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Israeli studies find Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reduces transmission
Maayan Lubell
February 18, 2021, 10:04 PM ·4 min read
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of the Pfizer logo in this illustration
By Maayan Lubell
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine greatly reduces virus transmission, two Israeli studies have found, shedding light on one of the biggest questions of the global effort to quash the pandemic.
Data analysis in a study by the Israeli Health Ministry and Pfizer Inc found the Pfizer vaccine developed with Germany's BioNTech reduces infection, including in asymptomatic cases, by 89.4% and in syptomatic cases by 93.7%.
Findings of the pre-published study, not yet peer-reviewed, but based on a national database that is one of the world's most advanced, were first reported by the Israeli news site Ynet late on Thursday and were obtained by Reuters on Friday.
Pfizer declined to comment and the Israeli Health Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
A separate study by Israel's Sheba Medical Center published on Friday in The Lancet medical journal found that among 7,214 hospital staff who received their first dose in January, there was an 85% reduction in symptomatic COVID-19 within 15 to 28 days with an overall reduction of infections, including asymptomatic cases detected by testing, of 75%.
More research is needed to draw a definitive conclusion, but the studies are among the first to suggest a vaccine may stop the spread of the novel coronavirus and not just prevent people getting ill.
Michal Linial, a professor of molecular biology and bioinformatics at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, said the findings were a big step towards answering one of the most important questions in combating the pandemic.
"Whether it is 75 or 90 percent reduction doesn't matter - it is a big drop in transmission," Linial said. "It means that not only is the individual vaccinated protected, the inoculation also provides protection to his or her surroundings."
The researchers said further study was needed on asymptomatic transmission among people fully vaccinated because they are less likely to be tested for COVID-19.
Vaccine developers have also said more research was needed on transmissibility. In December, Germany's BioNTech said it would take three to six months more study.
'DYNAMIC VIRUS'
Leading the world in its vaccination roll out, Israel's universal healthcare and advanced data capabilities have provided a nationwide database that can offer insights into how effective the vaccines are outside controlled clinical trials.
The Health Ministry/Pfizer study analysed data collected between Jan. 17 and Feb. 6, looking at individuals who had been fully vaccinated, after receiving their second Pfizer shot.
To date more than 30%, or 2.8 million of Israel's nine million population have received both doses.
Sheba's study found that just the first dose of Pfizer's vaccine was 85% effective, potentially fuelling a debate over the recommended two-dose schedule.
Canadian researchers in a letter published this week suggested that the second Pfizer dose be delayed given the high level of protection from the first shot to increase the number of people getting vaccinated.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in December data from those trials showed the vaccine began conferring some protection to recipients before they received the second shot, but more data would be needed to assess the potential of a single-dose shot.
Pfizer has said alternative dosing regimens of the vaccine have yet to be evaluated and that the decision resided with the health authorities.
Another caveat is that the cohort studied at the hospital were "mostly young and healthy," Sheba epidemiologist Gili Regev-Yochay said.
Unlike with Pfizer's clinical trial, "we don't have many (staff) here aged over 65," she told reporters. But she also said the Sheba study took place during a surge in coronavirus infections in Israel, which flooded hospitals with new cases.
Pfizer declined to comment on the data, saying in a statement it was doing its own analysis of "the vaccine's real-world effectiveness in several locations worldwide, including Israel".
Both studies' findings compared with overall efficacy of around 95% in a two-dose regimen 21 days apart. The Health Ministry/Pfizer researchers found the vaccine to be effective against the British coronavirus variant that makes up about 80% of Israel's confirmed cases.
Eran Kopel, an epidemiologist at Tel Aviv University said the Sheba study was important, but it focused on one hospital and a relatively small group of people, so "one could not draw clear-cut epidemiological conclusions from it".
The Health Ministry's data was encouraging, he said, but further research and regular surveys were needed.
"The vaccinations are a very good tool but this is hardly the end. This is a dynamic virus that has surprised the scientific world with its fast pace of change and variety," he said.
(Additional reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem; Editing by Jane Merriman and Barbara Lewis)
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KY Boys Basketball (High School)
Covington Catholic 64 Beechwood 48 (9th Region Championship)
By 16thBBall Fan, March 3, 2019 in KY Boys Basketball (High School)
Great foul at the end of the game by Duncan Baugh. Can't let them get away with that. Cov Cath won this one. Beechwood didn't hit shots that they needed to hit. But most importantly, I hope Frederick watched and took in how the Beechwood team and faithful took the loss. They watched CCH accept their trophy and applauded them when they did so. Frederick NEVER clapped when Beechwood won the district. I will say Beechwood lost the Beechwood way. CCH will get away with what they need to in the name of a championship...and that's exactly how Frederick wants it! Great season Beechwood and TTS.
Honest question...
In the District Final, the bald assistant on Beechwood's staff "shhhhhh'd" the Crazies after a late, go ahead basket.
Is that the Beechwood Way, too?
My guess is not. My guess is he is a good guy, who volunteers his time to help high school athletics, that got caught up in an emotional situation against a big rival in literally, one of Beechwood basketball's all time moments.
I'm sure the evil & privileged Crazies had it comin.
Voice of Reason 7,607
Basketball sure is an interesting game. So many twists and turns, little plays here and there that turn into big difference makers, momentum swings that get in the players' heads, etc. Beechwood loses by 20+ to Cooper and then controls the game against them in regional (that game really shouldn't have gone to OT). Beechwood beats CCH twice and then loses by double digits. Little things in game flow make a difference and make scores lopsided. Beechwood got the lead against Cooper and was able to spread them out and control the game. Then the next night Covington Catholic does the same thing to Beechwood.
My thoughts on the game and some comments above:
- First, the blocked dunk attempt ... Thelen is a very aggressive player. He attacks hard all the time. It isn't in him to kill clock and run out the game, even with a comfortable double digit lead in the final couple minutes. He went for it and Baugh was not going to let him get it. Hard play by both. Personally, I am not sure it warranted a flagrant but I believe the refs felt they had to call it to keep the game under control with the scuffling afterward. Enough of that.
- Beechwood had to feel pretty good going into half. The game was going a lot like the first two games. The guys Beechwood wanted shooting the ball for CCH were taking shots. Beechwood was getting good looks, they just weren't falling. Those same open 3's went in on Monday night when Beechwood went 12/17 on 3's against Dixie. At half, if you were a Beechwood fan you were saying we can't shoot any worse and the guys who hit shots for CCH are not going to keep hitting them. Those halftime locker rooms had to be interesting considering this game was going so similar to the first two meetings.
- CCH box and 1 ... The best thing about that was it set a very aggressive defensive tone for the Colonels. Fleek did a good job on Draud right out of the gate. Beechwood has seen that defense many times this year but the Tigers did not attack it very well.
- Rebounding ... no one has talked about the rebounding but I thought it was a big factor. Even when Beechwood got stops it seemed like CCH was able to get rebounds and second and third chance baskets. That also kept Beechwood from pushing the ball up court in transition.
- Coaches ... I thought both coaches had good game plans and made good moves. I would have liked to see Beechwood stick with their 3/4 court press more and the half court trap. That is a long court to go full court press. Plus CCH was doing a good job using the court, throwing long passes over the press and then CCH was getting easy 2 on 1 conversions on the back of the press. I liked Ruthsatz putting a passive 3/4 court press on at the end to sow down Beechwood and use more clock.
- Key play ... Beechwood was making their last ditch run , had it to 13 with the ball and there was still four and a half minutes left. If they hit a three there to get it to 10, the screws tighten on CCH after blowing that much of the lead. But the Tigers turned it over and never could get any closer after that.
Bottom line, for Beechwood they need to make their three pointers and they missed so many open three pointers that it got in their heads. CCH played as well as I have seen them play. It sure wasn't the game I expected to see but it was interesting. That's basketball.
Congrat to the Colonels and good luck next week.
hoops5 1,822
Congratulations to Cov Cath, 9th Region champs.
Well done on a great season, Beechwood! Talk about continuous improvement from the beginning of the season to the end. Was really hoping the Tigers would make the trip to Rupp.
CovCath finished 19/38 on free throws. Really need to clean that up moving forward.
But to prove I'm not a curmudgeon, 15 assists on 20 made field goals, I do like that stat.
Mustang 1,943
On the season the Colonels shot 67.5% from the FT line.
I've always claimed that FT shooting in any particular game is a variable. Some night good FT shooting works for you, and other nights poor FT shooting works against you. But, it's not really something that any team or coach can really control on a game to game basis. It's the complete body of work that counts. 67.5% is certainly on par with what most high school teams shoot.
On the season Beechwood shot 69.5%, and other neighboring regional champs Scott County shoots 74.4%, Campbell County shoots 70.7% and Walton-Verona hits at a 59.8% clip.
Good and bad FT shooting within a game is also contagious, and in this case, it appears that it was the poor FT shooting down the stretch that was catching.
Just as you have to often overcome officiating, poor shooting, and foul trouble to win games, so did the Colonels take care of business in the other facets of the game and were able to overcome their spotty FT shooting to win the game (handily).
Key stat of the game and unsung heroes for CCH:
Moser and Jackson go 5/8 on three's.
I have to believe if you told Beechwood before the game that those two will shoot 8 three's in the game, Beechwood thinks they win by double digits.
KOTU 54
Congrats to CCH on a great win last night. I anticipated a tight battle like the earlier matchups between the Colonels and the Tigers but honestly, the game was never really in doubt. CCH took a big lead early and kept grinding. After the game, I heard some Beechwood fans saying the shots simply weren't dropping. I would agree but I think a large portion of "why" is not that the Tigers were having an off shooting night...a large portion has to be credited to the CCH staff for coming up with a defensive plan that gave the Tigers few open looks. I think only Draud ended up in double digits and the majority of their other scorers were in single digits? Best of luck to the Colonels moving forward and well done to the Tigers for a great season...they are young and have a bright future.
NCBacon 38
CCh with 28 points out of the 2 guard spot .. who would've guessed!
In the first two games, the 2 guard slot produced 2/12 from the floor for CCH.
statman 198
Well said, VOR!!
Bluesport 817
Yes-even shooting a average percentage would have made this a 25 point game. They are clearly STILL the class of the 9th.
4 TITLES IN 6 YEARS, with two state championships, and a state final four to boot. People mocked if they were the greatest dynasty in the history of NKY, but I am not sure how they are not part of the conversation.
7 straight years in the 9th Region championship, with an 18-3 record in Regional games. That's an impressive run.
This year may be the most impressive, considering what they had to replace from last season. This year's senior class waited their turn after being behind last year's group for 3 years. Glad to see them get rewarded.
I stirred things up with my classless dunk attempt comment. I don't think I've ever had a dislike on here and that post got four of them plus some other negative posts. There were some good points made.
I want to make it clear that my classless comment referred to the play made and not the player. There is a difference. Since Beechwood was still playing hard and committing fouls I have changed my mind on that play being classless and apologize for bringing that into the game thread. As to dunks in the last minute or so of a game being classless, I will comment in the other thread that is focused on that.
Good luck to the Colonels.
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Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Two years after breakout hit 212, some disappointing EPs, a tonne of controversy, countless Twitter feuds, homophobic abuse, failing to turn up to major gigs, and pulling releases at the last minute (seriously, her Wikipedia page reads like a soap opera), Azealia Banks has finally self-released her debut album 'Broke With Expensive Taste'. From someone who once topped NME's Cool List in 2011, there's only one question to be answered: was the album worth the wait?
Yes…mostly.
There's no doubt you get tracks for your dollar here – sixteen in total. Yet what many of the tracks actually consist of is pretty sparse – for the first half of the album at least. As with 212, her overall style fuses hip-hop with house, but as she raps over beats you realise that that's…it. Take opener Idle Delilah: it's not until the three minute mark that we get the tiniest of hooks, but by that point it's too little too late. Too often she leans too heavily in one direction. JFK, for instance, is a lengthy and repetitive house track with a forgettable rap; whilst the trap influenced Heavy Metal and Reflective is a hard-hitting hip-hop track that lacks that house brilliance – BBD similarly follows suit. Banks sure does spit a lot of words out (often in impressively rapid quickfire), but does she really have anything of note to say? That the best track here remains 212 is perhaps telling. Who else could make a c-bomb sound so cool?
When she gets it right, though, the results are electric. And those results are most evident in the album's second half, once all the varying influences finally click into place. Ice Princess begins with a trap beat, but soon crescendos into a rave-like chorus that (shock horror) includes an actual melody amongst all the sparkling synths. Soda similarly fizzes, with its bubbling clipped hook that contrasts with its lyrics of loneliness ("I'm trying to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh"). Chasing Time, meanwhile, is a major highlight – a diss track aimed squarely at her former label, Banks slyly sings "am I chasing time? 'Cause I wasted all mine on you" over infectious beats and euphoric synths. It's by a mile her best track since 212, with crossover appeal between hip-hop circles, clubs and mainstream radio. Luxury follows, all funky basslines and sexy production.
Occasionally, Banks drops a beat so stonking that you can't help but take notice: the garage swagger of Desperado, the stomping and aggressive Yung Rapunxel, or the rapid, urgent dance beats of the album's closing pairing of Miss Amor and Miss Camaraderie. Then there's Gimme a Chance that provides an early highlight, its first half pairing record scratching with horn interjections, before erupting with fiery salsa rhythms and a rap in Spanish. It smacks of an album that lacks overall cohesion, but somehow still works. If anything this is less an album and more just a collection of her work over the past few years. It's been so long, she had to release something, right?
If there's one song that stands out, though it's Nude Beach A-Go-Go. It's Banks pairing the Beach Boys with the opening credits sequence to an 80s sitcom style remake of Baywatch. It contains such genius lyrics as "Ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong, surfer Billy, bing-bong" and questions "do you jingle when you dingle-dangle?". It's a psychedelic head rush. I have no idea what Banks was thinking (or taking) when she wrote this, but at last we can finally hear her having some fun. For a woman who seems so angry and aggressive, constantly courting controversy, she's definitely at her best when she lightens up a bit.
Gizzle's Choice:
* Soda
* Chasing Time
Listen: 'Broke With Expensive Taste' is available now.
Labels: 212, Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste, Chasing Time, Music
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Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy
Siro-A @ Leicester Square Theatre
Cheryl - Only Human
Scandi-pop EP Roundup
The Wall @ The Hope Theatre
New Pop Roundup
Calvin Harris - Motion
Forbidden Broadway @ The Vaudeville Theatre
Tove Lo - Queen of the Clouds
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy @ The Roy...


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First post of the many beautiful places we visited in Beijing is the Ming Tombs. As one of the three tombs opened to the public, Changling is the main tourist area in Ming tombs. Seated at the southern foot of the main peak of Tianshou Mountain, the Changling is the largest, earliest and most magnificent mausoleum among Ming Tombs.


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Q: Magento Reindex - Catalog Product / Category Association MariaDB 10.4.21
Magento 2.4.2p1
Database keeps hanging when trying to reindex  - Catalog Product / Category Association, when trying to insert into catalog_category_product_index_store1_replica.
36,000 products
Updated batchRowsCount to be 100 for Magento\Catalog\Model\Indexer\Category\Product\Action\Full
Has anyone else managed to troubleshoot this issue?
innodb_file_per_table     = 1
max_allowed_packet        = 64M
table_open_cache          = 8192
table_definition_cache    = 8192
sort_buffer_size          = 1M
net_buffer_length         = 16K
read_buffer_size          = 512K
read_rnd_buffer_size      = 1M
myisam_sort_buffer_size   = 16M
concurrent_insert         = 2
low_priority_updates      = 1
query_cache_size          = 128M
query_cache_limit         = 64M
key_buffer_size           = 128M
thread_cache_size         = 6
innodb_buffer_pool_size   = 512M
join_buffer_size          = 1M
tmp_table_size            = 256M
max_heap_table_size       = 256M

The following query during reindex hangs the database for 10 - 20 minutes
INSERT INTO `catalog_category_product_index_store1_replica` (`category_id`, `product_id`, `position`, `is_parent`, `store_id`, `visibility`) SELECT `cc`.`entity_id` AS `category_id`, `ccp`.`product_id`, `ccp`.`position`, 1 AS `is_parent`, 1 AS `store_id`, IFNULL(cpvs.value, cpvd.value) AS `visibility` FROM `catalog_category_entity` AS `cc`
     INNER JOIN `catalog_category_product` AS `ccp` ON ccp.category_id = cc.entity_id
     INNER JOIN `catalog_product_website` AS `cpw` ON cpw.product_id = ccp.product_id
     INNER JOIN `catalog_product_entity` AS `cpe` ON ccp.product_id = cpe.entity_id
     INNER JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `cpsd` ON cpsd.entity_id = cpe.entity_id AND cpsd.store_id = 0 AND cpsd.attribute_id = 96
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `cpss` ON cpss.entity_id = cpe.entity_id AND cpss.attribute_id = cpsd.attribute_id AND cpss.store_id = 1
     INNER JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `cpvd` ON cpvd.entity_id = cpe.entity_id AND cpvd.store_id = 0 AND cpvd.attribute_id = 102
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `cpvs` ON cpvs.entity_id = cpe.entity_id AND cpvs.attribute_id = cpvd.attribute_id AND cpvs.store_id = 1
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_relation` AS `relation` ON cpe.entity_id = relation.parent_id
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_entity` AS `relation_product_entity` ON relation.child_id = relation_product_entity.entity_id
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `child_cpsd` ON child_cpsd.entity_id = relation_product_entity.entity_id AND child_cpsd.store_id = 0 AND child_cpsd.attribute_id = 96
     LEFT JOIN `catalog_product_entity_int` AS `child_cpss` ON child_cpss.entity_id = relation_product_entity.entity_id AND child_cpss.attribute_id = child_cpsd.attribute_id AND child_cpss.store_id = 1 WHERE (cc.path LIKE '1/2/%') AND (cpw.website_id = '1') AND (IFNULL(cpss.value, cpsd.value) = 1) AND (IFNULL(cpvs.value, cpvd.value) IN (2, 3, 4)) AND (relation.child_id IS NULL OR IFNULL(child_cpss.value, child_cpsd.value) = 1) AND (ccp.product_id IN (44387, 44388, 44389, 44390, 44391, 44392, 44393, 44394, 44395, 44396, 44401, 44404, 44405, 44407, 44411, 44413, 44417, 44421, 44425, 44434, 44435, 44436, 44438, 44444, 44446, 44447, 44448, 44454, 44464, 44466, 44517, 44519, 44526, 44528, 44530, 44534, 44536, 44538, 44539, 44540, 44543, 44548, 44553, 44555, 44563, 44564, 44565, 44566, 44567, 44569, 44570, 44571, 44572, 44573, 44576, 44577, 44583, 44585, 44586, 44587, 44594, 44596, 44597, 44600, 44601, 44603, 44606, 44607, 44609, 44610, 44615, 44616, 44618, 44623, 44624, 44625, 44626, 44627, 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47306, 47307, 47308, 47309, 47310, 47311, 47312, 47313, 47315, 47316, 47317, 47318, 47319, 47320, 47321, 47322, 47323, 47324, 47325, 47326, 47327, 47328, 47329, 47330, 47331, 47332, 47333, 47334, 47335, 47336, 47337, 47338, 47339, 47340, 47341, 47343, 47344, 47345, 47347, 47348, 47349, 47350, 47351, 47352, 47355, 47356, 47357, 47358, 47359, 47360, 47361, 47362, 47363, 47364, 47365, 47366, 47367, 47370, 47372, 47373, 47374, 47375, 47376, 47377)) GROUP BY `cc`.`entity_id`,
            `ccp`.`product_id`,
            `visibility` ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `category_id` = VALUES(`category_id`), `product_id` = VALUES(`product_id`), `position` = VALUES(`position`), `is_parent` = VALUES(`is_parent`), `store_id` = VALUES(`store_id`), `visibility` = VALUES(`visibility`)

A: I recently made something similar with a plugin observer. After that I had no more issue. If the problem persist, may be it's more an infra issue with your database configuration ?
class MaxBatchSize
{
    public function afterEstimateBatchSize($subject, $batchRowsCount)
    {
        return min(1000, $batchRowsCount);
    }
}

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Growing Closer To Nature Episode 7 - Labels, what are they good for ? Growing Closer To Nature Episode 7 - Labels, what are they good for ?
Growing Closer To Nature Episode 7 – Labels, what are they good for ?
In episode 7, I am sharing information about why putting labels on the way you eat could be dangerous and result in overeating.
First and foremost I want to continue giving thanks to the teachings of Dr. Sebi. The truths he's shared with us about nature, plants, herbs, and life have given us more than enough. It is up to each of us that hold plants/herbs in high regards, to continue paving the path that he cleared.
While I did not follow his teachings 100% I will never forget what he shared with us all. As I travel down my path, I continue adding things that serve my body well and remove things that do not. I have made it my life's work to share the health benefits that nature provides and to help each person to find what is best for them to live a healthy, happy life.
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New federal rule forces truck and bus drivers to put down the phone
Monday, November 19, 2012 9:42:52 AM
Kristin McGrath
A new federal rule issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation will soon make distracted driving expensive for commercial drivers. Drivers who get caught using hand-held phones will get slapped with fines of up to $2,750, while the companies they work for face penalties of up to $11,000.
The rule was issued by two agencies within the Department of Transportation -- the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. It will take effect Jan. 3, 2012.
A step up
Previous federal rules have banned texting while operating a bus or commercial truck, or while transporting hazardous materials. This new rule is far more comprehensive, banning all hand-held phone use (talking and texting) for commercial truck drivers, bus drivers and drivers of small commercial passenger vehicles (like shuttle buses) that fit between nine and 15 passengers. According to the Department of Transportation, the new rule will affect about 4 million drivers.
The safety of commercial drivers -- and those who share the road with them -- was the main motivation for issuing the rule, according to the Department of Transportation. While hands-free phones do entail some distraction, hand-held phone use requires the driver to search for the phone, reach for the phone, dial the phone and hold onto it throughout the conversation. The simple act of reaching for the phone makes the driver three times as likely to crash -- dialing makes a crash six times as likely, according to the Department of Transportation.
"When drivers of large trucks, buses and hazardous materials take their eyes off the road for even a few seconds, the outcome can be deadly," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. "I hope that this rule will save lives by helping commercial drivers stay laser-focused on safety at all times while behind the wheel."
Mixed reactions
Since the announcement of the rule in late November, the reaction from commercial drivers has been varied. For example, the American Trucking Associations, a group that represents the trucking industry, came out in support of the rule after it was announced. Yet before the rule became official, the group raised concerns about fines against trucking companies. Shifting the responsibility for drivers' transgressions to their employers, the group said in a February 2010 statement, is "unrealistic and inappropriate."
The Owner-Operated Independent Drivers Association, meanwhile, has questioned whether the fines actually would curb distracted driving -- or whether they simply would cause financial hardship for truckers who get caught.
The American Trucking Associations also points out that while truck drivers will be prohibited from using hand-held phones, other drivers won't be. Distracted driving laws for non-commercial passenger vehicles are up to each individual state. Just nine states and the District of Columbia ban all hand-held phone use for all drivers.


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Omega Saloon
Used Vauxhall Omega Saloon 1994 - 2003 review
What used Vauxhall Omega saloon will I get for my budget?
How much does it cost to run a Vauxhall Omega saloon?
Buyers might burn with desire to park an Audi A6 or a BMW 5 Series on their driveway, but not a Vauxhall Omega. Still, at least that means low prices and an advantage for those who just see their car as an A-to-B tool and not a 'lifestyle' extension.
Insurance costs are OK for the lower models - the least powerful diesel requires no more than Group 12 coverage and most of the range sits in Group 13 or Group 14. However, the V6 models are much dearer, in Group 16 and Group 17.
As you might expect, these are also the most expensive to fuel, but economy isn't great on any models, because the Omega is a heavy car. An official 36mpg is a pretty poor show for the 2.5-litre diesel, although the four-cylinder engines are better, with a claimed 40mpg.
Major service intervals are set at a lengthy 20,000 miles, which should help to keep costs down. However, the diesel engines should have their oil changed every 5000 miles, which does precisely the opposite.


A fabulous set of images Ben. It looks like everyone had a wonderful day. I really love your B&W treatments – and, where you asked for a preference, I'd opt for the softer image on the right. I was drinking a cup of tea as I perused the gallery and almost sprayed a mouthful on the keyboard when I saw the kilt shots – fantastic!
Hope you have a great season in 2011.


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namespace spvtools {
namespace fuzz {

// A fuzzer pass for outlining single-entry single-exit regions of a  control
// flow graph into their own functions.
class FuzzerPassOutlineFunctions : public FuzzerPass {
 public:
  FuzzerPassOutlineFunctions(
      opt::IRContext* ir_context, TransformationContext* transformation_context,
      FuzzerContext* fuzzer_context,
      protobufs::TransformationSequence* transformations);

  ~FuzzerPassOutlineFunctions();

  void Apply() override;

  // Returns a block suitable to be an entry block for a region that can be
  // outlined, i.e. a block that is not a loop header and that does not start
  // with OpPhi or OpVariable. In particular, it returns:
  // - |entry_block| if it is suitable
  // - otherwise, a block found by:
  //   - looking for or creating a new preheader, if |entry_block| is a loop
  //     header
  //   - splitting the candidate entry block, if it starts with OpPhi or
  //     OpVariable.
  // Returns nullptr if a suitable block cannot be found following the
  // instructions above.
  opt::BasicBlock* MaybeGetEntryBlockSuitableForOutlining(
      opt::BasicBlock* entry_block);

  // Returns:
  // - |exit_block| if it is not a merge block
  // - the second block obtained by splitting |exit_block|, if |exit_block| is a
  //   merge block.
  // Assumes that |exit_block| is not a continue target.
  // The block returned by this function should be suitable to be the exit block
  // of a region that can be outlined.
  // Returns nullptr if |exit_block| is a merge block and it cannot be split.
  opt::BasicBlock* MaybeGetExitBlockSuitableForOutlining(
      opt::BasicBlock* exit_block);
};

}  // namespace fuzz
}  // namespace spvtools

#endif  // SOURCE_FUZZ_FUZZER_PASS_OUTLINE_FUNCTIONS_H_

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Sometimes good writers produce crappy novels. Such is the case with William Peter Blatty's Elsewhere. Blatty is a master of supernatural and horror fiction. Hell, Stephen King might have remained a high school English teacher if Blatty hadn't kicked the door to the horror genre open with The Exorcist in 1971. Blatty's Legion is an equally important work in the field. But Elsewhere isn't. This is the same "skeptics in a haunted house" set-up we've seen many times before, from The Haunting to House On Haunted Hill. And the "twist" ending Blatty offers is stale and simply doesn't play in a post "Sixth Sense" society. Blatty gets two stars for the sheer force of his characters. His leads have awful names—a woman named Freeboard, and a gay man named Dare—but they've got the spark of life. At one point Dare finds himself an unexpected hero to Freeboard. "What is the meaning of this ludicrous courage? he marveled. It never would've occurred to him that the answer was love." That's a good line, written by a good writer. Unfortunately the rest of Elsewhere doesn't measure up.
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Given the influence of the Tufte Handout styling on the printed copy of the book, msmbstyle relys heavily on the tufte package to provide notes and figures in the margin. Where possible it reuses tufte code (including via tufte::: if the required function is not exported). This means that all formatting options provided by tufte can also be used within an R Markdown document styled using msmbstyle.
We include the functions msmb_html and msmb_html_book (adapted from corresponding functions in tufte) that can be set in the output field of the YAML header. These apply additional modifications to the HTML to provide the header bar and drop-down navigation menu.
Questions can optionally be labelled, numbered, and referenced within the main text. This is done within the internal function msmb_build_chapter (based on bookdown::html_build_chapter). This functionality is similar to using one of the 'Theorem' environments, but with the option to mark the start and end within the document, rather than putting content within a single code-chunk.
These additions are styled, along with some more minor tweaks from to the tufte formatting, using an additional CSS file distributed with the msmbstyle. This also attempts to provide a coherent experience when using mobile devices, modifying the layout and navigation options appropriately e.g.
Jaw dropped! This is exactly the type of bookdown extension that I was looking forward to. I didn't really spend much time on the Tufte style in bookdown, and I was hoping someone else could pick it up and polish it. Thanks for the wonderful package! In the future, I'll recommend everyone who wants to use the Tufte style with bookdown to use the msmbstyle package.
Great, I'm glad it was the sort of thing you were looking for, it's been a fun project to work on.
Surprisingly hard work getting from the original LaTeX/Sweave to R Markdown, but from there bookdown and tufte got me a good chunk of the way to a HTML version the authors liked. The current version of the book definitely still has some 'hacks' to place things where I want them to be, and I'm still learning a lot about the internals of knitr, so I'm continually refining msmbstyle to try and simplify things.
It'll be cool if others want to use it too.
This is absolutely fantastic! I am very happy, that I just found this and thank you very much for sharing.
Is there any chance that the LaTeX/Sweave style might be published as well as the strength of r-markdown is cross-media-publishing?
Apropos cross-media-publishing: When I tried to compile the example files from the package to PDF via render_book('index.Rmd','tufte::tufte_book') I got an error message because of the question-chunks. Of course I realize that the package was designed for HTML output and nothing else at the moment, but is there a workaround for rendering these chunks to PDF?


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Q: Automatically capture image when face is detected through Webcam I'm doing a research project on Image processing. The project is to Evaluate users with a Automated test paper that generated earlier.
Since this is Online process in paper evaluation process i need to get user images randomly from users web camera... I'm implementing this project in Normal Windows Based Application using C# language..
For this process I successfully get the user's image in to Windows format already and I already can detect the users face.
The thing is I want to get users images when the face is detecting in a windows form.. I'm using EMGU CV libraries for this Image detection implementation..
1) How im going to Capture users image when user face is detecting..
2) I want this to capture image in Random times...
This is the code i used to impliment face detection.
public class ClassifierTrain
{
    #region Variables
    //Eigen
    MCvTermCriteria termCrit;
    EigenObjectRecognizer recognizer;
    //training variables
    List<Image<Gray, byte>> trainingImages = new List<Image<Gray, byte>>();//Images
    List<string> Names_List = new List<string>(); //labels
    int ContTrain, NumLabels;

    //Class Variables
    string Error;
    bool _IsTrained = false;

    #endregion

    #region Constructors
    /// <summary>
    /// Default Constructor, Looks in (Application.StartupPath + "\\TrainedFaces") for traing data.
    /// </summary>
    public ClassifierTrain()
    {
        termCrit = new MCvTermCriteria(ContTrain, 0.001);
        _IsTrained = LoadTrainingData(Application.StartupPath + "\\TrainedFaces");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Takes String input to a different location for training data
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Training_Folder"></param>
    public ClassifierTrain(string Training_Folder)
    {
        termCrit = new MCvTermCriteria(ContTrain, 0.001);
        _IsTrained = LoadTrainingData(Training_Folder);
    }

    #endregion

    #region Public
    /// <summary>
    /// <para>Return(True): If Training data has been located and Eigen Recogniser has been trained</para>
    /// <para>Return(False): If NO Training data has been located of error in training has occured</para>
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsTrained
    {
        get { return _IsTrained; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Recognise a Grayscale Image using the trained Eigen Recogniser
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Input_image"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public string Recognise(Image<Gray, byte> Input_image)
    {
        if (_IsTrained)
        {
            string t = recognizer.Recognize(Input_image);
            return t;
        }
        else return "";//Blank prefered else can use null

    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a string contatining any error that has occured
    /// </summary>
    public string Get_Error
    {
        get { return Error; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Dispose of Class call Garbage Collector
    /// </summary>
    public void Dispose()
    {
        recognizer = null;
        trainingImages = null;
        Names_List = null;
        Error = null;
        GC.Collect();
    }

    #endregion

    #region Private
    /// <summary>
    /// Loads the traing data given a (string) folder location
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Folder_loacation"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private bool LoadTrainingData(string Folder_loacation)
    {
        if (File.Exists(Folder_loacation +"\\TrainedLabels.xml"))
        {
            try
            {
                //message_bar.Text = "";
                Names_List.Clear();
                trainingImages.Clear();
                FileStream filestream = File.OpenRead(Folder_loacation + "\\TrainedLabels.xml");
                long filelength = filestream.Length;
                byte[] xmlBytes = new byte[filelength];
                filestream.Read(xmlBytes, 0, (int)filelength);
                filestream.Close();

                MemoryStream xmlStream = new MemoryStream(xmlBytes);

                using (XmlReader xmlreader = XmlTextReader.Create(xmlStream))
                {
                    while (xmlreader.Read())
                    {
                        if (xmlreader.IsStartElement())
                        {
                            switch (xmlreader.Name)
                            {
                                case "NAME":
                                    if (xmlreader.Read())
                                    {
                                        Names_List.Add(xmlreader.Value.Trim());
                                        NumLabels += 1;
                                    }
                                    break;
                                case "FILE":
                                    if (xmlreader.Read())
                                    {
                                        //PROBLEM HERE IF TRAININGG MOVED
                                        trainingImages.Add(new Image<Gray, byte>(Application.StartupPath + "\\TrainedFaces\\" + xmlreader.Value.Trim()));
                                    }
                                    break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                ContTrain = NumLabels;

                if (trainingImages.ToArray().Length != 0)
                {
                    //Eigen face recognizer
                    recognizer = new EigenObjectRecognizer(trainingImages.ToArray(),
                    Names_List.ToArray(), 5000, ref termCrit); //5000 default
                    return true;
                }
                else return false;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Error = ex.ToString();
                return false;
            }
        }
        else return false;
    }
    #endregion
}`

A: There exists a very good paper of Microsoft research to your topic:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/ablake/papers/ablake/romdhani_iccv01.pdf
This, you should use as a starting point. Afterwards you should have a look at image processing and direct x image transformations:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/ShrutiShrivastava/ImageProcessing12192005061519AM/ImageProcessing.aspx
Greetings,


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ARTICLES VIDEO GAMES AT LAST, YOU CAN FEEL ACTUAL PAIN WHILE PLAYING 'MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH OUT'
At Last, You Can Feel Actual Pain While Playing 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out'
Maxwell Yezpitelok
When Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! came out on the NES in 1987; it had everything an '80s kid could want in a video game: violence, a beloved sports star who could do no wrong, blatant racism, and excessive exclamation marks. Actually, make that almost everything. Due to the technological limitations of the era, the game lacked one important feature: it did not have the ability to inflict physical pain upon the player (discounting the carpal tunnel syndrome you'd develop from trying to beat Tyson for six straight hours).
Well, it took 34 years, but guess what, some genius on YouTube just added.
Yes, artist/engineer Ian Charnas figured out how to update the game to add a new feature called "legitimate pain." His full process for achieving this important innovation is genuinely fascinating. First, he modded an '80s NES console to add a working USB connection, allowing him to copy the game's ROM directly from a legitimate 1987 Punch-Out!! cartridge into his computer -- which means he avoided having to visit any shady piracy sites, and Nintendo (probably) won't sue him for $2 million bucks when they find out about this project.
Ian Charnas
To further modernize the console, he should make the controllers 500% easier to break and more prone to drifting.
Then, Charnas took an AI program that tracks body movements and wrote some code that lets him turn those movements into controller inputs on a Nintendo emulator. In other words, he made it so you can play this game via motion controls, which ... you could already do on the Wii remake. But this method is better because it doesn't require shaking a controller around and potentially breaking your TV and/or grandma's face when it inevitably flies off your hand.
The downside is that when you get frustrated at the game, you have to throw yourself to the floor.
But then, Charnas ran into a little hitch. It turns out that the people who made the NES game back in the '80s failed to foresee the possibility of someone adding motion controls to it in the future because it's unplayable this way -- the enemies move too fast, and it's physically impossible to beat them via actual movements unless you have super-speed. At this point, we kind of expected Charnas to engineer a Flash-type accident involving chemicals and a lightning bolt to give himself speed powers, but he went with an easier solution. Charnas spent months reverse-engineering the game's code and then hacking it to make the enemies slower. Kind of a lazy shortcut there, but we'll allow it.
While at it, he also modified the characters' dialogue to make them less racist and more enthusiastic about 2020s YouTube content creators.
Though we don't know Japanese, so we can't be sure that this wasn't what he was saying in the first place.
Now, the enemies may be slower, but they are no less brutal. Charnas' friends found that out when he invited them to test his creation and strapped an internet-connected gizmo to their arms which zapped them with actual electricity with every in-game punch received by their character. At last, no more having to manually taser your friends when they have the audacity to suck at video games in your home: now there's a device that does the job for you.
For full realism, he should have attached remote controlled clamps to their ears during the Tyson fight.
Finally, Charnas also made a website where anyone can play the game via a webcam ... minus the masochistic part.
Maxwell Yezpitelok co-runs a Nintendo-centric YouTube channel, NintendoDuo.
Top image: Nintendo
Related: The 5 Worst Game Remakes Farted Out By Beloved Franchises
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I'm working on a WIP of a blue heeler in pen and ink. Well, sometimes, I'm not in a pen and ink mood, and decided to start a second WIP at the same time. This isn't like me, but it's actually kind of nice to have more projects going on at once.
I love scratchboard. I'm still fairly new to the medium, but it is addicting! One of the most wonderful things about scratchboard is that it can be colored. So I chose something a little different than my usual furry animal portraits. I chose a gorgeous Mandarin Goby, which is about as colorful as any animal can be. I once saw one of these fish in a pet store and could not believe my eyes. They are stunning! The colors too! Unbelievable. In this one small fish alone, there are hues of green, blue, yellow, orange, pink. and black, scattered all across its body in vibrant stripes and spots and bands.
The size of this scratchboard is 8×10 inches, and I'm using a simple X-Acto Blade for now. As you can see, I had a complete outline of the fish, which I then had to ink out completely. It looked too small on the board. The new outline, in white, seems to be a better size. I haven't drawn a fish for years, so they're a bit different for a change. I'll, of course, be coloring this scratchboard too, in time.
Anyway…I hope you'll enjoy the WIP, and thank you for looking.


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Home Animal Quarantine As Nigeria Faces Food Crisis, Agencies Move To Salvage Situation
Published On - July 6, 2021
admin Animal Quarantine, Aquatic Resources Quarantine, Laboratory Management Services, Plant Quarantine
NO doubt, Nigeria agricultural sector is facing a lot of challenges in this present time. These challenges have directly affected the populace through high cost of food prices, to an extent, unavailability of some food crops and many more.
These challenges which include insecurity which has made farmers abandon their farms, high cost of farm inputs, and and some policies which affect farmers directly, are currently leading the country into food crisis.
Some agencies of government which have the mandate to grow food or support farmers are making efforts to salvage the situation by initiating some policies and also fine tuning already existing policies.
The National Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), which has the mandate to ensure seamless export of Nigerian agro-products, has already started developing exportation templates for some crops.
NAQS said their mandate is also to prevent the introduction, spread of diseases, pest, contaminants of animals, plant, aquatic resources and their products so that we can secure our international trade and also secure the Nigerian economy.
The Director General, Vincent Isigbe said the NAQS ensured that those commodities or those agricultural produce which are going outside Nigeria were of the correct standards and specifications in terms of the international requirements to ensure that these satisfied those standards.
"So, we do backward integration, we inform the critical stakeholders who are the producers, suppliers, the warehouse managers and all the people along the value chain that this is the requirement for the international community for this commodity because these standards or rules keep changing from time to time.
"So, we have set up what we call the export certification value chain where we have set our standard for those commodities in terms of the 5 value chain operators that is the state government, the NAQS, the producers, suppliers and the exporters, so that each and everyone of them know what to do at a particular time along the value chain they operate", Dr Isigbe noted.
He said the move helped to stabilise the market by ensuring that there are good food safety standards for us to be able to certify and export at the end of the day.
He said for the producers or the farmers, NAQS ensure that if they are going to use any pesticide, they must use a particular type of pesticide and they were educated on how to use it.
"The NAQS has gone further to try and find alternatives to those synthetic pesticides in furtherance of securing the food safety.
"We are working on that, we have a very strong committee, involving the critical stakeholders agencies of government and 3 research departments in the universities, they have joined us and we are working on that alternative bio pesticides so that we will minimally use the synthetic pesticides where these is need to".
"These are some of the things we are doing as an agency of government within the armbit of our mandate to secure the food security of Nigeria.
"In doing that too by the mere fact that people have opportunity to export, there is now the tendency to increase the level of production and to make food availability better for the nation, it is from that surplus that they will sell some and use some for their own personal use at home", he added.
For Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), the Council has embarked on introduction of early maturity seeds.
The Executive Secretary of the Council, Professor Garba Sharubutu, said because of the nature of crops that we have, and in order to ensure food security, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, is diverting his attention to quick and early maturing crops which includes rice, cowpea, maize, sorghum millet.
He said as a research institute, the Minister is saying it must stock some of these elite seeds, which means high quality seeds because if there is any input farming depends on, it is quality seeds.
"So, right now, we are gathering data on what do we think most of our research institutes will be able to come up with, like National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHOURT) in Ibadan, do we have enough seeds, do we have enough okra seed, that is the directive we have been given, let us make sure that we have that", he noted.
Professor Sharubutu further said Council commenced establishing Outreach Centres for all the Colleges and Research Institutes to further reach the hinterland.
"Each of the the Colleges and Research Institutes have Outreach Centres, we have out-stations and outreach centres, before the Minister came in, these centres were a bit dilapidated, he said we must make sure that the centres are available because they are closer to the people.
"He (Nanono) has also approved establishment of Outreach Centres for some colleges of agriculture, they (Centres) are not research institutes, they are just outreach centres.
"So, apart from ensuring that those existing are brought back to life, he is saying that those that are far away, we should be able to make sure that we establish some of the.
"If you look at what is happening in the South East, we don't have many of these research institutes there, so the only thing we can do is for the outreach centres to be established there.
"Right now, we are trying to establish one in Anambra, Lagos is trying to establish its own branch in Enugu, and we are also giving permission for lagos to also look at the possibility of establishing something in Cross River or Bayelsa, and those ones has to do with marine that is the fishes.
He said last year, the Minister approved that the extension services must be boosted, and the Council bought extension teaching materials for all our research institutes and Colleges.
"What the Minister is saying here is that it is just not enough for you to train people to go for extension when you don't have extension teaching materials, to that effect, ARCN has strengthened the adopted villages and schools, each of the centre, we have bought 50 chair, 50 tables, television, mobile generator , DVDs, because these are extension teaching materials so that our people will now be on the field for extension teaching them.
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Newry City AFC Manager Darren Mullen has issued a rallying call for the club's supporters to get behind the team for their final league match of the season away to Hanover FC tomorrow afternoon, where they will be presented with the league trophy. The supporters bus for the game will be departing from the Stonebridge at 1pm sharp.
The festivities will continue at the Newry Showgrounds tomorrow evening, where popular local band 'The Nooks' will be playing live in the Social Club from 5.30pm until 7.30pm, followed by a disco. All players, coaches, sponsors and supporters of the club are welcome to attend and join in on the fun!
Come on down and show YOUR local club the support they deserve as CHAMPIONS!
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2B: N.Snyder (13), E.Roundtree (14).
RBI: T.Mention 2 (34), C.Lee 2 (14), N.Snyder (63), J.Abbaduscky (24), P.Pena (30).
SB: W.Polanco 2 (35), R.Rodriguez (3), J.Abbaduscky 2 (25), H.Villanueva (4).
A: W.Polanco 3 (135), C.Lee 3 (58), N.Snyder (24), T.Adkins (2), H.Villanueva 2 (59), P.Pena 2 (10), R.Edwards (8), J.Finnegan (2).
DP: 3 (C. Lee(2B) - W. Polanco(SS) - N. Snyder(1B),C. Lee(2B) - H. Villanueva(3B) - N. Snyder(1B),W. Polanco(SS) - R. Edwards(P) - N. Snyder(1B)).
PO: T.Mention 6 (68), W.Polanco 2 (82), C.Lee 4 (30), N.Snyder 11 (375), R.Rodriguez (44), J.Abbaduscky 5 (57), P.Pena 6 (189), R.Edwards (2).
TC: T.Mention 6 (72), W.Polanco 5 (232), C.Lee 7 (93), N.Snyder 13 (405), R.Rodriguez (48), T.Adkins (3), J.Abbaduscky 5 (59), H.Villanueva 2 (92), P.Pena 8 (207), R.Edwards 2 (10), J.Finnegan (4).
2B: J.Wilcoxson (4), S.Brown (3), R.Grant (15).
RBI: A.Cook (25), K.Blackstone 2 (40), J.Wilcoxson 2 (19), S.Brown (39), R.Grant (41).
SF: K.Blackstone (8), J.Wilcoxson (4), S.Brown (3).
SB: D.Moorer 3 (36), A.Cook (8).
A: A.Cook 3 (112), K.Blackstone 2 (106), J.Wilcoxson (4), S.Brown (17), S.Longo 4 (90), J.Norton (5).
DP: 1 (K. Blackstone(2B) - S. Longo(3B) - S. Brown(1B)).
E: A.Cook (13), J.Marshall (3), A.Espinoza (1).
PO: D.Moorer 4 (55), A.Cook 2 (70), K.Blackstone 5 (84), J.Wilcoxson 2 (48), S.Brown 9 (314), R.Grant 3 (81), J.Marshall 11 (190).
TC: D.Moorer 4 (62), A.Cook 6 (195), K.Blackstone 7 (197), J.Wilcoxson 3 (55), S.Brown 10 (333), R.Grant 3 (92), S.Longo 4 (161), J.Marshall 12 (217), A.Espinoza (17), J.Norton (9).
BF: R.Edwards 27, T.Gutierrez 8, J.Finnegan 12, T.Adkins 5, B.Anderson 5.
P-S: R.Edwards 77-54, T.Gutierrez 31-18, J.Finnegan 37-25, T.Adkins 19-11, B.Anderson 17-7.
BF: A.Espinoza 25, J.Norton 11, H.Miles 16, D.Bodishbaugh 1.
P-S: A.Espinoza 93-55, J.Norton 40-23, H.Miles 52-28, D.Bodishbaugh 2-2.
Offensive Substitution 22 Bradley Harmon subs for Adolfo Espinoza.
Pitching Substitution 6 Jordan Norton subs for Bradley Harmon Pitcher.
Offensive Substitution 14 Scott Stetson subs for Rich Edwards.
Pitching Substitution 33 Tomas Gutierrez subs for Scott Stetson Pitcher.
Offensive Substitution 4 Jordan Dicks subs for Tomas Gutierrez.
Pitching Substitution 19 Jack Finnegan subs for Jordan Dicks Pitcher.
Offensive Substitution 4 Eric Schneider subs for Jordan Norton.
Pitching Substitution 91 Harold Miles Pitcher.
Offensive Substitution 7 Eli Roundtree subs for Jack Finnegan.
Offensive Substitution 22 Justin Kortessis subs for Tyus Adkins.
Pitching Substitution 30 Daniel Bodishbaugh subs for Harold Miles Pitcher.
Offensive Substitution 55 Eric Olivo subs for Daniel Bodishbaugh.


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Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades és un videojoc musical desenvolupat per Vicarious Visions i publicat per RedOctane i Activision, que pertany a la saga Guitar Hero, concretament és la seqüela del Guitar Hero: On Tour i com aquest, només està disponible per a la consola portàtil Nintendo DS. El seu llançament es va produir el 14 de novembre de 2008 a Europa.

El videojoc conté les mateixes característiques que la seva preqüela, és a dir, utilitza un controlador en forma de guant que va adaptat a la consola ("Guitar Grip") que conté quatre botons de trast i un plectre que s'utilitza per marcar les notes. La principal novetat recau en la nova banda sonora formada per 28 cançons noves distribuïdes en dècades, des dels anys 70 a la música moderna. L'altra novetat destacable és la utilització de la xarxa local Wi-Fi que incorporen les consoles i que permeten compartir cançons independentment de la versió del joc en el mode competitiu.

Decades va tenir una recepció poc entusiasta, els mitjans van citar diversos problemes amb el "Guitar Grip" i la qualitat del so, i opinaven que el videojoc no tenia prou entitat per considerar-se un nou títol i semblava més una simple expansió de l'anterior.

Jugabilitat

La jugabilitat del videojoc segueix invariable respecte al Guitar Hero: On Tour, que consisteix a aconseguir el màxim nombre de punts tocant correctament les notes de la guitarra de les cançons. Per tocar les notes s'utilitzen dos controladors especials: el "Guitar Grip", un guant adaptat a la consola que incorpora quatre botons de trast per tocar la nota correcta i un plectre per "rascar" les cordes que apareixen en l'altra pantalla que és tàctil. El guant va inserit en la ranura del Game Boy Advance que contenen les consoles Nintendo DS i Nintendo DS Lite, però el perifèric és incompatible amb Nintendo DSi.

Per aquesta seqüela s'ha millorat la detecció de les notes i l'acció de "rascar" les cordes a causa de les queixes que va rebre en la versió anterior. En el Decades també s'ha millorat en mode carrera on es pot escollir entre la guitarra principal o la guitarra rítmica/baix, i també un nou mode carrera duel ("Guitar Duel"). Els dos modes presenten les cançons en ordre cronològic invers, començant amb els èxits moderns i acabant amb les cançons de rock clàssic.

Mitjançant les funcionalitats de la xarxa local Wi-Fi que incorpora la consola, es pot jugar amb un altre jugador. A més, si un dels jugadors utilitza lOn Tour original, la xarxa permet escollir qualsevol cançó de la seva banda sonora.

Banda sonora
El repertori del Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades està format per un total de 28 cançons dividides en cinc grups que representen una etapa específica de la història de la música rock i està representat per un escenari específic de l'època. Aquestes etapes són les dècades dels anys 70, 80, 90, 2000 i rock modern. Totes les cançons són gravacions originals. S'han llançat tres versions diferents de la banda sonora segons la zona de publicació (Amèrica del Nord, Europa i Regne Unit/Austràlia), i cada una conté set cançons exclusives.

Recepció

En general, les crítiques rebudes van ser relativament negatives. Tenint en compte que el llançament del Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades es va produir poc temps després de la primera versió, les novetats van ser escasses i poc destacables, de forma que els mitjans especialitzats van criticar aquest fet. La jugabilitat era la mateixa i només es va millorar la interfície de la pantalla tàctil, mantenint els problemes produïts per aguantar la consola mentre es juga, fet que provoca rampes i cansament a les extremitats superiors. Per altra banda, si que es va destacar el fet de poder jugar en xarxa amb un altre jugadors i poder utilitzar les cançons de la versió anterior. Pel que fa a la banda sonora, si que es va considerar que estava ben trobada i que millorava en desbloquejar les cançons que pertanyen a les dècades anteriors, ja que les cançons es presenten en ordre cronològicament invers. Per altra banda, la mala qualitat d'àudio del On Tour continua persistent en la seqüela.

Seguint l'estil publicitari originat amb el Guitar Hero World Tour, un personatge famós va realitzar els anuncis. En aquesta ocasió, l'escollit va ser Corbin Bleu que va repetir el mateix anunci que el World Tour, és a dir, l'actor apareixia ballant i jugant al videojoc imitant una famosa escena de la pel·lícula Risky Business, amb Tom Cruise ballant la cançó "Old Time Rock and Roll" de Bob Seger.

Referències

Enllaços externs
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Guitar Hero
Videojocs del 2008
Videojocs per a Nintendo DS

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TV Review: Cloak & Dagger (2018- )
November 8, 2018 by Talking Pulp	in Reviews, TV Review and tagged 2010s, 2018, ABC, action, adventure, Cloak & Dagger, comics, Disney, drama, fantasy, Marvel, MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), review, sci-fi, superhero, teen, TV
Original Run: June 7th, 2018 – current
Created by: Joe Pokaski
Directed by: various
Based on: Cloak & Dagger by Bill Mantlo, Ed Hannigan
Music by: Mark Isham
Cast: Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph, Gloria Reuben, Andrea Roth, J. D. Evermore, Miles Mussenden, Carl Lundstedt, Emma Lahana, Jaime Zevallos
Wandering Rocks Productions, ABC Signature Studios, Marvel, Disney-ABC, Freeform, 10 Episodes (so far), 42-49 Minutes (per episode)
I watched this right after I quit watching Runaways in the middle of its inaugural season. Sadly, this is pretty cringeworthy too and I couldn't finish it. But at least I got further before my body couldn't physically hit the "play" button around episode 7 or so.
Cloak & Dagger is lame as hell. Where is the superheroing? 7 episodes into this and they've barely explored their powers. This is just teen drama crap that feels more like it belongs in the Twilight franchise than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where it is supposed to take place.
The acting isn't terrible but it's nothing to praise. I mostly like the characters but if I'm being honest, they do not feel like the Tandy Bowen or Tyrone Johnson that I've gotten to know in the comics over three decades.
Also, why is this in New Orleans? I mean I love New Orleans but these characters are from New York City and often times cross paths with Spider-Man, Daredevil and other street level heroes of the Big Apple. Honestly, this feels completely separate from the larger universe it is supposed to be a part of.
The writing is slow, dull and I don't care about the story one friggin' iota.
The writing is also the biggest source of this show's cringe. The dialogue is rough, unrefined and sounds like it was written by an intern that won't get hired by the studio after graduation. Also, this gets pretty sociopolitical, not that that's a bad thing but the show tends to hit you in the face with Mjolnir when trying to make those statements.
I have no urge to finish this or to watch a second season. I doubt that the show will last much longer and this is just further proof that the MCU is stretching itself way too thin, regardless of each project having its own filmmakers or showrunners. It's just becoming so tiresome and this put me past the point of exhaustion. I wouldn't call it "superhero fatigue", as some people have called this market over saturation of superheroes, I would just call it a lack of the right people to steer these multiple ships.
Pairs well with: Marvel's Runaways, as both are mind numbingly bad and nearly unwatchable.
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London's Only Exclusive Under 18s Annual LGBT+ Prom Event: Pride Prom is back! Bigger and better than ever!
Pride Prom returns to London this Summer 2019 with an extraordinary Circus theme to enlighten your imaginations with fabulous glittery acts that will make heads turning. With debuts from glamorous Drag Queens, Circus Acts and more, expect the unexpected.
This year Pride Prom will be held in center of London in Camden Town and will involve heart beating music, famous live performances, refreshing mocktails, tasty nibbles provided by Pret a Manger, a classy photo booth and so much more.
This event will give you the opportunity to celebrate your LGBT+ identity and allow you meet people just like you. Don't miss your chance to be a part of one of London's largest under 18s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, plus and overall Queer event. Book your tickets, today!
Pride Prom is proud to be a part of the Pride In London Festival.
Dress to impress! – With a chance to be chosen Prom Queer Royalty.
Pride Prom is introducing 'The Great Queer Youth Bake Off' for the best baked goods with our Queer/Circus theme. Anyone can participate and get the opportunity to win up to a £50 voucher*. All baked good MUST come with a full list of ingredients to avoid allergic reactions.
Whether you are coming with friends, a sweet date or alone, please make sure you plan your journey and know how you are getting home safe from the event.
Remember: If you are lucky enough to look over 18, you may be asked to show ID, zip oyster card or student card with proof of age.
All profits from purchased tickets will go to to Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre to help our mission to support, educate and inspire LGBT+ young persons and will mean we can carry on running our young persons services.
No drugs, alcohol or liquids are permitted on site.
All staff members are DBS checked.
Tickets purchased at the Box Office (on the day) will cost £14.50.
Pride Prom began in 2014 as we saw the direct need for the young LGBT+ community to have a safe space to come together and celebrate their individual identities. This is how the idea of running a community-based event, where anyone who identified as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Other (LGBT+) could come together and spend an evening without fear of judgement, celebrating their individual identities in a safe and positively welcoming environment.
If you are unable to provide a donation for financial reasons, contact us to apply for free admission.
Thank you for your support and Happy Pride!
Meet new, exciting and wounderful people!
Go crazy with our amazing performers!
Enjoy taking fabulous photos with your friends!


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Cape Town Air Access celebrates its achievements with stakeholders
Cape Town Air Access held their Annual Review Showcase over the weekend, a celebratory event which was well-attended by key government partners, business stakeholders and airline professionals.
Cape Town Air Access is an award-winning air-route development project responsible for establishing direct flights that connect Cape Town and the Western Cape with the rest of the world.
The event was aimed as an opportunity to highlight its achievements over the last year, in the face of adversity caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and also prompting an important discussion about what must be done to ensure it builds on these successes in the future.
Forming the focal point for proactive air route development in Cape Town and the Western Cape, the air access team assisted in re-launching flights to Cape Town International Airport from 23 international destinations, served by 18 international airlines during 2021.
Domestically, connections to all 13 pre-pandemic destinations have been re-established for Cape Town International Airport, served by seven local airlines.
Four airlines are also operating out of George Airport to three domestic destinations.
Flights to 11 out of 13 pre-pandemic African destinations have been re-established for Cape Town International Airport.
The announcement that the AviaDev Africa route development conference 2022 will return to Cape Town for the third time from 29 June to 1 July, hosted by Cape Town Air Access, which will welcome 250 route development, representatives from 60 countries, including representatives from 40 airlines.
Intercontinental flights to Cape Town are also at the forefront of more sustainable long-distance flights with almost 75% of carriers opting to operate new generation Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 Dreamliner's into the destination.
CEO of Wesgro and the Official Spokesperson for Cape Town Air Access, Wrenelle Stander said that the reestablishment of 23 international routes signifies our position as a competitive and attractive destination.
Stander further stated that the Cape Town Air Access, along with partners, remained committed to air route network recovery and contributing to economic recovery, which has been critical to the achievements the province is witnessing currently.
"We are going into 2021 we understood that we were competing in the global race for routes against major destinations around the world. We are excited about the prospects of the coming year and the significance of greater air connectivity for the Western Cape's global competitiveness," he said.
Deputy Director-General of the Western Cape Economic Development and Tourism and Cape Town Air Access Co-Chair, Rashid Toefy, said that the recovery of the Western Cape economy had been the key focus since the beginning of the pandemic.
"Securing non-stop direct flights to a set of strategic destinations across the world has been one of our main focus areas. Collaborative efforts such as Cape Town Air Access are an important aspect of the future growth of the Western Cape economy. The reconnection of air connectivity and the steady recovery of travel is a testament of the impact of collaborative effort." Toefy said.
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