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Nowadays it is very common for most employees regardless of their position to bring home some of their unfinished office jobs. Especially if they have a target date or deadline to submit their work, it will be only possible for them to finish their task if they will take this at home. In addition Home based jobs are also making its way in the market. Most people chose to work at home rather than going to the office for their personal reasons. And for some who's managing their own business it is a requirement to have a place in the home where they can run all their paper works. In this case a home office is very important and surely a must.
It is very important that you can work comfortably in your home office to become more productive. Things inside your home office should be well organized so that you can move freely. The ambiance should be peaceful and friendly so that you will be able to finish your task easily.
Big Space – if your previous home office is small and tight, it will be better to start organizing things and start de- cluttering the place so that it will become big. It will better if all things have designated place and properly organized. Remember lesser clutter means less distraction and irritation.
The techy – it is very important that almost all of the things in your home office is advanced in technology, but do also remember that you're at your home and not in the office. It is important that you will still feel the ambiance of your home. Never let your techy objects occupies the space.
Trendy Furniture- consider purchasing stylish furniture but in some way never loose the sense of comfort. Also remember to get an excellent seating support, this is very important especially if you are loaded with tons of work. There's nothing harm to rest your back for a while.
Gadgets - Separate your home gadgets from your home office. Game consoles, Televisions and Stereos can only distract you from work and will make you less productive.
Lighting- often times we almost neglect the lighting aspects of our home. But definitely you should improve the lighting in your home office. It is better to invest with your lighting source rather than taking risks and compromising your job. Surely you will have a lot of paperwork and a good source of light is needed.
The boss- Keep in mind that you are the Chief officer in charge in this place. You can make any rules as long as you want. You can put anything you desire in your home office, however, always keep in mind to make things simple and light.
Remember that there is no harm in trying.Enjoy your office and always be productive.


In 1975 Hersch, Payne and Schiffer used the concept of conjugate harmonic functions on the complex plane to prove a sharp upper bound for Steklov eigenvalues on simply connected domains. In this talk we will discuss a higher dimensional version of this concept defined for an arbitrary Riemannian manifold with boundary-conjugate harmonic forms. As a result, an inequality relating Steklov eigenvalues of the manifold with the Laplace eigenvalues of the boundary is obtained. This inequality is reduced to Hersch-Payne-Schiffer inequality in the case of simply connected domains and yields improved upper bounds even in a two-dimensional case.


Circle Automation is no stranger to creating bespoke installations for its clients, but this London Media Room is something special. Featuring bespoke joinery and packed with technology, those who love the finer things in life will immediately fall in love with this space.
Located in the heart of London, this home was bound to get the Circle Automation touch at some point, after all the company worked its magic on the client's previous home. This time the installation firm was brought on to design and install a media room, as well as equip the home with a new technology system for controlling all the kit.
Given this pad was in the middle of the UK's busiest city, space is typically at a premium – thankfully, that wasn't exactly the case with this property. With the room's high ceilings presenting a challenge to the team, while the client wanted the largest screen possible.
"The client was keen to retain the original character of the room. Our challenge was to integrate all the components and equipment in a sympathetic manner and not to lose any of the features of the original room, such as the ornate coving detail," notes James Major, director at Circle Automation.
The main part of the room was dedicated to the cinema, with a 160in acoustically transparent Screen Excellence projection screen. Joinery for the front of the cinema was designed and installed by Circle Automation to house the Onkyo amplifier, 4K Oppo Blu-ray player and Artcoustic subwoofer.
Careful design of the system was paramount to the performance of the sound within the room. The Artcoustic system consists of three front channel speakers located behind the acoustically transparent screen; two rear channel speakers and a bass speaker for the lower frequencies which was housed within the joinery. The 4K JVC projector was discreetly mounted in a recess in the rear wall. Wall hung fabric panels were included to enhance both the audio and visual aesthetics of the room.
While the installation couldn't have been improved, due to budget constraints, there were a few things that James wishes could have been included. He notes: "The client relies on window shutters to keep the light out – automated blinds were discussed, but it was decided that they would detract from the aesthetic of the window, they would have been a great addition to the system however & really help to further enhance the whole experience of a cinema/media room." The addition of Dolby Atmos overhead speakers would have also been welcome.
Along with the design and equipment installation of this project, Circle Automation also carried out the cabling, ensuring that the supporting infrastructure was installed to the highest standard.
As a media room, the client didn't want to install traditional cinema seating so an L-Shaped sofa with multiple footstalls was chosen to complement the relaxed feel of the open space. The music area of the room incorporated individual modern wingback chairs.
The remaining part of the room was designed with bespoke joinery to house the client's personal music collection and HiFi, creating a dedicated space for the clients to sit and listen to their extensive record collection.
A Savant control system was chosen to control the media room along with the rest of the AV and lighting installed in this London residence.
With media installations from Circle Automation starting at £10k and up, this installation was by no means expensive, at just £30k, including the joinery cost. It also seems like it was good value for money, with James noting that the client was 'overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the projection screen! They receive regular comments on the incredible room, and how fantastic the room is for watching films and also sporting events with friends and family.


Keyboard Loyalists to the Rescue! Q10 Sales Boost BlackBerry.
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins's prediction earlier this year that the company is going to sell a ton of its new Qwerty-keyboard-equipped Q10 smartphone was an aggressive one, but perhaps prescient, as well. A handful of recent analyst notes suggest that the handset is selling better than expected.
A week ago today, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said his channel checks showed that the Q10 has been pretty well-received by consumers, and said he expects Q10 sales to offset a slowdown in sales of its touchscreen-only predecessor, the Z10.
Then, on Thursday, Societe Generale analyst Andy Perkins raised his rating on BlackBerry to "buy" from "sell," saying Q10 sales will reach almost one million in the fiscal first quarter. Add those to the four million Z10s that Perkins expects BlackBerry to sell, and that's five million BB10 handsets total for Q1, which is above the current consensus of three million to four million units for the quarter.
Like his colleagues at Jefferies and Societe Generale, Um, too, sees the potential for first-quarter upside over consensus estimates, though he notes that the timing of the Q10's launch — 14 countries in mid-May; U.S. in June — could limit it.
At $14.50, BlackBerry shares are trading up today.


The Atkinson is Sefton Council's flagship arts and cultural venue. As a key transformational project to enhancing Southport's offer of 'England's Classic Resort', the £17 million development involves the integration of four Arts & Cultural managed venues, Southport Arts Centre the Atkinson Art Gallery, Botanic Gardens Museum and the Southport Library, into one regional cultural centre.
Set in a grade II listed building in the centre of Lord Street, The Atkinson will act as a focal point for the town centre and will add to the food and beverage offer and the Lord Street retail offer to make a complete cultural visitor experience for the town.


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I'm doing a little guest room refresh for my mother here in Florida and I was shocked by how much I grabbed during one trip to target. I paired this quilt and shams with these sheets for a little print mixing fun. I also grabbed this solid cotton blanket in white for extra warmth. Rattan accents, because- obviously! Laundry is contained nicely in this oval basket, and the size of this mirror isn't too large so it works nicely.
We also grabbed this jute rug for a steal! The quality is great I can recommend it with confidence (not from Target).
This rug was a gamble- it was going to be perfect, or a little tacky.
Luckily, we found it to be perfect for another space in the house. Very impressed with it!
** I really wanted this striped gauze blanket but didn't "need" it. Am considering it for my own bed this summer though. The material is so soft!!


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Q: django queryset not showing accurate result (building a news app) I am creating a news app using django. It consists of search by date option. When i choose the date(ex:29-11-2020) and click submit, It should take me to the news of that particular day. When i try the below code instead of showing the details it is giving me a blank page.
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import *
from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
from django.views.generic import ListView

def index(request):
    return render(request,'newspaperapp/index.html')

class nowlist(ListView):
     model = newsmodel_1
     template_name = 'newspaperapp/index.html'

class newslist(DetailView):
    model = newsmodel_1
    template_name = 'newspaperapp/home.html'
    context_object_name = 'newspaperapp'

# search by giving date in index and search date
class SearchView(ListView):
     model = newsmodel_1
     template_name = 'newspaperapp/search.html'
     context_object_name = 'all_search_results'

def get_queryset(self):
    result = super(SearchView, self).get_queryset()
    query = self.request.GET.get('search')
    if query:
         postresult = newsmodel_1.objects.filter(date_published__contains=query)
             result = postresult
        else:
            result = None
        return result

urls.py
from django.urls import path
app_name = 'newspaperapp'
from .views import newslist,SearchView,nowlist
from newspaperapp import views
urlpatterns = [
     path('',views.index,name='index'),
     path('date/',nowlist.as_view(),name = "date"),
     path('<int:pk>',newslist.as_view(),name = "home"),
     path('results/', SearchView.as_view(), name='search'),
     ]

newspaperapp/home.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title></title>

Today's Paper

    {{newspaperapp.date_published}}
    {{newspaperapp.category}}

newspaperapp/index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

   <meta charset="utf-8">
 <title></title>

 <form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0" method="GET" action="{% url 'newspaperapp:search' %}">
 <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="date" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search"
  name="search">
 <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
 </form>

{%for newspaperapp in object_list %}

{{newspaperapp.title}}
 {{newspaperapp.date_published}}
 {%endfor%}

newspaperapp/search.html
{% block content %}
{% for newspaperapp in all_search_results %}

{% empty %}

No results found

{% endfor %}
{% endblock %}

A: Contain usually translated to LIKE in sql typically is used to search for a specified text pattern in a column.
If you want to filter date, you could convert query it to datetime object, and search the objects in that particular date range using gte and lt lookups.
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

class SearchView(ListView):
    model = newsmodel_1
    template_name = 'newspaperapp/search.html'
    context_object_name = 'all_search_results'

    def get_queryset(self):
        result = super(SearchView, self).get_queryset()
        query = self.request.GET.get('search')
        # query is of type 'str', convert to datetime
        start_day = datetime.fromisoformat(query)
        end_day   = start_day + timedelta(days=1)
        if query:
             postresult = newsmodel_1.objects.filter(
                 date_published__gte=start_day,
                 date_published__lt=end_day
             )
             result = postresult
        else:
            result = None
        return result

Note: add more logic to handle query is None

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The King's Affection -- Episodes 5 & 6: Perfectly Imperfect
There is so much to like about the story of The King's Affection and its characters. I enjoy Ji-un as a character, honest, uncompromising, compassionate, but there is just something about Lee Hyun that makes me gravitate towards him. I knew, he knew about the princess. It was so obvious from everything he does when he's around her, it makes me fall for him over and over again that he's kept that secret for so long, especially in a place like the palace. He's brave, loyal, and willing to kill to protect her and her secret from those who mean her harm, even her family.
How I would've loved it if the princess had fallen for him, but the heart does what the heart wants. I just hope he, Ji-un, and the princess always remain friends. I would hate to see their beautiful synergy disrupted, especially him and Ji-un. That the princess has already fallen for Ji-un, even if she doesn't know it yet, is beyond clear, and that he feels a pull out of his control to her is also obvious.
I appreciate why Yeon Seon is falling for Ji-un. He is so different, carefree, direct and intuitive, a total opposite of what she's been told to be all her life. Someone who is not afraid to speak up when necessary to let her know that striving for continuous improvement instead of perfection is what makes her imperfectly perfect. I like that he is that buffer between her and those who demand so much from her with such little affection, in return. Seeing them together almost makes one forget the turmoil that is the palace and the royal family. One the princess in her hidden identity can never forget.
There is potential for so much anxiousness, if not trouble, to the princess, and maintaining her identity -- a quadrangle between her, Ji-un, Lee Hyun and Noh Ha Kyung (Jung Chae Yeon), and not to mention Shin So Eun (Bae Yoon Kyung) and Ji-un, and to add to it the mystery of Kim Ga On, her devil of a grandfather, Ji-un's evil of a father, her demented uncle, Prince Chang Woon (Kim Seo Ha) -- so much waiting to go wrong so many competing affections and entanglement all spelling disaster for the princess. I detest that she has had to live in fear of her life from the people closest to her for so long, but knowing and eventually trusting she is not alone will probably make it all worthwhile.
I had been thinking about this mysterious person killing noblemen. At first, I thought it was connected to either the Grandfather or the Grand Queen Dowager ( Lee Il Hwa), who are entangled in competing interests towards the Crown Prince and the throne itself, but then I figured it could be the working of King Ye Jong or maybe the new Queen.
himself. But to find out that someone avenging the wrongful death of preceptor (Lee Seo Hwan) ten years ago makes total sense. It potentially clears up the mystery around Kim Ga On if he is involved, but I doubt he is; he seems genuine in his guardship of the Crown Prince, same as Royal Guard Yoon Hyung Chul, the late Queens warrior guard (Kim Jae Chul).
I love how emotionally entangled the Crown Prince/Princess and Ji-un already are, but the princess needs to get a hold of herself, or her identity will be ousted before the end of the week. The way she pushed him away as Kim Ga On ran towards them was hilarious. I reckon what I love most about the dynamic between the prince and Ji-un is that he isn't able to control how he feels in her presence, even though he doesn't know she's not a "he". It's like they say, love is not if or because. Love is anyway, and even though and in spite of -- it doesn't differentiate, it simply knows. The best moment was when Ji-un realized oh, my God, I like him. Love isn't something you plan, it just happens.
I guess the real fight, both physical and psychological, is only now beginning. I cringe to know how much worse it will get and how many relationships will be ruined for it. I had been racking my brain to understand how Shin So Eun fits within the royal structure. I realized her father may be important, but didn't expect him to be the Minister of Personnel. It's all starting to make sense now why he wants to get rid of Ji-un. He doesn't want his daughter falling for him anymore than she already does, but it's also an opportunity to challenge the authority of the Left State Councilor -- now this is what we call a cold war. Nothing about the royal family or the palace is royal. As much as I hate to admit it, the Left State Councilor spoke the truth when he described the palace as a mud fighting pit.
Lee Hyun may have stolen my heart, but Ji-un's courage in the face of injustice has my all. And I can't even express how the power within the crown princess when she decides to exercise makes me feel -- Park Eun Bin is brilliant in this role. I felt Ji-un's anguish at his father's inability to understand that acknowledgment and respect are never earned in the taking of a human life. When Ji-un asked his father how much more could he possibly disappoint him, along with when he threatened to take his own life if his father didn't release his friends, are the most defining moments in affirming my appreciation for Ji-un as a man.
As for Seon Yeon, she's like a volcano simmering with hate, fear, dread, and most of all an ager waiting to erupt in the face of those who wronged her the most, and erupt she will. It's simply a matter of time. What I like most about Seon Yeon is that despite the crippling fear and pretense she's had to live with, she didn't let it change the core of who she's always been, virtuous and brave, and the best part is Ji-un had a lot to do with her becoming that person. Watch episodes 15 & 16 here.
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Sharon Helman, ex-Phoenix VA hospital director, pleads guilty in 2016.
Sharon Helman, the former Phoenix VA Health Care System director who was fired in 2014 amid a scandal over patient care, pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing a false financial disclosure that failed to list more than $50,000 in gifts she had received from a lobbyist.
A conviction for that crime carries a maximum prison sentence of five years, but terms of a plea agreement call for Helman to receive probation with no time behind bars.
Helman oversaw the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix from 2012-14, when whistleblowers disclosed to Congress and The Arizona Republic that veterans seeking appointments faced delays of up to a year, and that some had died while on secret wait lists. Subsequent investigations verified that the VA in Phoenix and at hospitals nationwide had "cooked the books," manipulating wait-time data. The revelations led to the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, as well as nationwide audits, congressional reviews and a $16 billion reform bill.
Neither Helman nor her attorneys could be reached immediately for comment on her plea.
Helman, who denied that patient-scheduling data had been falsified, was fired by the VA over the wait-time issue, for alleged retaliation against whistleblowers, and for failing to report the lobbyist gifts. Her termination on the first two allegations was overturned by a judge with the Merit Systems Protection Board, but the final charge was upheld.
The gifts were provided by Dennis "Max" Lewis, a former Veterans Health Administration administrator who had been Helman's boss before he became a private consultant.
According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Helman failed to report $19,300 worth of gifts in 2013, including an automobile, a check for $5,000 and tickets to a Beyonce concert. In 2014, prosecutors said, Helman failed to disclose another $27,700 in perks. That included family tickets to Disneyland.
Helman was not charged with unlawfully accepting the gifts, but failing to provide the VA with required information to evaluate a potential conflict of interest.
Lewis, then vice president at Jefferson Consulting Group, was terminated by his employer when the controversy became public in late 2014. Jefferson represented major health-care companies seeking business with the VA.
Phoenix FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Cwynar said, "Although this plea agreement calls for a term of probation, making a false financial disclosure to the federal government is a felony and will permanently attach to Ms. Helman's record."
Michael Seitler of the VA's Office of Inspector General added, "This prosecution holds Ms. Helman accountable. We hope it will deter any other government executives who may be tempted to conceal this type of information."
Paula Pedine, a Phoenix VA whistleblower, described the entire VA care crisis and scandal as "a sad situation that I wish never occurred." But she added, "I believe this is the beginning of accountability that needs to take place."
Early 2012: Dr. Katherine Mitchell, a Department of Veterans Affairs emergency-room physician, warns Sharon Helman, incoming director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, that the Phoenix ER is overwhelmed and dangerous. Mitchell now alleges she was told within days by senior administrators that she had deficient communication skills and was transferred out of the ER.
Later in 2012: Later in 2012: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs orders implementation of electronic wait-time tracking and makes improved patient access a top priority. In December, the Government Accountability Office tells the Veterans Health Administration that its reporting of outpatient medical-appointment wait times is "unreliable," that scheduling policies are not uniform nationwide and that improvements are needed.
March 2013: The GAO's Debra Draper tells a subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee: "Although access to timely medical appointments is critical to ensuring that veterans obtain needed medical care, long wait times and inadequate scheduling processes at VAMCs (medical centers) have been persistent problems, as we and the VA Office of Inspector General have reported."
July 2013: In an e-mail exchange among employees at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, an employee questions whether administrators are improperly touting their Wildly Important Goals program as a success because it shows a dramatic reduction in wait times for patient appointments.
"I think it's unfair to call any of this a success when veterans are waiting six weeks on an electronic waiting list before they're called to schedule their first PCP (primary-care provider) appointment," program analyst Damian Reese complains. "Sure, when their appointment was created, (it) can be 14 days out, but we're making them wait 6-20 weeks to create that appointment. That is unethical and a disservice to our veterans."
September 2013: Mitchell files a confidential complaint intended for the VA Office of Inspector General, channeled through Arizona Sen. John McCain's office. Her list of concerns instead goes to the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs and eventually back to the VA, which responds in February 2013. It does not address her most serious complaints. Mitchell, meanwhile, is placed on administrative leave.
October 2013: Dr. Sam Foote, a doctor of internal medicine at the Phoenix VA, files a complaint with the VA Office of Inspector General alleging purported successes in reducing wait times stem from manipulation of data, not improved service, and that vets are dying while awaiting appointments for medical care.
December 2013: Foote retires, assuming the role of whistle-blower by meeting with Arizona Republic reporter Dennis Wagner. He details allegations that patients have died while awaiting care at the Phoenix VA and that wait times have been falsified. The same month, inspector general's investigators visit Phoenix to look into whistle-blowers' complaints.
April 9: Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, says during a hearing that dozens of VA hospital patients in Phoenix may have died while awaiting medical care. He says staff investigators have evidence that the Phoenix VA Health Care System keeps two sets of records to conceal prolonged patient waits for appointments and treatment.
April 16: A Phoenix rally organized by Concerned Veterans for America and attended by Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., draws 150 veterans and their supporters calling for solutions to the controversy.
May 21: President Barack Obama pledges in a televised press briefing that the administration will thoroughly investigate allegations of misconduct at VA facilities in Phoenix and across the country. He says he expects preliminary results of the review in Phoenix within a week and will punish any misconduct.
Nov. 11: USA Today discloses that the VA doled out more than $142 million in bonuses to executives and employees for performance in 2014, as the scandal was unfolding.


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So, my iPod touch doesn't take very clear pictures, but I can't sync photos from my phone while I'm here in Australia so this is how it's gonna have to be 😛 I drew this while waiting at the airport in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. It was my way of passing time/ finding something familiar in my surroundings. Drawing always makes me calmer in stressful or uncomfortable situations… probably the reason why I drew all the time in high school.
This was inspired by a new kind of orchid that I found in a book. The striped markings are especially unique. The texture they make from looking at the orchid from far away is completely awesome. Of course, I don't think I drew the center the same as the actual orchid. I kind of improvise how I like.
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Why Plymouth Argyle have decided not to appeal red card shown to defender Ryan Edwards
The Pilgrims' centre-back was controversially sent-off early in the 4-0 home defeat by Oxford
Chris Errington
Referee Graham Horwood shows the red card to shocked Argyle defender Ryan Edwards (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)
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Plymouth Argyle have reluctantly decided not to appeal against the red card shown to centre-back Ryan Edwards in the 4-0 defeat by Oxford United on Saturday.
Officials at the League One club have concluded that the video evidence is not sufficient to persuade disciplinary chiefs at the Football Association to overturn the dismissal.
It means Edwards will be suspended for the next two games, starting against Northampton Town at Home Park on Tuesday (7.45pm).
The 24-year-old will also be banned for the League One trip to Portsmouth this Saturday.
Edwards was sent-off by referee Graham Horwood after an incident involving Oxford striker Wes Thomas in the 14th minute.
Gary Sawyer: It is good to have a game so soon after Plymouth Argyle's heavy Oxford United defeat
Thomas raced in behind Edwards and then fell to the ground inside the Argyle penalty area as the pair tangled.
Horwood awarded a penalty which was scored by Ryan Ledson to put Oxford 1-0 up, and also sent-off Edwards.
Manager Derek Adams admitted Argyle had looked into whether they could make an appeal to the FA about the dismissal.
He told Herald Sport: "We gave consideration to it but we have been unable to find video footage that is conclusive to say that he did not touch the opponent before he fell to the ground.
"The only footage we have got is from behind, and it's not enough for us to put an appeal in.
"But we can see it's highly unlikely that Ryan Edwards did touch the player before he fell to the ground."
Adams continued: "If you slow the footage down you see that Ryan does not touch him with his feet.
"Thomas's arm goes on top of Ryan Edwards's arm before he falls to the ground.
"We just haven't got the right angle to give us the footage that is beneficial. We can slow it down from behind but I don't think that's going to be enough."
Usually, a red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity results in a one-match suspension.
All you need to know about the referee for Plymouth Argyle v Northampton Town
However, as it was the second time this season that Edwards had been sent-off he will be banned for two games.
He was also dismissed in the 3-1 defeat by Blackpool at Home Park in September for a second bookable offence.
Argyle have already made one unsuccessful appeal to the FA over a red card this term, after Graham Carey was red-carded when the Pilgrims 1-0 at home to MK Dons.
Adams stated that previous attempt had put off Argyle from trying to overturn the dismissal of Edwards.
"No, not really, " he said. "You need to have evidence to suggest what I am suggesting happened.
Derek Adams on why he used Gary Miller as a substitute in Plymouth Argyle's 4-0 Oxford United defeat
"It has got to be conclusive there is space between Ryan Edwards and the player when the player falls to the ground."
He added: "We can't do anything else. The referee made the decision and we have got to move on now."
Yann Songo'o is set to partner Sonny Bradley in central defence for the clash against Northampton, as he did after the red card to Edwards on Saturday.
Jakub Sokolik is another option, which would allow Songo'o to continue in the midfield holding role which he has excelled in recently.
However, Sokolik has only made two substitute appearances in League One this term so that appears to be unlikely.
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Plymouth ArgylePlymouth Argyle's out-of-favour defender Tafari Moore joins Colchester United on loanThe 22-year-old defender has played only twice this season, both in cup competitions
Plymouth ArgyleArgyle and Parkway set for Plymouth derby in Devon St Luke's Cup quarter-finalsThe last eight tie will be played at Bolitho Park later this month
Plymouth ArgyleJoe Edwards on how competition for places is propelling Plymouth Argyle's promotion pushThe Pilgrims have risen to fifth place in League Two after an excellent run of results
Plymouth ArgylePlymouth Argyle will be promoted this season, tips Mansfield Town boss Graham CoughlanThe former Pilgrims' defender will bring his side to Home Park on Saturday to play Ryan Lowe's team


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Starcrossed Vessels: The Quadra and the Charmer
Jeffrey Olafson | Assistant Archivist & Contributing Researcher
Sinking of the Quadra.
They say its bad luck to change the name of a ship, and perhaps that's true for the SS Charmer, formerly the Premier. In 1892, its predecessor, while en route to Seattle and facing thick fog, was unable to determine its position, and suddenly struck on its port side and sliced in two. After the collision, both parties lost their licenses.
Although the Charmer was refitted – alongside a new captain – its luck did not seem to change. Facing another dense fog, this time at the entrance of Nanaimo Harbour in 1917, collided with the lighthouse tender Quadra. The Charmer's Captain Campbell, no stranger to ship collisions himself, kept his ship rammed in the Quadra's hull, so that the ship was beached and out of deep waters.
The Canadian Coast Guard, still relatively new at the time had commissioned the Quadra to have sole
SS Charmer, as the Premier.
responsibility for the Pacific, commuting the long and treacherous coastline, servicing light stations, mapping charts, erecting beacons, and search and rescue. George Nicholson (1975) wrote that, although there is an increased reliance on helicopters and automation to control and service light stations, "there's still no end to other tasks which only a tender can take care of." An archaic sentiment today when many of the lighthouses that dot our coast have been automated, abandoned, or appropriately converted into ecological reserves.
After its collision, only the Quadra's mast was visible at high tide. While the Quadra's coast guard career was over, the ship was re-floated and set a new course in the 1920's, running rum to the American border, before being apprehended and sold for scrap. The same cannot be said for the Charmer and its captain Campbell.
Only three years later, the Charmer was involved in the Princess Royal collision. The wreck commissioner aptly noted that not only was Campbell in command during both these collisions, but also "had command of the Princess Mary when she collided with the Henriette in Vancouver Harbour." While Campbell's predecessor had lost his licence, Campbell was able to continue his command for several years, proving that it's not necessarily the ship that's unlucky, but the people who command it.


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Before and after Hurricane Irma pummeled Florida in September 2017, staff in the City of Fort Lauderdale's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) turned to GIS technology to prepare for and respond to the damage caused by the storm's high winds and heavy rains.
Traffic moves smoothly on a sunny day in Fort Lauderdale. Photo courtesy of the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale's GIS Division, which operates under the Information Technology Services Department, conducts annual assessments of the city's emergency response needs. This includes studying how those requirements can be met using GIS. This annual assessment has led the GIS Division to implement GIS solutions based on Esri technology, with most being configurable applications. One of the division's goals is to get the apps in place and tested prior to the start of hurricane season, which occurs from June 1 to November 30 each year. But as Hurricane Irma demonstrated, Fort Lauderdale must be able to respond quickly to severe weather incidents, as no two events are guaranteed to be the same.
Esri's configurable application templates gave the GIS Division this agility when its staff was asked to deploy several new applications to meet the specific needs of the hurricane response efforts. The GIS Division augmented its preestablished inventory of emergency response-related applications by configuring several Esri templates several days before Hurricane Irma struck Florida and by making modifications shortly after the hurricane made landfall.
A web-based application, developed using Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, provided the EOC with real-time, map-enabled fire-rescue and police calls for service from the 911 dispatch system. Fire-rescue calls are represented as red points on the map, pictured above, while police calls are symbolized as blue points. The symbols include a number to identify each call's priority rating, with 1 being the most severe and 4 being the least severe.
By map enabling the 911 dispatch system in this way, command staff gained greater insight into storm-related incidents, such as two cases of breaking and entering commercial properties that occurred before the storm.
In the photograph above, a member of the city's fire-rescue command staff works with a GIS analyst to make changes to one of the web applications.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) storm, tornado, and wind report web services helped fire-rescue and police command staff gauge when and where it was safe to send first responders out to address calls for service. Some classes of vehicles in each department's fleet were better able to withstand high winds, so that was considered when determining how to handle a call for service.
As the storm progressed, managers and supervisors in the Public Works Department, along with other city leaders, needed to know the status and capacity of the sewer pump stations. The maps pictured above show sewer pump stations and the area being served by each station. The pump stations move wastewater in the correct flow direction. If wastewater doesn't move, there is the potential for sewage backup. In extreme conditions, such as a major storm, precipitation and floodwater have the potential to penetrate the wastewater system through surface-level manholes. Excessive water penetration into areas where pump stations are malfunctioning could result in sewage backups that seep onto the surface.
Utility workers with access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system entered pump station status and capacity information into an application configured by the city's GIS team using the ArcGIS Online Basic Viewer template. Staff at the EOC and utility managers around the city were kept abreast of the situation through the use of this viewer application, pictured above. During the hurricane, the colors on the map changed from predominantly green to red. Green indicates that the pump stations are operating perfectly, yellow means they're operating at less than an optimal level, orange means they're approaching failure, and red means they've completely failed.
If city staff observe that the pump stations are operating far below optimal levels when the weather is good, the Public Works Department can easily remedy the situation. Crews are usually sent into the field to strategically shut off select valves in one area of the system. This action diverts pressure from one area of the system to another area that needs more pressure. But during a major storm, it's often dangerous for crews to be out in the field. In these instances, Public Works staff can remotely power down targeted pump stations. During Hurricane Irma, the decision of which pump stations to shut off was made by looking at the status and capacity of all pump stations in the system. Essentially, the operation of one pump station affects the operation of other pump stations. The web application that showed the status and capacity of each pump station helped the supervisors, managers, and directors in Public Works determine which pump stations to power down.
Poststorm activity started at the crack of dawn, with fire prevention and building inspectors conducting a rapid impact assessment of the entire city. Decision-makers in the EOC are granted access to the real-time status of the assessments by way of the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer.
A storm as powerful as Hurricane Irma leaves behind an abundance of hazards such as flooding, trees down in roadways, and downed power lines. These issues were reported by Fort Lauderdale residents as well as city staff performing damage assessments or going about their business.
Different departments within the EOC are interested in tracking different activities using the configurable apps. In the photograph above, the map on the large screen on the left showed first responders the areas where there were flooding problems, downed trees in roadways, and traffic light outages. This information was of interest to the staff in the Public Works and Parks and Recreation Departments because it identified debris issues and concerns associated with utility assets. The map in the middle of the photograph displayed the progress of the rapid impact assessment (conducted when deemed safe during severe weather events) and was of interest to just about everyone on the city staff. The map on the right shows the fire-rescue and police command staff monitoring the current calls for service and viewing surveillance footage.
Staff in various departments and work units can focus on their particular concerns by using the web application pictured above, which was embedded in an Esri Story Map Series app that city staff calls the Emergency Operations Portal. They can track Open (red), In-Progress (yellow), and Closed (green) statuses of the issues pertinent to their area of the response.
Fort Lauderdale's emergency preparedness and disaster response have become increasingly dependent on technology in recent years. GIS is at the forefront of that technology dependence, as made evident in the hours leading up to Hurricane Irma and at the start of the recovery effort. Those were periods when the large electronic displays in the EOC were dominated by interactive GIS applications. This point was underscored an hour into the start of the recovery effort on September 11, when EOC occupants requested that all seven screens in the EOC display GIS applications.
This article was adapted from a blog post written by Ian Wint. During the storm, he was assisted in the EOC by GIS team staff members including Lucia Hogan, Jon Stahl, and Rollin Maycumber.
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If you think painting interior is simple you are so wrong! There are so many variations of the paints types, that it is easy to get lost! However, don't despair as we offer a hand in that!
First of all, there are exterior and interior paints. The exterior paint is designed especially for the outside use , as it is weather resistant and keeps to its true color longer. The interior paints have more tones to choose from, they are usually washable and besides they also provide texture: sheens, matte, eggshell, etc. Be aware that using exterior paint indoors may not be safe, because it mostly is dangerous to use inside. Likewise, the interior paint should not be used outdoors unless you want the crackled effect.
Since we are more concerned with the indoor use, lets focus on the interior paint. As mentioned above, the paint differs in being flat, eggshell, satin, semi-gloss or high gloss. For the ceilings it is best to use flat as it is easier to clean, while eggshell is strong and can be used for covering the bumps. Satin is used usually in rooms where the paint is fast to wear off, such as kid's room. Semi-gloss paint for kitchens, bathrooms, hallways and children's bedrooms, these are water resistant and sleek.


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Some of Isaac's recent trials include:
Roth et al. v. Security National Guaranty, Inc.: Successfully defended all claims made by the plaintiffs against Security National Guaranty. In arbitration, the plaintiffs sought $50 million for claimed damages related to a hybrid contingency fee agreement they had with Security National Guaranty. The arbitrator ruled in favor of Security National Guaranty on all claims, finding that the contingency component of the agreement was not triggered, and that the plaintiffs were not entitled to any quantum meruit compensation.
Trevino v. Estate of Labbe: Tried the case to a jury. After three weeks, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of the estate and awarded the estate a multimillion dollar verdict for conversion, including punitive damages.
Parallax Medical Systems and SCMI v. STAAR Surgical Company and SCMI v. STAAR Surgical Company: Successfully represented two regional manufacturing representative companies in separate trials for business tort/interference with prospective economic advantage against STAAR Surgical Company. In the two jury trials, Isaac procured multimillion dollar verdicts and punitive damages after the juries found that STAAR intentionally interfered with contractual arrangements that had been procured by SCMI and Parallax to sell intraocular lenses produced by Bausch and Lomb. After the conclusion of the jury trials, each of which lasted two months, the juries found that the plaintiffs had economic relationships and that STAAR had intentionally interfered with them.
DiStefano v. Sage Equity, Inc.: Secured complete defense verdict. In this case, the plaintiff sued his lenders for wrongful foreclosure. He also sued each of the trustees/foreclosing parties and the party that purchased at trustee's sale. After a six-week jury trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict.
Shoreline Properties, LLC v. Union Bank, N.A.: Secured a judgment for the plaintiff, Shoreline Properties, violation of Commercial Code Section 3405 against Union Bank. After a three-week jury trial, the jury found unanimously that Union Bank improperly accepted multiple deposits under suspicious circumstances. Isaac procured 100 percent of his client's damages incurred, including interest and costs.
Bane v. Martynec et al.: Obtained judgments for the plaintiff against the five defendants in excess of $10 million based upon an embezzlement/RICO scheme. This matter involved five different defendants conspiring to defraud over the course of six years. The defendants' embezzlement scheme included falsification of critical corporate documents and identity theft. The litigation lasted four years.
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The new Can-Am Outlander MAX 6×6 4DPS 450 ATV, complete with true six-wheel traction and an incomparable versatility, is built to haul gear and get the job done. Along with a few of its own functional features, like its clever rear platform, the six-wheeled vehicle was purpose-built to be every bit as capable as its larger displacement siblings, but also introduce the 6×6 segment to new customers. For 2019, it receives the 6×6 family's enhanced wheelbase, Tri-Mode DPS and updated passenger seating amenities and styling, while at the same time retailing for less than $10,000 USD, making it truly an affordable workhorse.
A 38hp Rotax single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine offers great all-around performance to overcome tough chores and challenging terrain. Regardless of temperature or altitude, EFI ensures optimal performance from the engine at all times.
The CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) means no shifting is required. The system includes standard engine braking, P / R / N / H / and Extra Low. The CVT housing has 13 bolts to ensure a proper seal and also includes an integrated drain plug. The extra-low L gear provides unmatched comfort for low-speed riding and an exceptional and smooth traction when pulling heavy loads.
The engine's air intake and CVT inlets have been positioned as high as possible on the Outlander MAX 6×6 DPS 450 to improve breathing while navigating wet and muddy conditions.
The Tri-Mode DPS system features three modes (MIN, MED and MAX) allowing riders to select the desired amount of steering assist to adjust to the terrain requirements and to his riding style. All modes offer less assist at high speed to keep maximum steering feel to the rider and more assist at low speed to reduce steering effort.
For situations that require optimal traction and as much contact with the terrain at hand, the Outlander MAX 6×6 offers both 4×6 and 6×6 with its Visco-Lok QE. In 4×6 mode, all four, rear wheels provide traction. Once 6×6 is selected, the system intelligently transfers power from the slipping front wheel to the opposing wheel with traction and is not hampered by speed or rev limiters. The system progressively and automatically locks and requires no additional buttons to push or levers to hold.
The Outlander 6×6 vehicles use an industry-exclusive, four-wheel independent rear suspension that eliminates scrub and camber changes. The wheels pivot up and down rather than in a butterfly motion. This ensures the vehicle moves only in the direction you point it and is designed to improve traction and optimize transfer of power to the ground. Offering a five-way preload adjustable shocks and 8.8-in. (22 cm) of suspension travel, it can soak up rough terrain while keeping the rider comfortable and focused on the trail.
With its integrated Quick-Release Sway Bar, owners can adjust the amount of articulation from the rear TTI to improve the ride for both heavy loads or when unloaded.
The front double A-arm suspension supplies dive-control geometry for better cornering and vehicle-braking dynamics. The 9-in. (23 cm) suspension travel increases trail comfort and capabilities in rough terrain.
When combined with its impressive suspension travel, Visco-Lok QE and true 6×6 capabilities, the 10.5-in. (26.7 cm) ground clearance on the Outlander 6×6 makes conquering rugged terrain a snap.
The 2019 Outlander 6×6 ATVs feature four outboard 214mm hydraulic disc brakes with twin-piston calipers, front and rear, for superior stopping power.
The high-strength centre skidThe high-strength centre skid plate is made from proven materials and is designed for supreme protection and has the ability to slide over certain obstacles.
Centre-less 12-in (30.5 cm) cast-aluminum wheels offer a stylish, unique look and reduced weight but improved strength in strategic areas.
The 450 package includes the proven 26-in. (66 cm) ACT Radial tires for a smoother ride, increased durability and better shock absorption.
This package provides a 500-W magneto, enough to power accessories like a winch, extra lights or heated grips.
Fully equipped to move a load, the Outlander MAX 6×6 450 has a reinforced 2-in. (5 cm) receiver hitch and a 1,650-lbs. (750 kg) towing capacity that comes standard.
The Outlander 6×6 vehicles have a capacity of 5.4-Gal. (20.5 liters), which means one can ride longer and work harder.
The Outlander MAX 6×6 450 ATV has front steel rack, offering the rider improved sight lines while driving without a loaded front rack and the ability to connect LinQ quick-attach accessories. The unique rear cargo platform is designed to be versatile and adaptable for hauling a wide variety of loads and includes added cargo extenders.
The Outlander ATVs are made to work, with 470-lb. (163 kg) combined rack capacity. They can tote up to 120-lbs. (54 kg) up front and another 350-lbs. (159 kg) on the rear cargo area.
A convenient, 2.9-Gal. (10.9 L) water-resistant rear storage compartment is located in front of the rear cargo area.
The 2019 Outlander MAX 6×6 450 gets the family's longer wheelbase. The added 90 in. length allows the passenger to sit in front of the rear axle for improved handling and comfort. The stretched design also improves the ride and handling for single riders.
The Outlander MAX 6×6 ATVs have passenger-influenced ergonomics mimicking those found on the Outlander MAX models. DPC ergonomics means comfortable seating, cushioned ride and placing the passenger in an optimal riding position. The seating system allows for gradual bending of the backrest and pivoting to reduce kick back during acceleration / braking, as well as offering engineered enhancements like regressive flex and formed grooves for improved comfort.
The angled rear passenger handle position allows for flex while riding and also reduces the overall impact to the passenger's hands. The handles also allow for numerous hand positions to enhance the riding experience and comfort level for the passenger. For one-up use, the rear seat has integrated handles that don't limit rear rack space or prohibit single-rider comfort.
The Outlander MAX 6×6 features foot pegs with angles and depth that cater to the rear passenger. The footrests also have a third row of grips to improve lateral footing.
Tells the rider everything in one easy glance. Our easy-to-read multi-function gauge is equipped with a digital information center, including a speedometer, tachometer, odometer, trip meter, gear position, hour meter, engine hour meter, temperature and engine lights, fuel gauge and clock.
D.E.S.S., an anti-theft device, includes both a performance key and regular key. Can-Am is the only manufacturer to offer a factory-installed anti-theft device as standard equipment.
Equipped with dual 35-W front headlights, with selectable high and low beams, for superb visual clarity.
The Outlander 6×6 450 is available in green.
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Infertility in some men may be caused by X chromosome mutations
An international study has identified more than 50 genes on the X chromosome in which mutations may cause poor sperm production
Health 8 July 2022
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre
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An international study has identified more than 50 genes on the X chromosome in which mutations may cause poor sperm production.
Nearly half of all men with low or zero sperm count have no medical explanation for their infertility. In the past few years, studies have identified three X chromosome genes that could be involved in sperm production issues. But Csilla Krausz at the University of Florence in Italy wondered if there might be other genes on the X chromosome that play a role.
Krausz and her colleagues ran genetic analyses on 2354 men with less than 10,000 sperm per millilitre of their semen, then compared the results with those from another 209 men with normal sperm counts of up to 200 million per millilitre. The study did not include transgender or non-binary people. The men came from across Europe and had diverse ages and ethnicities. Before the study, their doctors had found no causes for the low or absent sperm counts of those affected.
The analysis discovered hundreds of mutated genes on the infertile men's X chromosomes, including the three previously identified in earlier studies. Through further investigation, the researchers honed in on 21 new genes that they considered particularly strong culprits for poor sperm production.
Most of the mutations in these genes affected the way the men's testicular cells divide to make sperm cells, and the researchers found them repeatedly in these men – as well as in some infertile male flies and mice.
The team also determined another 34 X chromosome genes in which mutations were probably involved in male infertility and should be investigated further.
We're heading for a male fertility crisis and we're not prepared
Because people assigned male at birth inherit one X chromosome from their mother and one Y chromosome from their father, this means that sperm-related infertility could be passed down from mothers to sons, says Krausz. But the mutations might also occur spontaneously during egg or embryo development, she adds.
"People often think about the X chromosome as a female chromosome, because females have two X chromosomes," she says. "So initially, no one was really thinking that the X chromosome could be so [involved] in male [reproductive] fitness. But [our findings] are fitting with the theory that the X chromosome is important for male reproduction."
In most cases, the genetic mutations lead to low sperm counts, so it is still possible for these men to have children – usually with medical assistance – and pass on the mutation to their daughters. The daughters would then have a 50/50 chance of passing the mutation on to their sons, depending on which X chromosome they pass on.
"We had cases where we had two brothers," says Krausz. "One brother was the unlucky one because he got the mutated gene, and the other brother had the good X chromosome, without the mutation."
With a better understanding of the mutations that cause infertility, doctors might be able to use genetic testing to diagnose the causes of low sperm counts and choose the most appropriate treatments.
Journal reference: The American Journal of Human Genetics , DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.06.007
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Remember the Birth Pangs of Medicare!
The remembrances of JFK this week focused, understandably, on his great promise and how an assassin's bullet burst the bubble of optimism and exhilaration generated by his election. Implicit in this perspective, however, is the suggestion that all that came after Kennedy was pessimism and gloom, epitomized by the Vietnam War. What is ignored by claims that it-was-all-downhill-after-JFK is that for all Kennedy's youth, his oratory skills, and his brilliance, he was in many ways not a terribly effective president. Left largely unsaid is that it was under LBJ, the consummate politician, that progress was made on the liberal agenda. It was LBJ who pushed the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, the Food Stamp program—and Medicare and Medicaid--through Congress.
For 50 years, America had resisted national health insurance. Theodore Roosevelt (yes, the Republican Roosevelt) supported national health insurance in the election campaign of 1912, arguing that no society could be strong whose people were sick and poor. But he lost the election and the issue largely faded from the national agenda until a different Roosevelt became president in 1932. While enthusiasm for national health insurance grew within FDR's administration, the president himself never championed it as he faced relentless opposition from the AMA and state medical societies.
Truman picked up the baton after WWII, but again confronted insurmountable opposition from the AMA as well as other powerful health care organizations such as the American Hospital Association. Thus, despite continued public support—polls every couple of years between 1936 and 1945 showed a large majority of Americans supported government health insurance—Congress balked. The passage of legislation providing comprehensive national health insurance for the poor (Medicaid) and the elderly (Medicare) during the Johnson Administration in 1965 was an extraordinary achievement, launching a very popular program from which older people continue to benefit today.
Just how important Medicare is to the health and well-being of the 47 million people (8 million disabled Americans and 41 million older individuals) now covered by the program was brought home recently by the publication of an article reminding us that access, affordability, and insurance complexity are generally worse in the US than in 10 other developed countries.
American's poor access and affordability arise largely because of the enormous uninsured population in the US—a situation that does not affect older people, thanks to Medicare, and that will be less of a problem if the Affordable Care Act is allowed to go into effect. Even among insured adults in the US, however, high out-of-pocket spending was a problem, chiefly because of the high deductibles and cost-sharing in many US insurance plans. This problem is less likely to affect older people in light of Medicare's comparatively modest cost-sharing.
Access to primary care was less good in the US than in many other developed nations, a problem that was particularly severe for the uninsured. This is one domain that also affected the insured, including those with Medicare, because of a relatively poorly developed primary care infrastructure in the US.
In the area of administrative costs and complexity, the US was an outlier, with US health insurers spending $606 per person on administrative costs, more than twice as much as the number 2 spender, Switzerland, and 17 times as much as the number 11 spender, Norway. While there is considerable debate about just how to compute administrative costs of a health insurer, some of the best estimates indicate that Medicare spends less than 2% of its operating expenditures on administrative costs, compared to 11% for Medicare Advantage Plans (the private Medicare spinoffs) and 12% or higher for other private insurers.
Let us celebrate what Medicare has achieved—reasonably good access to comprehensive care at an affordable price for consumers—and make sure that we do not sacrifice these accomplishments as we improve Medicare to make it more responsive to contemporary medical problems and to slow the rate of rise of health care costs. And as we pay tribute to Medicare, with all its imperfections, let us also recognize that the Affordable Care Act, with all its imperfections, aims to do for the rest of the population what Medicare has done for the elderly and the disabled. Obamacare is not national health insurance--it is as its core a plan designed by Republicans, supported by big business, and relying on private rather than government insurers--but its intent is to extend the indubitable benefits of health insurance to another 30 million Americans.
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American Idol is in the middle of its 17th's season (wow)! The show took a little 2 year hiatus. The "Original Show" was a Fox show that started June 11th, 2002 until April 7th, 2016. The latest two seasons, March 11th 2018/The present season, are on ABC Sunday and Monday nights.
This might have been the most talented American Idol group of the entirety of the show. The top two artists Alejandro Aranda and Laci Kaye Booth being called the two best singers the show has ever seen, while 17 year old Madison VanDenburg has been called the next Kelly Clarkson (who won the first ever season) by Katy Perry every week so far.


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Our Lady's Convent School in Loughborough was delighted to welcome back past pupil Millie Elliott as she led an assembly about her gap year in an independent school in America.
Millie, who is now in her first year at St Andrew's University, won an English Speaking Union Scholarship worth £35,000 to attend Western Reserve Academy in North East Ohio, rated 14 in the top 100 American private schools. Students listening to her speak were transfixed by her tales of daily academic life, attending proms and how all students are equally regarded as athletes and expected to participate in at least two hours of sporting activities daily.
Encouraging current students to grasp all opportunities offered by the School, Millie explained that her ability to demonstrate breadth and depth of skills and experiences helped her qualify for the scholarship. She emphasised the need to get involved with as much as possible and accept the help and support offered by the School.
Millie is now offering support and advice to other students at The Convent looking to broaden their horizons and study overseas for a year.
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Elite Universities Gave Us Effective Altruism, the Dumbest Idea of the Century
Linsey McGoey
A cocktail of elite arrogance and naivete across the Anglophone world, combined with the support of billionaires like Sam Bankman-Fried, produced effective altruism. The result has been reactionary, often racist intellectual defenses of inequality.
According to Karl Marx, a combination of arrogance and ignorance incubated in elite institutions was to blame for the worst excesses of British moral philosophy. The same holds true for effective altruism.(RDImages / Epics / Getty Images)
Academics are fond of giving lofty names to their research institutions. But the Future of Humanity Institute, a research body based at Oxford University, is grandiose even by the standards of an elite institution that takes it for granted that many of its graduates will go on to walk the halls of power.
The combination of a forward-looking outlook and a universalist perspective would suggest that the institute would at the very least be home to cosmopolitan and egalitarian ideas. For this reason, it came as a surprise to some when a racist email written by Nick Bostrom, a professor at the institute, resurfaced. In the email, sent in 1996 to a transhumanist mailing list of which Bostrom was a member, the future Oxford don writes that "blacks are more stupid than whites" and then later doubles down enthusiastically on this statement by telling the forum's members, "I like that sentence and think it's true."
In the email, Bostrom cites as evidence for his assertions "scientific" views about IQ differences between racial groups. Predictably, he suggests that fear of being accused of bigotry prevents honest talk about these important issues: "For most people, however, the sentence seems to be synonymous with: 'I hate those bloody n——!!!,'" he wrote.
Given this concern, he concludes there's a need for caution in communicating the "facts" about relative mental inferiority in ways that don't invite accusations of racism and therefore result in "personal damage." He is adamant that he's not racist, and he seems to sincerely believe this claim.
We might think that, given the incident took place decades ago, it is hardly relevant. This may have been the case were it not for the fact that, in an apology circulated by Bostrom earlier this month, he did little to challenge the central claims of his previous racist rant. "I completely repudiate this disgusting email from 26 years ago," Bostrom writes:
It does not accurately represent my views, then or now. The invocation of a racial slur was repulsive. I immediately apologized for writing it at the time, within 24 hours; and I apologize again unreservedly today. I recoil when I read it and reject it utterly.
The main problem, according to Bostrom, was the use of a racial slur and not, his statement suggests, his commitment to pseudoscientific ideas about racial difference.
Bostrom is an advocate of longtermism, a once-niche concept now in vogue thanks to a bestselling 2022 book, What We Owe the Future, by William MacAskill, a pioneer of the effective altruism (EA) movement. The gist of longtermism is that future people, however distant, have equal moral value to people alive today. Though seemingly innocuous, this view has drawn support from reactionary conservatives and tech gurus who flood Bostrom and MacAskill with millions in research grants.
What is it about effective altruism and offshoots like longtermism that make them so appealing to tech billionaires who flood MacAskill and his pals with grants, book endorsements, and invitations to California retreats?
The short answer is that effective altruism, for all the hype about being a novel, game-changing approach, is at heart a conservative movement, which attempts to present billionaires as a solution to global poverty rather than its cause. The effective altruism movement has parasitically latched onto the back of the billionaire class, providing the ultrarich with a moral justification of their position.
In a 2015 conference hosted by Google, organizers enthused that "effective altruism could be the last social movement we ever need." A deeply implausible statement, of course, but one that has managed somehow to serve as a rallying cry for the idealistic rich.
Rooted in a worldview that stretches from philosopher Peter Singer to the grandaddy of consequentialism, Jeremy Bentham ("Bentham's bulldog" is the title of one effective altruism fan's Substack), proponents of effective altruism champion the belief that measurable effects in terms of lives saved is the only rational way to make decisions about philanthropic expenditures.
In many ways, their interest in measurement is not particularly objectionable, nor new. Gilded Age robber barons like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller drew upon Taylorist management principles to insist that their giving was more scientific than earlier philanthropists. In every age, we see apologetics for extreme, concentrated wealth, and while the charitable causes shift, the rationales tend to be pretty much the same: my extreme wealth is good — no matter how concentrated and disproportionate — because others will inevitably benefit from it — if not today, then certainly tomorrow.
"Earn to give" is the most recent instantiation of the supposedly rational justification of inequality. It's the idea that people are morally beholden to maximize wealth however possible so they have more to give, leading in its most extreme interpretation to the insistence there may be no moral "good" after all in trying to save poor lives, because rich people are more "innovative" and thus more worthy.
Many of the effective altruism proponents I met spoke about ending global poverty but had never heard of the WTO or the IMF. This ignorance seemed not to perturb but to embolden them to make grand claims about the 'facts' of the global economy.
"It now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal," wrote Nick Beckstead in his 2013 Rutgers PhD, which he completed before joining the Future of Humanity Institute as a research fellow and then going on to work as CEO of the FTX Foundation before leaving in the wake of Sam Bankman-Fried's recent disgrace.
Certainly, not everyone in the effective altruism movement agrees with Beckstead's claim that saving rich lives is worthier than saving poor ones. It is, however, those like him with the most extremist, pro-rich takes on trickle-down policies who seem to get the plum jobs at effective altruism research centers. On EA forums, meanwhile, hoi polloi frustration is mounting. There is growing realization that a hierarchical movement spearheaded by a handful of mediagenic men and the billionaires they worship might not be the world's saviors after all.
Many onetime enthusiasts who read books like MacAskill's first one, Doing Good Better, and were inspired to "give what we can" are frustrated. They earnestly wanted to help poorer groups and feel cheated. They are right to feel that way. Given their sincerity, it feels almost cruel to break the news: no, you're not the last social movement humanity will ever need. Indeed, many seem to have little knowledge of previous ones, a problem I encountered when I worked as a research fellow in Oxford and met EA leaders in the early days of the movement.
At first, I thought we shared a common cause. Before reaching Oxford, I'd been a journalist and activist, reporting on movements calling for reform to global trade policies that hindered poor nations from acquiring pharmaceuticals, domestic tax revenue, and the policy freedom they deserved. Many of the effective altruism proponents I met, meanwhile, spoke about ending global poverty but had never heard of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This ignorance seemed not to perturb but to embolden them to make grand claims about the "facts" of the global economy.
"The Moral Case for Sweatshop Goods," a chapter in MacAskill's first book, hails sweatshop labor as an unalloyed advantage, even a beneficent gift, to poor nations: "Among economists on both the left and the right, there is no question that sweatshops benefit those in poor nations." The authorities he cites are Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs. His main empirical material appears to be drawn from Nicholas Kristof's New York Times columns. "I'd love to get a job in a factory," one Cambodian woman says to Kristof.
To be sure, you can find some economists across the spectrum to defend sweatshops. But you can also find reams of Global South scholarship on tax drain and the bullying of nations to accept draconian IMF loan conditions. MacAskill's book entirely ignores any viewpoint that does not affirm his own conservative priors — perhaps because confronting alternative views might force a rethinking of his philosophical stance, which is predicated on exhorting the world's 1 percent to engage in as much economic predation of poor groups as possible as long it generates private wealth to then disburse.
MacAskill's strategic ignorance is not unusual; it is in fact hardwired into the history of the branch of Anglophone philosophy out of which effective altruism emerged. James Mill, the father of John Stuart Mill, published a history of India in 1817 that helped him to be upheld as a key global authority on the nation, later taking up senior positions in the East India Company. Incredibly, he purposely chose not to visit India while writing his three-volume history because he didn't want to be biased by local norms. As the Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen put it, "Mill seemed to think that this non-visit made his history more objective."
This sort of insipid, purposeful blindness tended to enrage later anti-utilitarian thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx. It's probably why Marx voiced sharp criticism of Bentham, who he called that "arch-philistine . . . that soberly pedantic and heavy-footed oracle of the 'common sense' of the nineteenth-century bourgeoisie."
"Bentham is a purely English phenomenon," Marx declares in Capital, Volume 1: "In no time and no country has the most homespun commonplace ever strutted about in so self-satisfied a way." According to Marx, a combination of arrogance and ignorance incubated in elite institutions was to blame for the worst excesses of British moral philosophy — the same holds true for effective altruism.
Unscientific Racism
When Bostrom made his false, anti-scientific comments about IQ testing, I wasn't surprised because I'd seen him and his pals up close. When Anders Sandberg, a researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute, offered a defense of his colleague shortly after the public became aware of the racist email, he made sure to leave Bostrom's core claims untouched.
Sandberg instead implied there was nothing wrong with the original email, but rather that because of "newfound" historical awareness of the problem of racism, out of politeness Bostrom should avoid racial slurs. "The email has become significantly more offensive in the current cultural context: levels of offensiveness change as cultural attitudes change," Sandberg tweeted on January 11. "This causes problems when old writings are interpreted by current standards."
It is odd to imagine that Sandberg does not realize that racial slurs were offensive in 1996 too. Even if we grant this absurd claim, the main problem with Bostrom's email is not his writing style but the worldview underlying it. This is a worldview that draws spurious connections between IQ and intelligence to back up racist assumptions about the world.
In 1996, the first "drafts" of the human genome were a few years away from being sequenced and published. In 2003, a global consortium made a thrilling announcement. As the Guardian reported, "Fifty years after the discovery of the structure of DNA [scientists] have sequenced the entire genetic code of a human being, to an accuracy of 99.999%."
This sequencing was — and remains — bad news for racists everywhere. It found, as one recent research paper summarizes, that "humans populating the earth today are on average 99.9% identical at the DNA level, there is no genetic basis for race, and there is more genetic variation within a race than between them."
The finding has settled a centuries-long debate over how biologically meaningful today's racial categorizations are. The answer was clear: they aren't, not at the level of genetic difference. And certainly not at the level of cognitive difference, something much more elusive and impossible to study precisely than genetic makeup.
Let's get back to Bostrom: "Blacks are more stupid than whites." To speak in this sweeping, grossly generalizing way was morally and scientifically suspect in 1996, but it's especially shameful and debunkable now, when we know so much more about how useless it is to categorize people writ large into separate biological "races" in the ways that Bostrom does. I am not a racist, he insists; then don't make racist claims.
Of course, Bostrom's errors are not his alone. Similar pseudoscientific views are incentivized by a cluster of commercial, educational, and political factors that militate toward keeping early imperial racial classifications alive and well in the twenty-first century, even long after their biological basis, which never existed to begin with, has lost all credence.
Ancestry tests are a big culprit, emboldening white supremacists today to claim various levels of "purity" genetically based on their heritage and the regions ancestors hailed from. Early race science was rooted in categories developed in the eighteenth century, when the German natural scientist Johann Blumenbach and others suggested there are five races — Caucasian (white), Mongolian (yellow), Malayan (brown), Ethiopian (black), and American (red). Today's ancestry tests don't exactly replicate these categories, but in some ways, they're almost as problematic when it comes to maintaining a mirage of racial separateness that belies constant migrations and intermingling throughout history.
As the academic Vivian Chou writes, "Ancestry test kits are the new 'it' item." Proving relatedness to distant populations is a way for various groups to insist on their superiority even though we know, as Chou writes, that there is "so much ambiguity between the races, and so much variation within them, that two people of European descent may be more genetically similar to an Asian person than they are to each other."
The finding of 99.9 percent shared DNA hasn't halted white supremacists. Instead, they pounce on the 0.1 percent variation, cherry-picking "ideas that align with their preconceived notions of racial hierarchies," Chou writes, while "ignoring the broader context of the field of human genetics."
The latest trend is to insist that Neanderthal inheritance — the fact that many Europeans and their descendant have inherited some DNA from Neanderthals, while most African descendants did not — has conferred a sort of exceptional intelligence on white groups. As Chou puts it, "Some within the alt-right have claimed that Europeans and Asians have superior intelligence because they have inherited larger brains from their Neanderthal ancestors."
Of course, it's impossible to prove that this Neanderthal inheritance has any causal influence on personal intelligence today. The white supremacists base it on skull size, claiming the bigger brains of Neanderthals means they must have been cognitively superior to other groups. Right.
Perhaps it's to be expected that alt-right supremacists have an interest in such cherry-picking. What's Bostrom's excuse?
He based his 1996 claim of racial cognitive difference on IQ testing, and today he appears to be standing by this, insisting the "science" of IQ is robust enough to claim unequivocally that there is some objective basis to his claim that "blacks are more stupid."
IQ testing is, of course, as much a social construction as Blumenbach's effort to sort humanity into five discrete races, and its objective flaws and misuse has tempered most scholars from making generalizations based on deeply subjective, uncertain science.
IQ scores are affected by a host of factors, including social-economic status, financial opportunities, learning resources, and psychosomatic anxieties. Test outcomes tend to shift dramatically at the group level over time as living standards rise. For example, a 1998 Brookings Institute report on black-white achievement gaps found that overall,
82 percent of those who took the Stanford-Binet test in 1978 scored above the 1932 average for individuals of the same age. The average black did about as well on the Stanford-Binet test in 1978 as the average white did in 1932.
If we leave aside basic questions such as whether it makes sense to compare the cognitive ability of people living in vastly different social worlds that required vastly different sets of skills, this finding and findings like it would seem to back up Bostrom's assertion. Although some scholars cherry-pick data like this to defend Bostrom's view, others reach the opposite conclusion, pointing out that shifts in IQ over time underscore just how environmentally shaped and malleable any cognitive tests really are.
When it comes to national-level IQ rankings, the United States tends to rank lower than Mongolia, to name just one country. So, are Americans stupider than Mongolians? Presumably, Bostrom must think so, given his propensity for making gross generalizations based on flawed IQ measures. And yet, oddly enough, that's not the point he made — perhaps because maligning American intelligence writ large might piss off his white philanthropic donors. But "blacks," on the other hand, he's fine with disparaging.
In the 1990s, introducing the notion of "stereotype threat," a study by psychologists Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson found that, when asked to record their race before taking a test, and when told the test was a measure of mental ability, black undergraduates at Stanford did measurably worse than their white counterparts. When the same test was presented in a different way, as a nondiagnostic test of ability, the same undergraduates performed equivalently to their white classmates.
Twenty years on, such stereotype threat effects have been registered in a host of studies, across multiple groups. For example, as one recent study summarizes:
Research indicates that Caucasian men, a group that have a relatively positive social status, underperform when they believe that their mathematical performance will be compared to that of Asian men. White men also appear to perform worse than black men when motor tasks are related to "natural athletic ability."
The conclusions of such research? Stereotypes have self-fulfilling consequences, shaping "the behavior of individuals in a way that endangers their performance and further reinforces the stereotype."
Bostrom's blanket claim about the intellectual inferiority of black people is therefore damaging and dangerous. We know this from studies of the empirical effects that stereotypical claims can have on lowered performances. What's more, Bostrom knows this, or at least he should know it.
There is currently an investigation at Oxford into Bostrom's conduct. "The University and Faculty of Philosophy is currently investigating the matter but condemns in the strongest terms possible the views this particular academic expressed in his communications," the university told the Daily Beast in a statement.
Bostrom claimed in his 1996 email to esteem "uncompromisingly objective" ways of thinking. But to actively avoid scientific challenges to nineteenth-century racism involves doing the opposite. The "objectivity" he claims to idealize and embody might be a quaint mirage that gives him and his rich funders comfort, but it certainly isn't the truth.
Linsey McGoey is professor of sociology at the University of Essex.
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