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Sometimes it is hard to figure out if the Obama administration is full of children or power-whores. It is probably a little of both. When Obama flouts congressional approval and breaks the law in not informing them before Guantanamo detainees are released in a trade for a US prisoner, it seems like Obama is concentrating power in the executive branch. When Susan Rice says they did not negotiate with terrorists because Qatar was the intermediary, it seems like a sixth grade debate club. And actually, I shouldn't insult sixth graders like that.
But seriously Susan Rice? That's like saying, "no I didn't talk to him, I just called him on the phone and we conversed". But the thing that surprises me most is that the Obama administration still somehow sends Susan Rice to do their explaining. Is that like some inside joke in the White House? Does no one really like poor Susan so they send her on TV and all crowd around with popcorn in the Oval office to laugh at her as she stumbles through a defense of admin policy?
So the US didn't negotiate with terrorists because they told Qatar what to say to the terrorists, and then the terrorists told Qatar what to say to us. Okay. But it gets even more child-like when Susan Rice is asked why the administration broke the law in not informing congress about the prisoner swap.
And when asked why the administration failed to notify Congress about the Guantanamo Bay prison transfer despite U.S. law requiring the administration to notify Congress 30 days in advance of any transfer of prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, she said it was because they were worried it would jeopardize the deal.
So Rice and the administration were afraid that congressmen exercising their oversight might object to the release of five battle-hardened terrorists and suspected war criminals, or that the deal could leak.
I didn't ask my parents if I could go to the party, because I was afraid they would say no. Oh, okay, no problem then.
And it is another whole debate on the merits of trading this particular serviceman, who many claim was a deserter (even though Rice referenced him being captured "on the battlefield") who got other American soldiers killed directly when they were searching for him, and indirectly when combat operations were diverted to assist with locating him. Then it seems a little sketchy that his dad says he has been working to free all the Guantanamo detainees, and thanked Allah in Arabic for the release of his son.
And the saddest part is that no one is even surprised anymore. Whether it is incompetence or willful disregard for America and her safety, this administration is just a scandal factory, pumping out lie after poor decision after cover-up. And these are just the ones we know about.


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Related info from a meeting we had yesterday was waiting for it to be approved before posting.
Price is currently $399.99 they were discussing a better CPU which would raise the price to $499.99 we were guaranteed the price will be no higher than $499.99 (He mentioned the CPU upgrade quite a bit almost as if they haven't really decided on a final spec could be a pricing issue.) also there is currently no plan for any type of trade in program for current PS4 users but that could change.
They stated that the GPU is twice as powerful as standard PS4 and much faster. They did not say exactly how fast but that is was running at a higher clock speed while being much smaller than the original.
It will have a 4k blu ray player and will upscale games that are not natively 4k.
Also there was talk of some sort of VR lounge for the media player app which is supposed to be getting a substantial upgrade.
It was stated plainly and with no room for interpretation that there are developers that already have development kits for the PS4K and that they are making games that will directly target and take advantage of the higher specs of the PS4K. It was also stated that these games will in fact work for the PS4 but with considerable sacrifices made to performance.
It was also made very clear that current games would not be getting any type of performance upgrades by being played on the system and any benefits to older games would come via patch per game and per developer. When asked if this was going to happen the response was "Its a possibility but doubtful with the exception of a handful of games."
We were also given a list of games that will be available at launch that will directly take advantage of the PS4K where the differences are and I will quote him "Significant."
For the PSVR
Eve Valkyrie
GT Sport
For the PS4K
Deep Down (Thought this was dead)
GOW4 (This was the exact abbreviation on the sheet I can only assume its god of war 4)
There were more games on the list but these are the ones that stood out to me.
That's all I can remember off the top of my head I'll see if I can get any more information.
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I got a bit more information today but I am trying to find out who all knows about it before posting.
Also the word "Sacrifices" is being blown out of proportion. There are sacrifices made when making a console version of a game as compared to a PC game or when making an XB1 game as compared to a PS4 game. Don't expect PS4 games to all of a sudden become [censored] just expect them to run better on PS4K. I would expect a game that is really pushing the graphics envelope to run at 1080p 60fps on PS4K while the same game might run at 900p 60/30fps on PS4. Just the way I took it.
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Is love in the air for Yahoo!
As luck would have it, I examined the online dating phenomenon during the summer, and my own personal suspicion was that it's way too competitive a space for any one player to continuously make a lot of money. Not to mention, it's an evolving industry and therefore subject to rapid change.
Yahoo!'s new premium service involves a $34.95 fee for matching using psychological profiling, the method that eHarmony popularized and one that some rivals such as InterActiveCorp.'s
Those are just the fee-based rivals. Free Craigslist serves as a platform for dating for some, and there are always the social networking sites, such as Friendster and, perhaps someday, Google's Orkut.
InterActiveCorp's last couple quarters have illustrated flat revenues over at Match.com. Yahoo!, on the other hand, doesn't break out the revenues that it derives from personals, although in its last conference call, it did describe personals as one of the segments that contributed to growth.
Most of the other players are privately held, and therefore, the information is not so easy to come by. However, earlier this week eHarmony announced a deal in which it gets prime real estate on Gannett's
Despite Yahoo!'s apparent luck in the space (comScore taps it as No. 1), signs have shown slowing growth this past year. Recent data from Jupiter Research forecasts that the U.S. market will grow only 19.4% this year, to $473 million, and only 32%, to $623 million, over the next five years. Just a year ago, revenues in the online dating arena were seen skyrocketing by 76%.
It's definitely a moment of respite from the search war and highlights a Yahoo! strength. Namely, the large audience it has established a strong connection with and its ability to offer premium services to subscribers who are willing to pay up, freeing it from the ups and downs of ad sales. Yahoo!'s betting that its audience, momentum, and innovation will woo additional subscriber revenues, but given the slowing growth of the industry, making this a lucrative bet requires that it stave off a ton of competition.
Single Fools talk about issues like online dating on -- you guessed it -- the Single Fools board, where one Fool recently revealed she met her fiancé on eHarmony.
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DescriptionIn the year 2535 the planet Omni declared independence from Earth. This decision was met by harsh repressions carried out by the Terran government. In response, Omni scientists managed to convert a device known as Power Loader (PLD) into combat mechas. Five years later, the 177th squadron was formed, consisting of an all-female team named DoLLS (Detachment of Limited Line Service).
Power Dolls is a turn-based strategy game in which the player takes role of a commander of an all-female military group manning giant mechanized battlesuits in a series of nine missions, with objectives ranging from destroying convoys to stalling enemy advance to rescuing captured military personnel.
Squads for each mission can be assembled from a total of twenty-one pilots, seven variants of mechanized battle armor (which can be armed with sixteen types of weaponry), four types of aircraft ranging from transport carriers to fighter-bombers and artillery units.
Several different battle plans can be chosen for most of the missions. The differences between these may range anywhere from a slight change of the deployment time up to and including a complete change of mission strategy.
Successfully completing a mission unlocks bonus piece of artwork depicting one of the women piloting the mechs ingame. There are nine of these graphics in total, one for each mission.
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- "Power Dolls: 25th Century Freedom Fighters" -- Tag-lined title
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TriviaThe scenario "Operation Whiplash" (first mission of the game) has been used as the basis for the scenario of the first Power Dolls OVA.
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A bomb explosion at a hospital in Bangkok has injured 24 people, police in Thailand say.
Investigators have found traces of batteries and wires at the scene.
The bomb had been hidden in a container near the hospital's pharmacy, sparking panic and sending smoke into the corridors.
Most of the wounded were hit by flying glass.
A government spokesman said three people received serious shrapnel injuries to the face and neck, but most of the victims had minor wounds.
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I've recently spotted a few new articles focusing on Flash animation production companies. The first is in the Austin-American Statesman, titled 'Austin a center of digital animation,' and it highlights a couple Flash-friendly studios, Powerhouse Animation and Horseback Salad Entertainment. Here's a quote from that article…
Using Flash software, an off-the-shelf computer animation program, HorseBack Salad keeps its costs down and attracts projects that might have ruled out animation because of budget constraints.
The second article comes from the Ottawa Business Journal, and we learn more about PIP Animation Studios and Funbag Animation, both located up in Ottawa. The article, titled 'Child's Play,' reveals that 'Carl Squared,' the new series on Canada's Teletoon network, is being produced with Flash software. Here's an interesting quote from Dave Fortier, the director of studio operations at PIP Animation.
The industry itself has changed significantly because in the 80s all of the (animated) material was produced in North America and then it started going overseas," he says. "By the 90s, virtually all material was done overseas, but things have changed now with the ever-dropping prices, smaller budgets and the flexibility of Flash, which can do just about anything and allows the artist to have complete control.
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Thread: A Question of Identity
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Re: A Question of Identity
Memories are a tricky thing and arguing things like dominant personalities is somewhat beyond the scope of my understanding. But I do know that memories do fade over time, and I am going to assume that even dying cannot possibly give perfect recall over events or else she would also remember things like when she was in the womb. So when she regains her memories of her evil deeds they will inevitably be less detailed than her more recent ones. She would probably be aware that she did horrible things, she might even know why she did them, but they won't have the same emotional impact that they had when they were fresh in her mind. It would thus seem likely that she would head towards a higher plane in the afterlife, not accounting for various setting specific things. And if her mind wiped version is as honorable and selfless as previously stated then she might very well seek some sort of penance anyway.
And if it turns out that souls gives perfect memories of all events in your life, then I have no idea where she would end up. There are too many variables.
And if this is a setting in which actions matter more than intent, then all that matters is her ratio of good to evil actions.
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I'd say we need more info.
How and why did she get amnesia? Did she do it to herself to escape punishment, or did some deity smite her to punish her? Or was it pure happenstance?
That will change how the deity responds to her arrival on their doorstep. If she did it to herself, the deity won't be fooled and will either condemn her for trying to escape justice or laud her for finding such an efficient means of overcoming her own wickedness (thus accepting her memory wipe as a makeshift form of atonement).
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Re: A Question of Identity
I'd say if you're applying this to Real World situations, then you are going to have to figure out mind-body dualism and the allotment of eternal souls for yourself. That biz is not simple.
In a D&D world (which, I assume, is the setting we're working with here), the soul is something entirely distinct from the body. It can be forced out of the body, moved into other bodies, &c. &c. Moreover, I think it's fairly well established that if someone animates your corpse after you die, your soul is not held responsible for its actions. While in the Real World, it's well established that a head injury can alter your personality on a neurological level, I would probably argue that this doesn't happen in the D&D world-- or at least, it only does when it's narratively appropriate and interesting. Your barbarian can continue to headbutt ogres all she wants without running the risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
So I'd say it's fair to assume that a total personality reboot is the result of direct, I daresay magical, action on the soul. The real question (at least one of the ones being hotly debated in this thread) is whether it represents a soul replacement or just a scrubbing clean of the soul.
Toward that determination, I wonder: Did the person have to learn to walk and talk again after their reboot, like an infant? If not, I'm going to guess that it's not a replacement. Memory in a D&D setting is attached to the soul, not the body-- it transfers when someone magically puts their soul into a gem. If the character retained any of their memory, even the memory of how to speak a language, then they must have retained their soul. So what you have there is a single soul that has forgotten some of its knowledge. The soul has some black deeds associated with it, as well as some good.
If I understand D&D cosmology correctly, there is a built-in escape for even the worst sinners, as there is in Catholicism: If you die in a state of grace, then rather than burning in Hell for eternity, you have the opportunity to work off your sins in Purgatory or some similar afterlife and eventually make your way to Heaven. I would suggest that this is probably the fate for your character with two lives: if she died as a doer of good, who had made at least reasonable attempts to atone for the sins that she knew about, she would probably wind up in the celestial waiting room. There, she would probably come to learn of her past sins and either wait it out for a few eons or maybe get opportunities to atone in the afterlife, such as by traveling around offering ghostly assistance to other good warriors.
That being said, I also think the idea of a divided soul, half of which gets to go to Heaven and half to Hell, is awesome. So I invoke the Rule of Cool to say: If that's how you want to write it, write it that way.Awesome avatar courtesy of Dorian Soth.
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Hysterics was exactly what he sent the crowd into when he appeared for his first solo debut tour in 21 years at the Rochford Day on the Green event, on Thursday 22 February.
After getting the audience upstanding for 'The National Anthem of Robbie' the entertainer entered the stage wearing a glittering boxer's robe and had the swagger of a champion who was keen to give audiences a once in a lifetime experience.
That experience was exactly what the audience received and together with his eight piece band and bevvy of glamorous dancers and back-up singers, the packed-out Rochford audience enjoyed over two hours of a total entertainment package that only Robbie Williams can deliver.
The gloves were soon off, and the glittering robe was stripped down to a black kilt and a black singlet, and after opening with hits, Welcome to the Show and Let Me Entertain you, Williams had the audience in the palm of his hands.
Paying homage to "his idol" George Michael who he declared his love for in more than an explicit way, Williams did a magical rendition of Michael's hit "Freedom".
Known for his interaction with the audience he was quick to quiz an audience member on the lyrics to 'Come Undone' and even invited a star struck fan from Melbourne onto stage to sit beside him while he serenaded her with 'Somethin' Stupid'.
From a poignant cover of Neil Diamond's hit song, 'Sweet Caroline' where he was joined by his comedian/musician father Pete Conway to a backlog of hugely successful hits – Robbie Williams has proven once again why audiences flock to see that unmistakable charm and stage presence that makes the perfect recipe for a magnificent show and which on this instance had truly KO'd the packed venue.


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I whipped this up as a little gift for my favorite Publicans on St. Patrick's Day.
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text: This slam sees a wrestler first lift their opponent up over their head with arms fully extended (as in the military press used in weight lifting), before lowering the arm under the head of the opponent so that the opponent falls to that side, while flipping over and landing on his/her back. The attacking wrestler may repeatedly press the opponent overhead to show his or her strength, prior to dropping them. This move is also called the military press slam.


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TWICE IN A BLUE MOON Patricia Moyes Henry Holt 192 pages. $19.95. Patricia Moyes' series featuring Scotland Yard Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, is one of the longest-running in mystery fiction -- the first installment, "Dead Men Don't Ski," was published in 1959. But "Twice in a Blue Moon," Ms. Moyes' long-awaited new novel, is a rather bland affair, not the perfect puzzler fans have come to expect from this author.
Instead of using her usual third-person voice, Ms. Moyes has innkeeper Susan Gardiner narrate the story. Susan meets Henry after a diner dies in her elegant restaurant; lethal mushrooms had been added to the woman's veal dish. When another guest is poisoned by the same means, Susan fears that the reputation of her charming country inn will be ruined forever, unless Henry can prove that no one on her staff concocted the deadly dinners.
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Okay guys, this is another one of those sappy, late night, pinterest-inspired blog posts that I know you have missed oh-so dearly. Well that was sarcasm so brace yourselves for this one.
So this picture really hit home for me, because I feel like this is something I have been worrying about so much lately. The words on that picture don't exactly give a solution for what I feel, but it puts words to how I've been feeling, and that comforts me in a way. It's kind of like closure? I'm sorry, I've been so bad with words lately. Not only in speaking, which is quite normal, but even in my writing. I don't care for my lack of words and somehow seeing this and realizing this simple thing brought some of my words to mind. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's 2:17 a.m. at this very moment, but who knows.
Anyways, back to this picture. How are you supposed to feel when your reassuring words have stopped being enough for someone? Especially when they've seemed to help them as long as you've known them, until now? How are you supposed to feel when the person closest to you is in a slump, and you know they could so easily be out of it just by picking themselves up? How are you supposed to feel when they don't believe in themselves half as much as you believe in them? It's tough, very tough indeed. But you mustn't let it keep you down. I owe it to this person to be the best and happiest that I can possibly be, because everyone deserves that little bit of help. All you can do is do your best and then hope for the best, because it's up to them to find out their own personal way of helping themselves. It's so so hard when you know it can be so easy for them to just be happy, but they just need to figure it out themselves, or else they wouldn't really learn anything. It's kind of depressing how we can't learn from the mistakes of others, we have to go through it ourselves to really believe it, and it SUCKS to see someone close to you having to go through that!
Anyyywwayys, I feel like I still can't really get my feelings completely out, but I sure am glad I got some of it out. It's hard for me to accurately describe my feelings, and that gets me in trouble quite a lot.
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Ezra 1 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
1 1 Cyrus sendeth again the people that was in captivity, 8 and restoreth them their holy vessels.
1 Now in [a]the first year of Cyrus King of Persia (that the word of the LORD, spoken by the [b]mouth of Jeremiah, might be accomplished) the Lord stirred up the [c]spirit of Cyrus King of Persia, and he made a proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing, saying,
2 Thus saith Cyrus King of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me [d]all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath commanded me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is he among you of all his people with whom his God is? let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel: he is the God, which is in Jerusalem.
4 And everyone that remaineth in any place (where he sojourneth) [e]let the men of his place relieve him with silver and with gold, and with substance, and with cattle, [f]and with a willing offering, for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
5 Then the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the Priests and the Levites rose up, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up, to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all [g]they that were about them, strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with substance and with cattle, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
7 Also the king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his god.
8 Even them did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them unto [h]Sheshbazzar the Prince of Judah.
9 And this is the number of them, thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, nine and twenty [i]knives,
10 Thirty bowls of gold, and of silver bowls of the second sort, four hundred and ten, and of other vessels, a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and silver were five thousand and four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought up all [j]with them of the captivity that came up from Babel to Jerusalem.
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I have addressed the issue of Indonesia and its refusal to share the H5N1 virus samples that WHO needs more times than I ever thought there would be need of, much less have the words for. However, this issue refuses to go away or find a resolution. My last post on the issue was just last week.
WHO convened a four day meeting in Geneva on Tuesday (20Nov07) to address Indonesia's claims and demands with respect to H5N1 viral samples and vaccine end products, the fifth such meeting this year.
Indonesia claims ownership of any H5N1 virus that exists within its borders. As reported in Reuters:
Speaking at the start of a four-day meeting hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari said developing countries were being denied their "sovereign rights" over bird flu virus samples sent to the WHO, a United Nations agency.
"We must have equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of viruses through a fair, transparent and equitable mechanism. It is the moral thing to do," she said. (Emphasis added)
A(H5N1) is a virus. A(H5N1) is not an invention or a product of manufacture. A(H5N1) is not an idea, or the product of talent or creativity. A(H5N1) is a virus, oh, and by the way, viruses do not even meet the biological requirements of a life form.
Put bluntly: The sovereign country of Indonesia did nothing to invent, create, manufacture A(H5N1), nor did any of its citizens. In fact, just the opposite, a great deal of effort and money has been expended by Indonesians to eradicate the virus, much of the funding, expertise, and equipment to do so was donated by the international community.
In my previous posting I quoted the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) finding (PDF link) explaining the fallacy of holding Intellectual Property rights over a naturally occurring virus, and I won't belabor the point once again—although I am sorely tempted just to express my own personal indignation over this entire concept.
Now, as far as I'm concerned, Indonesia can KEEP the damnable virus, as long as they KEEP it within the confines of their nation's borders.
For the "moral" aspect, I will draw upon a few comments by some of the other major players:
Pacific News Center Correspondent 11.NOV.07
12:04 p.m. Avian influenza continues to worry the Asia Pacific region's health officials. "One of the greatest threats to the survival of the human race," is how Dr. David Nabarro, the senior UN Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, told told reporters in Bangkok, and that while "Nations have made progress in containing the virus' spread, there remain some problem areas." [Emphasis added]
Opening remarks at the Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Geneva, Switzerland
20 November 2007
Dr Margaret Chan
Director-General of the World Health Organization
The prospect of an influenza pandemic raises some very big issues for public health. For WHO, the biggest issue is the threat that an influenza pandemic poses for global health security.
Vulnerability is universal. A pandemic will, by its very nature, reach every corner of the earth, and it will do so within a matter of months. As I have said on several occasions: this shared vulnerability calls for shared responsibility, and collective action to fulfil [sic] that responsibility. In terms of the risk of disease, we really are all in the same boat.
We must never lose sight of what a pandemic can mean under the unique conditions of the 21st century. SARS taught us how much the world has changed in terms of its vulnerability to the economic and social disruption caused by a new disease.
And SARS was by no means a global event. It was not a pandemic. SARS was largely a disease confined to the hospitals of wealthy cities.
Think of what may be in store. The last influenza pandemic began in 1968. At that time, airlines were not carrying more than 2 billion passengers each year, as they do today. HIV/AIDS was unknown in 1968. Tuberculosis had not resurged as a global threat.
At that time, in 1968, the world did not have the internet, which has spawned global interdependence in so many areas. This interdependence has greatly amplified the economic and social disruption that new diseases can cause.
Pandemics are recurring events. Countries need to brace themselves for a situation where up to 25% of the workforce may be ill at a given time. They have to brace themselves for a possible meltdown of basic municipal services and a slowdown of economic activity.
And this situation will be occurring globally. There will be no fortunate unaffected parts of the world.
Analysis and comparison of viruses allows WHO to update reagents and test kits. This contributes to diagnostic precision and sharpens surveillance. The sharing of currently circulating viruses is the only way to monitor the emergence of drug-resistant strains.
But above all, the sharing of viruses is the foundation of risk assessment. The analysis and comparison of viruses give us the first clues, the first early warning, that the virus may be evolving in a dangerous way.
This is our key difference from the past – this capacity to pick up the signal that tells us to gear up our defences and prepare our populations. This is one of the biggest advantages of the advance warning we have been given.
We have been given a unique opportunity in the form of an advance warning. We must not – I can say, we dare not – squander this opportunity. The stakes are too high.
How will history judge us, collectively, as an international community, as an agency like WHO, responsible for safeguarding international health security, or as individual countries? As I said, we have a shared responsibility to pursue collective security.
With this question, I also want to give you a challenge. This is now the fifth large meeting, held this year, concerned with the sharing of viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits. Millions of people outside this hall depend on us to make progress. [All emphasis added]
Heartfelt and impassioned pleas from people who carry a heavy burden.
Quoting again from yesterday's Reuters article:
Experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and sweep the world in months. A pandemic could kill millions of people, shut down businesses and overwhelm health care systems, they say.
What drives this fear and passion? The simplest answer it's all in the numbers.
Using round numbers:
There are six+/- billion of us
If 30% of us become ill that equals 1.8 billion
If 2% of the ill die that equals 36 million dead.
Those figures represent the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) threshold for a severe pandemic, termed a Category 5 Pandemic on their severity scale of 1 – 5. And, just like with the Safer-Simpson scale for hurricane strength classification, which the pandemic scale was modeled on, there is a lot of severity above the threshold, but once that threshold is breeched it becomes, in many ways, academic. Catastrophic is—catastrophic.
Further reducing human beings to numbers and percentages: Every 1/10th of 1% of six (+/-) billion equates to six (+/-) million Men, women and children. Living, breathing, laughing, loving and loved, souls.
Those figures (human beings) would drive heartfelt impassioned pleas from my lips as well. Dr. Chan is correct when she framed the issue, not in pre-pandemic or pandemic vaccines, but in seeing this monster come at us. Again, the hurricane analogy is apropos: with several days warning generally afforded for a hurricane people have the opportunity to get out of harm's way. Without knowing a hurricane is coming loss of life is needlessly compounded, even for a moderate hurricane. Pandemics are no different.
In order to see what is (or is not) headed our way pandemic wise viral samples from every human occurrence must be analyzed and vetted by the scientific community. Indonesia has a moral obligation to participate in the scientific early warning system; or to use Mdm. Supari's own phrase: "it's the moral thing to do".


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I recently took my first LSAT Practice test (timed) and scored a 151. I need to increase my score by at least 10 points (more if possible) but I don't know if testing in September gives me enough time to do so. My practice test section breakdown looks like this:
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LR and LG clearly need work, but my RC turned out okay. Would Sept or Dec be best?? Is a 10+ point increase even likely within these time frames? Any and all advice is welcome!!
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Out of all the great versus and teachings in Proverbs this one should resonate for all of us. Think back to when you were a child and you were trying to talk your parents into to letting you do something they were against. As kids, our negotiating skills left a little bit to be desired, so our best argument was, "Johnny's parents said it was ok for him to go" and they answered with the classic line, "if Johnny parents said it was ok for him to jump off a cliff would you?" You knew that was coming, right? . . . The truth is that they were only looking out for what they thought was best for us. I
would say most of the time they were right on the money.
As we mature we become responsible for our own decisions via the free will we are granted by God and the Great County in which we live. The "them" Solomon speaks of in Pro 1:15 refers to "Sinners." They say a man's character is judged by the company he keeps. I think our character is greatly affected by the company we keep. If you hang out with people who use drugs there's a good chance that one day you'll do the same. If you associate at work with those whose ethics are not pure, then soon enough, you'll be heading down that same path. It's really that simple to head down that wrong path, unless, you choose the "road less traveled". "Going along with the group" is an issue we all have faced since we were kids. It was not easy back then to say, "No, that's not something I want to do", and it is not any easier today, but this is exactly what Solomon urges us to do.
Do the decisions you make on a regular basis lead you to the peace that only righteousness can offer or are your decisions affected by what others might say or think?, and possibly leading you down a dark path! Pro 1:15 – my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;


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September here we come
The Open Book Festival programme is live! And it looks like it's going to be a good one. I'm taking part in four awesome events this year.
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10 September: Speed booking
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12 September: Worldbuilding in YA Masterclass
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12 September: Missing Pieces
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Question:How do you compensate for a right-half-plane-zero (RHPZ)?
Original Question: I was looking for some tutorials on compensating for right-half-plane-zero. All designs I have done or seen (and the people I talked to) are buck topologies only, but I realize there are plenty of other topologies out there too. Perhaps you might find time in your busy schedule to cover the topic of boost converters that cover this right half-plane-zero (RHPZ) stuff without all the "bad" math that normally accompanies many college texts (if that's possible). I haven't seen this on your site yet (maybe I missed it if it is there). Just a thought. R. J. 05/31/01
Answer: I plan to eventually cover right-half-plane zeroes in my tutorial.
In the meantime, you may want to read "Loop Gain Crossover Frequency" by Dr. Ray Ridley (part of his Designer's Series) in the January 2001 issue (Volume 2, Issue 1) of Switching Power Magazine. The article discusses the RHPZ in the main body of the article and has a box giving a short tutorial on the RHPZ. A subscription to the magazine is free and you can subscribe on the Ridley Engineering website. (Ridley Engineering has been a past sponsor of the SMPS Technology website.) The article notes that the more ripple your supply has, the easier it is to compensate for the RHPZ. This is something that I did not realize until I read his article and attended his presentation at the ON Semiconductor seminar.
Typically I look for the best article on each topic. Until I find a better one, the Ridley article will be it for right-half-plane zeroes. Get a copy and put it in your professional library.
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# The Forgotten Name of Love- 1
The rules of the game assumed that it is nothing less than chess. Right moves at right times is all that is needed. And to do that you need a sound judgment and tact and a killing sensitivity to anticipate the cluster of thoughts flowing in the opponent's mind.
As soon as he had seen her staring at him, his mind had started making calculations instantaneously like a jolt of electricity. The important thing in this case was of course, how long she had been staring at him. And the other equally important thing now would be how long he would stare at her. A few seconds later, he made his first move. He forced his eyes away from her and towards the paper that he held in his hand. The game was now on.
It was the first exhibition of his art works. And he had worked hard for it; not just at painting the hanging canvasses but also at arranging this public exhibition. He was standing on the podium surveying the numerous paintings and the various faces observing them. It was in the midst of these that he had seen her staring at him. And now that he had made his first move, he waited eagerly for her to make the next move. "It would be interesting", he thought and kept looking at the paintings and sometimes at the folded paper in his hand.
She had at first thought him to be a visitor, but when she saw him glancing at the painting with a vivid eagerness, she guessed that he must be the artist. He was wearing a loose checked shirt and light-blue jeans. He had a broad forehead, short hair, thin lips, and his tight cheeks. He wasn't perfect or even anywhere near it. Only that he was suitable in some ways. And it appeared that he may happen to be an interesting case.
She wasn't surprised when he turned away from her. She knew it was her turn and hence without much thought she advanced towards him. He saw her approaching and turned his face towards her.
"Do you know who the artist of these paintings is?" She asked in a calm voice, looking directly into his eyes.
He chuckled in his heart. Then assuming a composed and casual tone he replied "I am."
"Some of these paintings are good." She said with a certain non-chalance which she presumed would tease him.
"Thanks" he replied.
"You are welcome."
Both of them understood that the conversation was now at a dead end. An awkward silence readily floated into the space between them. Someone had to make a move now. She knew that now it had to be his move. Else she would have to walk away from there a second later. He knew that fueling the conversation further would mean giving away a hint about what he felt. And if he didn't, a second later all would be ended with a seal of indifference. The stakes were high this time. And time was ticking away furiously; each tick deafening like a bomb explosion now. But none of them moved. And the second passed as quickly as any other second. She turned around to move away towards the gallery of the hall. The game was over now.
But before she could even lift her feet off the ground she heard his voice- "Which one did you like the most?"
A sense of victory flushed her heart. She faced him again and replied "The one in the corner. It's titled 'Dying With A Stranger' I guess."
"I made that a year ago." He said and moved towards the corner where a lone canvas stood bearing an oil-painting. She followed him and saw the painting once again.
The painting wasn't very aesthetic and was painted in dark shades of blue and brown. It showed two faces- a man and a woman- behind the windshield of a car. They were crying at the top of their voice. Their eyes were wide open and filled with a deep dreadful fear. It was called 'Dying With A Stranger'.
"It is very tragic. I mean, why are they crying and horrified sitting in the car? I wonder what made you paint that!" She said.
"Frankly speaking, even I don't know. It was one of those epiphanies which you cannot trace to something tangible or known. It just strikes you someday suddenly. The only thing that you can do with it is to throw it out of your system. And I did just that." He explained. The conversation was now growing healthier.
"That sounds weird. But I guess that's how artists work." She said sensing that she was now having the upper hand in the situation.
"Sometimes, not always." He said selecting his words very carefully and keeping his contribution optimum. And as he had guessed, this did change the game. The onus to keep the ball rolling, now lay with her. This was going to be crucial.
She looked into his eyes and felt a taunt lurking somewhere behind his eyeballs. She spared a few seconds and then said, "I have always wondered what inspires creativity in an artist."
"It can be anything. It can be something as coarse as a tattered jute-bag or something as majestic as the Long Beach Bridge", he said calmly with an air of assurance.
"Long Beach Bridge sounds interesting." She said. "I wonder how an artist can be turned on by hanging rods and beams." This had to be her finest move. It had humor, tact and a hidden clue.
He smiled at her faintly. He sensed that she wanted him to read between the lines. But he wouldn't make it easy for her. And so he played a safe bet now "It isn't just about the rods and beams. It is about the ambience there- the overflowing traffic above, the overflowing river below."
Either he was clever or very dumb. In either case she was at the receiving end now. And so she decided to dole out her biggest gamble "I have never seen it that way." She said, risking her entire game with this.
He didn't say anything instantaneously. For a second, he observed her eyes which were staring at him without blinking. This was a tight situation. It was all now resting on what he would say. The tension by now had escalated to his brain which then stopped responding. Finally, he clenched his fists and then spoke out calmly "Would you like to?"
The game was over. Apparently, she had won. Of course, he had played well, better than she had expected. But it was a checkmate. And she took pleasure in slicing up his king as she said "I wouldn't mind."
The next minute they were seated in the front-seat of his car and were cruising towards the Long Beach Bridge. It wasn't a very long drive and he expected to be back in half an hour. The streets were a bit busy and the roads were filled with honking buses, smoking cars and motor-bikes. He looked at her now and then as he drove. She kept looking straight ahead at the road, glancing at him whenever he applied a sudden brake.
A few yards ahead, the Long Beach Bridge swam into their ken. It was illuminated beautifully and cars whizzed past furiously over the bridge. He started accelerating as he approached the bridge.
Suddenly, out of nowhere an old man appeared in front of his windshield, scampering to the other side. He turned his steering wheels frantically. The car screeched loudly and brushed past the old man. He pressed the brakes hard. But the car had started sliding and then it rammed against the railing of the bridge. With a loud thud the car tore apart the railing. The brakes were useless now as the car toppled down from the bridge like a toy.
As the car lunged towards the water, two faces could be seen behind the windshield of the car. They were crying at the top of their voices. And their eyes were wide open and filled with a deep dreadful fear. It was called 'Dying With A Stranger'.


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While attending CWSL, Ms. Woodhall was an active member of the school's trial team. Ms. Woodhall participated in local and national competitions gaining experience in courtroom strategies and preparing different stages of trail. In March of 2016, Ms. Woodhall's team was the Los Angeles Regional Champion in the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition where the team went on to compete in the National Finals in New Orleans, LA.
Ms. Woodhall performed her clinical internship with the California Innocence Project. CIP is a non-profit organization that works towards the release of wrongfully convicted inmates. During her time with the innocence project, Ms. Woodhall managed her own caseload and conducted investigations all over California pursuing claims of innocence.
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- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Manhattan College
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