20 summer development camp. He was one of three goaltenders who represented the Canadian junior team at the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

On April 29, 2019, Blackwood was named as the third-choice goaltender to the senior Canadian roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship held in Slovakia. He made his debut for Canada in a relief appearance, replacing Carter Hart for nine minutes in a 5–0 round robin victory over Denmark on May 20. He earned a silver medal as Canada progressed through to the playoff rounds before losing the final to Finland on May 26.

Personal life
Blackwood was raised in Thunder Bay. His mother, Rhonda Crocker-Ellacott, is the President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. His father was a fan of the Colorado Avalanche and encouraged his son to cheer for them.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

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Living people
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Binghamton Devils players
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Ice hockey people from Ontario
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The influence of caffeine expectancies on sport, exercise and cognitive performance
Akbar Shabir, Andy Hooton, Jason Tallis, Matthew F. Higgins
Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences
Caffeine (CAF) is widely consumed across sport and exercise for its reputed ergogenic properties, including central nervous stimulation and enhanced muscular force development. However, expectancy and the related psychological permutations that are associated with oral CAF ingestion are generally not considered in most experimental designs and these could be important in understanding if/how CAF elicits an ergogenic effect. The present paper reviews 17 intervention studies across sport, exercise, and cognitive performance. All explore CAF expectancies, in conjunction with/without CAF pharmacology. Thirteen out of 17 studies indicated expectancy effects of varying magnitudes across a range of exercise tasks and cognitive skills inclusive off but not limited to; endurance capacity, weightlifting performance, simple reaction time and memory. Factors, such as motivation, belief, and habitual CAF consumption habits influenced the response. In many instances, these effects were comparable to CAF pharmacology. Given these findings and the lack of consistency in the experimental design, future research acknowledging factors, such as habitual CAF consumption habits, habituated expectations, and the importance of subjective post-hoc analysis will help to advance knowledge within this area.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101528
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shabir, A., Hooton, A., Tallis, J., & Higgins, M. F. (2018). The influence of caffeine expectancies on sport, exercise and cognitive performance. Nutrients, 10(10), [1528]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101528
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Shabir, A, Hooton, A, Tallis, J & Higgins, MF 2018, 'The influence of caffeine expectancies on sport, exercise and cognitive performance', Nutrients, vol. 10, no. 10, 1528. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101528
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Ranveer Singh is one of the few lucky one's to start a career under the Yashraj Banners. He carry's a simple boy next door attitude.
1o Interesting Facts About Ranveer Singh are as follows:
1. Ranveer Singh's zodiac sign is Cancer. His birthday is on 6th of July, 1985.
2. Ranveer Singh in his Debut film played a hardcore Delhi'ite boy, but in reality he is born and brought up in Mumbai and is hardcore Mumbaikar.
3. Ranveer Singh's full name is Ranveer Singh Bhavnani. He dropped his last name 'Bhavnani' as he thought that won't sound like a superstar's name.
4.Ranveer did his education from H.R.College, Mumbai. Then he went to The U.S.A for further studies. He started his acting career in the year 2007.
5. Ranveer Singh's debut movie was under Yashraj banner. 'Band Baaja Baaraat' was his debut movie and the movie collected approx 21.44 crore after 5 weeks.
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6. Ranveer won 51st Filmfare Award for Best Debutant Male. He even won Stardust Awards, IIFA award, Zee Cine Award, Star Guild Award,etc
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8. Ranveer Singh's current affair is with Deepika Padukone. They are together since 2 years. They came together on the big screen with Ram Leela. Their chemistry could be clearly seen in the movie.
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9. Ranveer Singh's relatives are also well known Bollywood actors. Anil Kapoor is his uncle,whereas Sonam and Rhea kapoor are his cousins.
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10. Ranveer Singh's upcoming projects are: a. Dil Dhadakne Do (Zoya Akhtar) and b.Bajirao Mastani (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
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Q: MySQL MAX and MIN I am trying to execute the following query
SELECT `id`,
       `name`,
       `ownerid`,
       `creationdata`,
       `motd`,
       (SELECT Count(*)
        FROM   guild_membership a,
               players_online b
        WHERE  a.player_id = b.player_id
               AND a.guild_id = id) AS `online`,
       (SELECT Max(b.level)
        FROM   guild_membership a,
               players b
        WHERE  a.player_id = b.id
               AND a.guild_id = id) AS `toplevel`,
       (SELECT Min(a.level)
        FROM   players a,
               guild_membership b
        WHERE  a.id = b.player_id
               AND b.guild_id = id) AS `lowlevel`
FROM   `guilds`
WHERE  `name` = 'Wideswing Poleaxe'
LIMIT  1;

The tables used in here are the followin
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `players` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `group_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `account_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `level` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  ...
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`),
  FOREIGN KEY (`account_id`) REFERENCES `accounts` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE,
  KEY `vocation` (`vocation`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `guilds` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `ownerid` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `creationdata` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `motd` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY (`name`),
  UNIQUE KEY (`ownerid`),
  FOREIGN KEY (`ownerid`) REFERENCES `players`(`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `guild_membership` (
  `player_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `guild_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `rank_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `nick` varchar(15) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  PRIMARY KEY (`player_id`),
  FOREIGN KEY (`player_id`) REFERENCES `players` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
  FOREIGN KEY (`guild_id`) REFERENCES `guilds` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
  FOREIGN KEY (`rank_id`) REFERENCES `guild_ranks` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

I am trying to get the MAX level and MIN level on the players table inside one guild
However I am always getting toplevel and lowlevel the same value and tis always the lowest level
I am not sure what is wrong

A: I think the problem is here: a.guild_id = id
The id being used is from players, not guilds, as it is still part of the sub-query.

A: You shouldn't need all those subqueries, JOINs are almost always faster and should usually be first technique tried.
Try this...
SELECT `id`, `name`, `ownerid`, `creationdata`, `motd`
       , COUNT(po.player_id) AS online
       , MAX(p.level) AS toplevel
       , MIN(p.level) AS lowlevel
FROM `guilds` AS g
LEFT JOIN guild_membership AS gm ON g.id = gm.guild_id
LEFT JOIN players AS p ON gm.player_id = p.player_id
LEFT JOIN players_online AS po ON gm.player_id = po.player_id
WHERE g.`name` = 'Wideswing Poleaxe'
;

COUNT only counts non-null values; similarly MAX, MIN, and most other aggregate functions ignore null values (only returning null if only null values were processed).

A: First thing I notice is: you are using LIMIT without ORDER BY. So from the guilds table you expect to find more than one entry for name = 'Wideswing Poleaxe', but only look at the first the DBMS happens to find. Is this desired?
Next thing I see is the out-dated join syntax. Where did you get this from? A twenty year old book? No, stop, twenty years ago this syntax was already made redundant, so it must be even older ;-) Use explicit joins instead (JOIN ... ON ...)
As to your subqueries: You are comparing with id without any qualifier, so the DBMS will take this to be guild_membership.id or players_online resp. players.id, where you really want it to be guild.id. This should explain that you get unexpected values.
As to how the query is built: You could join to the aggregated player data instead. And use alias names that match the tables.
select
  guilds.id,
  guilds.name,
  guilds.ownerid,
  guilds.creationdata,
  guilds.motd,
  players.online,
  players.toplevel,
  players.lowlevel
from guilds
left join
(
  select
    gms.guild_id,
    max(p.level) as toplevel,
    min(p.level) as lowlevel,
    sum((select count(*) from players_online po where po.player_id = p.id)) as online
  from guild_membership gms
  join players p on p.id = gms.player_id
  group by gms.guild_id
) players on players.guild_id = guilds.id
where guilds.name = 'Wideswing Poleaxe';

You can change the left outer join (left join) to an inner join (join), if you don't need to see guilds without any player.

A: You should consider modifying your query like
SELECT g.`id`,
       g.`name`,
       g.`ownerid`,
       g.`creationdata`,
       g.`motd`,
       (SELECT Count(*)
        FROM   guild_membership a,
               players_online b
        WHERE  a.player_id = b.player_id
               AND a.guild_id = id) AS `online`,
       (SELECT Max(b.level)
        FROM   players b join guild_membership a on a.player_id = b.id
               AND a.guild_id = g.id) AS `toplevel`,
       (SELECT Min(a.level)
        FROM   players a join
               guild_membership b on a.id = b.player_id
               AND b.guild_id = g.id) AS `lowlevel`
FROM   `guilds` g
WHERE  g.`name` = 'Wideswing Poleaxe'
LIMIT  1;


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Game of Thrones Season 8 One Year Later: 'The Long Night'
Game of Thrones mistakes scale for substance in its epic conclusion to the Night King's assault on the Seven Kingdoms.
by	Kyle Barratt	28/04/2020
Exactly one year ago, the conversation surrounding Game of Thrones changed dramatically with the airing of 'The Long Night'. For the previous couple of seasons there was some slight negativity towards the fantasy series as it began to wrap up its epic narrative, but the third of six episodes in the final season swayed many positive fans towards anger and disappointment. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been revisiting the infamous final season away from the passionate fanbase and have been anxiously anticipating this episode from the beginning, trying to resolve my conflicted thoughts about it. It's an episode that concludes storylines and character arcs like no instalment has previously, truly indicating that the end is near (if not already here), while also offering the most epic action set piece in the show's history – maybe even in all of television history. Upon revisit, what I found was a truly spectacular chapter of the series marred by some narrative shortcomings; not style over substance but scale over substance.
But what scale! It's a phenomenally well-crafted 70-minute battle that's truly thrilling. The level of visual craftsmanship on display from director Miguel Sapochnik and the legions of talented crew members is unbelievable. By the time the credits roll you feel exhausted, as if you've experienced the conflict for yourself, but thankfully the structure allows for moments of respite between the action. The pacing is near-perfect, intercutting storylines of armies battling fiercely in large open conflict with brawls between flying dragons, Arya trying to sneak past undead roaming the library like she's in The Last of Us, and cadaverous threats in the crypt. It's never boring but at worst the episode sometimes resorts to quick cuts of random slashes and bodies moving. It's a technique done to disorientate the viewer and add a greater sense of mayhem and kineticism to the battle but sometimes they rely on it too often, a great shame considering the directing and editing masterclass of the other 95% of the episode.
While there was plenty of discussion surrounding the quality of storytelling and the shocking finality of the episode in the weeks after the airing of 'The Long Night', most of the initial feedback was surrounding the visual quality of the episode. In short, that it was too dark and much of the action was hard to make out. And I agreed with this. I personally found myself struggling to see what was happening and all that time, effort and money had gone to waste on brilliant effects I just couldn't see. Thankfully, I'm rewatching the season with a crisp 4K disc on a UHD television and it turns out, when you're not having to watch the episode through a compressed stream with crushed blacks, you can actually see what's happening. And it's beautiful. Yes, it's still incredibly dark for the most part and I think consideration has to be taken surrounding how people are going to watch it on TVs through streaming services, but in 4K definition the episode is visually stupendous, both the in-camera and CGI effects. Television has rarely looked this good, especially with HDR really highlighting the blinding orange and blue dragon flame in the surrounding darkness.
For all the technical wizardry that has gone into creating this single episode of television, the image that may have stayed with me the most is of Sam, late in the battle, lying on a mound of corpses, stabbing wildly at any undead that approach. It's such an effective moment and one that springs to mind whenever I now think of the show overall, proof that in the midst of all the CGI and unbelievable scale, it's the characters and their personal struggles that truly make the series powerful. But, as I begin to delve deeper into some of the storytelling pitfalls, I don't want to just cast aside these technical aspects of the show. They truly are incredible, from the visual effects of seeing the dragons rise above the clouds to the work done by stunt performers who never get enough recognition. The same can be said for the show's secret weapon, composer Ramin Djawadi, whose score for the episode puts all his talents on show. The episode combines all of these aspects into one thrilling montage as the Night King approaches Bran and the battle rages on, cutting between every character making their last stand as the chilling piano score plays. It's a sequence that's edited to perfection and stands among the very best the series has ever produced.
Continuing on from the previous episode, the first 15 minutes or so of 'The Long Night' builds tension for the coming conflict, beginning with one long shot following Sam walking through the castle on his way to the front line. Occasionally the camera will linger or follow other characters, watching them take their positions, my favourite being Bran who is seen being taken to the Godswood with the shot purposefully showing him flanked by the tower he fell from in the pilot episode and the tree he now finds himself connected to as a the Three-Eyed Raven. It's a great way to open the episode because it lays out the geography of Winterfell and shows us the position of nearly every main character so when frozen shit hits the fan the audience isn't lost. Once Sam reaches the front line, Melisandre arrives to initiate the final part in her mysterious plot, literally bringing fire to battle the ice by lighting the Dothraki swords aflame. The horsemen charge into battle and it's a really chilling moment to see the lit swords go out one by one as their shouts are silenced by unseen forces. The dead then come for the living and all hell breaks loose for 50 minutes of supernatural action that the series has been building towards since the very beginning.
While we often cut to different perspectives and mini-battles within the major clash, it feels like some characters don't quite get their due and are missing from the screen for too long. Mainly I'm talking about those fighting on the castle's outer wall and inside the keep, such as Tormund, Jaime, Brienne, Grey Worm and even Jorah and Ghost. I remember my first time watching the episode and wondering if I had lost track of what certain characters were doing. Did I miss a key death in the chaos? Was one of the many fake outs actually real and I don't realise Jaime is dead? I was also terrified the episode was going to end any minute and finish on a cliffhanger. But, on rewatch, knowing everything that's about to transpire, who lives and who dies, I could just sit back and enjoy the episode. Kind of like what Bran did for the whole episode. He couldn't warg into something or aid the fight in any way? He does nothing but take control of a bird to give us a literal bird's eye view of the battle. Bran the camera man.
When you think of Game of Thrones, for better or worse, you think of death. But in many ways, character deaths are misunderstood in the show. People see it as the series where anyone can die at any time. That's simply not true. Looking back on them, every big death meant something at that specific time. The character's purpose to the story was fulfilled and their death was their final – but vital – contribution to the narrative. It inspired other character choices that propelled the story or gave weight and meaning to fateful decisions. The drama of the series hinges on consequences and character deaths help enforce it. There was always 'plot armour', it's just that the series did a fantastic job of hiding it. But here, at the final battle with Death itself, more characters needed to die. Deaths would have imbued the battle with the weight it deserved and crucially needed. It didn't need to be a total bloodbath; not everyone needed to die. I'm happy with the lives some characters go on to lead but not all of them (Jaime). This was the battle the entire 'Beyond the Wall' storyline was leading towards and yet almost everyone survives, making the entire story lose all weight and have no consequences. It's almost as if it never happened.
Those who do ultimately perish are obvious from the outset, with Ed dying first. He dies in the first onslaught after saving Sam, a noble death but foreseeable. Next is Lyanna, who became a recurring character due to her popularity with fans and not because she's in any way important, and she gets a fun death; the smallest warrior killing an undead giant with her last breath. Then Beric falls saving Arya. It's a death he himself has been predicting for quite some time and it feels right. The follower of the Lord of Light saving the 'Prince(ess) That Was Promised' from the Night King's forces. He even unsubtly dies performing a Christ pose to block the undead.
Theon dies at the perfect time for his arc and he gets a nice moment with Bran, the boy he once tried to kill and now dies to protect. By saving Yara he proved himself a Greyjoy and now he shows himself as a true Stark by shielding Bran. Jorah is the first into battle and the last to die from the dead, which is very fitting. He stays standing until just after the last of his enemies fall, protecting his beloved Daenerys. I'm a fan of the character and this was a good death for him, and of course is needed to set-up where Dany's arc will take her next. And then the episode ends with Melisandre walking into the cold, the magic draining from her, paralleling the opening of the episode, as she collapses and dies. It's… fine. She's served her purpose in the show and that's literally why and how she dies. Her purpose in the conflict is complete and so her long life is put to an end.
Game of Thrones has been gloriously free of the standard TV logic problems in the past but sadly some of them make their way into 'The Long Night'. Many of the main characters stand at the front line, encountering the full force of the undead, and yet survive and retreat rather easily. The plot armour is laid bare by the end of the episode when all the extras are lying on the floor dead and the only people still fighting in the shot are the main characters, unbelievably still living. And just as a personal nit-pick, this was the last chance to see "pale spiders as big as hounds". I've been a little bit too obsessed with this line from the books since I first read it, and even more so after these Ice Spiders were mentioned a couple of times in the series. As a fan of giant spiders – in fiction not real life – I'm very disappointed they never appeared in the show. Benioff and Weiss were obsessed with getting an undead polar bear in the show – which they did in season 7 – but why couldn't they be a fan of Ice Spiders instead?!
The episode does a superb job of making the villainous Night King an imposing presence in the episode. While I think I still prefer how he looks in 'Hardhome', the make-up is great and he's shot in interesting and imposing ways, despite him doing very little. He's a force of nature, a weapon of mass destruction turned against his creators and all that is alive, and his army of the dead are treated as such. Their first appearance is really well done with them essentially being a wave of dead sprinting at Winterfell, tumbling over one another. As in previous episodes, the Night King elevating his arms to raise the newly fallen into his ranks of undead is incredibly eerie, especially seeing the eyes of characters like Ed and Lyanna turn blue. The show did miss a trick by not having a member of the living have to fight and kill the reanimated cadaver of someone they cared for. I can't believe over eight seasons the show didn't do that once. Imagine how cool it would be to see Sam have to fight his friend Ed who just died saving his life. Or even if Jaime fell and Brienne had to put him down for good.
While watching this episode I was conflicted on whether or not 'The Long Night' should be judged as a finale. It's the end of a significant storyline in the show and, despite the number of characters who survive with unknown futures, there's a finality to it. I'm not saying to ignore the following three episodes and consider this the very end of the show, but rather I'm asking whether it's fair to consider the final season as a finale in six parts. Is this just as much a finale as the actual finale in three episodes time? Did this battle take place at the right time, three episodes into a season of six? I think my struggle with this comes from the fact that when the show does conclude with the 'real' finale, this episode and the entire White Walker storyline feels irrelevant. There are almost no consequences to this huge apocalyptic battle. It's a side plot that could easily be eliminated; enjoyable but ultimately unnecessary. Instead of the literal coming of Death meaning something after it's all said and done, revealing some new narrative or thematic message, it's promptly forgotten and was nothing but a cool action sequence.
The Night King is dead, seemingly for ever, but why was he even 'alive' if the battle doesn't change anything? Of course, characters were brought together, developed relationships and some either killed or irrevocably changed, which bled into the main plot of the quest for the Iron Throne, but the two storylines feel too distinct. We have the war in the North against the Night King and then we have the war to see who will be named King or Queen in the South. Essentially, the first three episodes of the season tell one story and the final three tell another, with them having surprisingly little impact on one another. The war for Westeros and the war for the throne should be one and the same, or at least linked somehow. After so much set-up it's disappointing that the dead only made it to Winterfell and got nowhere close to King's Landing. The South was never in danger and the southern forces were unneeded, despite us repeatedly being told otherwise. It's somewhat disappointing that the South will never know what happened, but is that the point? Real history is often narratively unsatisfying and so is there a conscious attempt to make Westerosi history follow suit?
So, who slays the Night King and puts an end to his threat? Well, Arya of course. This was certainly a surprising turn of events, with Jon or even Daenerys being the top candidates. A twist to be sure and now, upon rewatch, I can safely say that I love the decision. I'm guessing Arya won't strike the fateful blow in the books but they're separate entities from the show and I think this decision works for the series. Some people who are desperate for the next novel are judging the show as though it is the next book, finally revealing answers teased since 1996, but that's not what it is. Arya is the 'Prince That Was Promised' in the show and because we've been given much less information about what this prophecy means in the series when compared to the books, it fits. I think some readers are bringing information we only learn in the books to the show, and that's unfair. And who's to say she actually is Azor Ahai reborn? Maybe Jon still is and the prophecy speaks of his killing of Daenerys rather than the death of the Night King. Prophecies are supposed to be vague and open to interpretation. Once a clear answer is revealed, they become uninteresting.
If there is to be a separation between the 'throne plot' and the 'winter plot' then I like this twist in Arya's arc. We all thought her destiny lay in the throne plot, to kill Cersei or some other such grandiose deed, but instead her entire training led her to ending the winter storyline, killing the Night King. I don't know if this was always the plan, the "not today" and Melisandre's quote about blue eyes feel a bit like retconning and happy accidents, but they work well enough in bringing her meandering journey to this significant endpoint. We thought Jon's endgame was the Night King storyline but, with the revelation about his heritage, he's tied to the thrones plot, even if he does ultimately reject it.
The episode concludes with Melisandre walking out into the cold and dying, her role completed, as a new day dawns on Westeros after its longest and darkest night. And boy, what a night. The episode certainly has flaws, many of which become apparent when it's viewed as a chapter in this ongoing narrative rather than its own instalment. The writers chose to have this storyline go out with scale rather than meaningfulness. It's a huge battle that feels vitally important and serious as it's happening, but once it's over there are shockingly few consequences. But it sure is entertaining. I love watching it and it's well-executed but I don't think it's the path they should have gone down. I'm mixed-to-positive on 'The Long Night', as boring as that sounds for a ginormous episode in the middle of a season of television that often creates extreme reactions. It's the best battle sequence the series ever did in terms of the incredible levels of craftsmanship and epic scale, but its ultimate lack of narrative satisfaction make 'Hardhome' and 'Battle of the Bastards' superior. It's a problematic end to the northern threat storyline but, as we approach the ending of the series, with just three episodes to go, it's about to get worse.
Do you see 'The Long Night' as a tipping point in Game of Thrones' overall quality? Do you enjoy the episode and its scale despite its storytelling shortcomings, or are you pleased with how the story played out? Let me know in the comments and be sure to geek out with me about TV, movies and video-games on Twitter @kylebrrtt. Join me next week when, exactly one year after its first airing, I revisit the fourth episode of the final season, 'The Last of the Starks', which I believe is the worst episode of the entire series.
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The core strategy is simple: Lifegain. Card draw. Test of Endurance or Felidar Sovereign.
I've gone for a pillowfort-style defense, adding a suite of mazes and combat damage prevention to combat commander damage kills. This had proven to be the major weakness of the deck in the past. Erebos and other "players can't gain life" effects are also a concern, and I've added some spot Enchantment exile to combat these cards since all but one are Enchantments.
What else should I think about? What other threats should I plan for?
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I didn't notice any graveyard hate in there. Rest in Peace is on-theme, and you could (and probably should) run some tutors for your wincon, like Idyllic Tutor or Enlightened Tutor, which could also find RiP if needed.
There's some other "Players can't gain life" effects out there, but Erebos is the only one I usually see (and he's not usually there to block lifegain - that's just a nice perk), so you probably don't need to worry about that.
If Sorin Markov / Magister Sphinx see a lot of play in your area, you might give some thought to effects that give you shroud/hexproof personally.
RiP is a good choice, thanks! I'll think about what to replace.
Tutors are something I might add, but they're all on the expensive side, except Worldly. I generally try to stay away from $10+ cards unless they're critical to the deck. If I find my answers aren't turning up reliably I might add them.
A quick search of "can't gain life" cards (which I han't really bothered to do before) indicates that all but two are Enchantments and therefore vulnerable to the same cards I included for Erebos. One of the others, Skullcrack, is just a one turn effect. Stigma Lasher could potentially ruin my day, but it's just a 2/2 for 2 without evasion or haste, so I feel have enough answers to that already.
Wait.... *checks SCG*.... when the hell did Idyllic Tutor become a $15 card?
It spiked pretty hard in preparation for Journey Into Nyx, apparently, to around $20. It hasn't gone down too much since, probably due to a number of factors: decent EDH sales, not a popular card when released, in a small set which wasn't wildly popular overall (save a few cards, obviously), and all the dorks who bought into it before JIN are looking to get most of their money back. There's some viability in Modern for it in the Restore Balance deck, but the Restore Balance deck isn't Tier 1 so this is unlikely to contribute much to the cost.
Yeah. It was already $10 when I got back in around Dragon's maze, IIRC. Ah, to have my old collection back... I guess the random binder my parents found with 4 ABUR duals is as much as I could hope for.
Celestial Mantle is a must for any white life gain deck.
You are running a ton of enchantment cards I would drop Command Sphere for Crystal Chimes.
Silent Sentinel is also a decent option since Sun Titan can be pricy.
I have gotten good use out of Ordeal of Heliod. It combos crazy with Silent Sentinel or Sun Titan and gets you a ton of life and some +1/+1 counters as well.
I know this last one is pricy but trust me if you can find a Archangel of Thune for a decent price you will wreck things. I have one in my Oloro deck and it always pays out.
I think Sigil of the Empty Throne would work well for your deck.
You definitely don't have enough artifacts for Golem's Heart so unless your opponents are playing heavy artifact decks that one might be worth cutting. Same with Leonin Elder.
Another option for graveyard hate is Ground Seal. It doesn't stop everything but it's nice that it can always just draw you a card.
Selesnya Cluestone is at a kind of awkward mana cost since it costs the same as your commander. It can cycle but that costs 6 mana so its pretty slow. You might want to replace it with a 2 mana rock like Selesnya Signet or Talisman of Unity.
Another option is to use a ramping enchantment such as Mana Bloom which also works nicely with your enchantresses. You can cast it for 1 to draw and it goes back to your hand the next turn.
I like Sigil and Mana Bloom, those are great suggestions. Definitely going in. There are 14 Artifacts right now including the lands, but I see your point about the Heart and Elder, particularly in light of the fact I probably wouldn't be at too much of a disadvantage by ditching the rocks altogether. Then the Artifact Lands could go - they really just enabled the Heart and Elder. I think when I need graveyard hate, RiP is a better choice than Ground Seal.
Crystal Chimes is another that definitely needs a home; it's particularly nasty to drop after a Fracturing Gust. There are indeed a bunch of Lifegain cards that are attack triggers. I'm trying to steer clear simply because I don't really want to be attacking with this deck. I'm looking to play very defensively since the deck relys on alternate wincons. Noble Purpose is getting cut for the same reason. Not to say that opportunity strikes are out of the question, but not unless my defense is buttoned up tight.
Actually I think Sphere of Safety should be in instead of Ghostly prison. The extra cost is more than justified in this deck I think. Plus I already own it.
What would people think of replacing Orim's Prayer and Noble Cause with more pillowfort-y cards like Deuling Grounds and Spiritual Asylum? I'd like to keep Righteous Cause - to benefit from the misery of others, of course.
I'd go with Privileged Position over Spiritual Asylum.
From a straight power level, I'd agree. It's a better card with a wider net, hexproof instead of shroud, and just 1 CMC more. I still prefer Asylum because of the political aspect - it says right on the card I don't plan on attacking and that should mean my opponent's threatmeters go up far less than they would if I dropped Privileged Position. And, y'know, it costs a twenty-fifth as much in real money.
I'll be taking this to Commander night tonight, so we'll see how it goes. A few things are still in the mail, so I'm missing Sigil, Dueling Grounds, Spiritual Asylum, RiP, and the Chimes, but what I have is just fine. I did toss a Tormod's Crypt in for the RiP.
This deck is gross. Selvala's ability gets ridiculous at 4 player. And the lifegain has to be seen to be believed.
This game was very short - maybe 30min. After taking two swings for all from Brimaz and an attack from Vorel, Brimaz saved me the trouble of casting my Wrath because she was getting tired of having me gain 4 per creature from my Soul Sisters. I cast Felidar Sovereign at 74 life. No one had answers before my turn.
Game 2: vs the same Brimaz, Tsaigur, andKarador.
This was a much longer game. Brimaz almost had us all - Brimaz with Sunbond and 80+ counters due to True Conviction knocked out Karador after she decided not to go for the kill on me due to feeling like she was ganging up too hard. Got me down to 27 at one point. Then an overloaded Cyclonic Rift happened.
Tsaigur and I then made an informal alliance where I was getting him the cards he wanted from his GY in exchange for help with the kitties. He ended up killing Brimaz with commander damage. This was lucky for me since Brimaz had dealt 18 commander to me by then. Then I drew Test of Endurance. Got Cyclonic Rifted. Cast again. He swung for everything, dealing 57 damage to me (largely with Consuming Abberation) and leaving me with a paltry 117 during my upkeep.
It's been a bit. This deck continues to impress, except in one area. It's incredibly vulnerable to commander damage. So I've decided to add a few answers in that regard. I'm also considering removing the Visions bouncelands because they lack the utility of the Ravnica bounces (i.e. they can't bounce tapped lands, and they can't bounce refuges).


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