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Classification of multi-dimensional distributions using order statistics Criteria
This paper proposes a novel classification paradigm in which the properties of the Order Statistics (OS) have been used to perform an optimal/near-optimal solution for multi-dimensional problems. In our initial works in [5] and [6], we proposed the foundational theory of CMOS, Classification by the Moments of Order Statistics, for some uni-dimensional symmetric and asymmetric distributions of the exponential family. In this paper, we generalize those results for various multidimensional distributions. The strategy is analogous to a Naïve-Bayes' approach, although it, really, is of an anti-Naïve-Bayes' paradigm. We provide here the analytical and experimental results for the two-dimensional Uniform, Doubly-exponential and Gaussian and Rayleigh distributions, and also clearly specify the way by which one should extend the results for higher dimensions.
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Thomas, A. (A.), & Oommen, J. (2013). Classification of multi-dimensional distributions using order statistics Criteria. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00969-8_2


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When You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner-Overdrive was released in 1974 I was only two years old and therefore has heard it long after its massive hit status. I can remember hearing this track on the radio thinking that this sound was very different from what I used to hear. As I still was a kid my brother helped me call the radio to find out who the artist was. A few days later he came home with the single and I screamed "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" many times a day until my family had enough.
This is perhaps my first experience with going back in time to search for music that I like. This is something I like and still do; when I hear a great song I go back to find the album the song was originally on to experience more from the band. Sometimes it reveal hidden gems and sometimes not.
The classic rock song You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet appears on the album Not Fragile by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Highest chart position: US Billboard Hot 100 #1 and UK singles chart #2.

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Map of Sacramento Gangs and Hoods
Map of a few Sacramento gangs, hoods, and communities in the city of California's state capital. Sacramento is affiliated with the Bloods and Crips, together with the Mexican gangs in the city, especially the Nortenos. Not created by TheRealStreetz.com.
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Map shows Sacramento hoods like West Gate, Del Paso, Strawberry Manor, El Camino, Belden Street, Nogales Street of the North Side. Sections of the city with Sacramento gangs in areas of Oak Park, Meadowview, Garden Blocc, Valley Hi, Detroit Blvd, and Power Inn of the South Side.


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On Sunday night, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) took to Twitter to push classic anti-Semitic tropes that the GOP supported Israel because it's "all about the Benjamins" and that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was paying politicians to support Israel. Now the Democratic House Leadership is condemning her, albeit not removing her from her committee assignment on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to which she was appointed last month.
"Anti-Semitism must be called out, confronted and condemned wherever it is encountered, without exception," the statement read. "We are and will always be strong supporters of Israel in Congress because we understand that our support is based on shared values and strategic interests. Legitimate criticism of Israel's policies is protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate that the United States and Israel share."
Then the statement went after Omar by name.
"But Congresswoman Omar's use of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial accusations about Israel's supporters is deeply offensive. We condemn these remarks and we call upon Congresswoman Omar to immediately apologize for these hurtful comments."
"As Democrats and as Americans, the entire Congress must be fully engaged in denouncing and rejecting all forms of hatred, racism, prejudice and discrimination wherever they are encountered," the statement concluded.
The statement was jointly issued by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján, Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, and Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark.
Although the statement called for an apology, it did not remove Omar from her committee assignment.
Last month, after Rep. Steve King (R-IA) questioned the problem with white supremacists, Republican leadership quickly condemned him and removed him from all committee assignments.
Many other Democrats and Republicans have joined in condemning Omar over her remarks, including Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"Anti-Semitism in any form is unacceptable, and it's shocking to hear a Member of Congress invoke the anti-Semitic trop of 'Jewish money,'" Engel said in a statement. "I full expect that when we disagree on the Foreign Affairs Committee, we will debate policy on the merits and never question members' motives or resort to personal attacks. Criticism of American policy toward any country is fair game, but this must be done on policy grounds."
"As I have said, as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I will ensure support for israel remains strong and bipartisan and I will shine light on the evil of anti-Semitism and the danger is posses," Engel added. "I will make the case to Members on both side of the aisle that our alliance and friendship with Israel are important to our countries' shared interests, security, and values. This has always been the basis of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and it's the reason why members on both sides have been strong supporters of that relationship."
This is not the first time Omar has made anti-Semitic comments. In an interview last month, she suggested that Israel should not be allowed to exist as a Jewish state, The Daily Wire reported. And in November of 2012, she tweeted that "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel."


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This song humbles me, and even more so after I learnt the story behind the song. Plus, the word pictures painted are nothing short of evocative. Kind of reminds me of the poetry in the Bible…
Month: August 2010
Of mountains, oceans and my hurts
I just love the chorus: the same God who made the impossibly tall mountains and calms the vast oceans also heals my hurts, and those of all His children. Makes me so thankful!
God remembered
I was recently going through a sermon series on Genesis when I noticed two separate references to God 'remembering'. That prompted me to go on a search in the Old Testament narratives for other similar wording.
But first, does God 'remembering' something or someone imply that He forgot? Short answer: no. Long answer: this and many other descriptions used of God in the Bible are anthropomorphisms, which I briefly mentioned in this post. Simply put, God is described in human terms so that we can understand. God is all-knowing, and if He forgot something that would mean that a human would know something He doesn't, which destroys His omniscience. (No, I didn't come up with that on my own 🙂
So what does the Bible say He remembers?
- He remembers men (and animals)
- But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. —Genesis 8:1
- So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived. —Genesis 19:29
- He remembers women
- Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb. —Genesis 30:22
- Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him." —1 Samuel 1:19-20
- He remembers His covenant
- I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." —Genesis 9:15-16
- God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. —Exodus 2:24
- Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. —Exodus 6:5
- I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. … But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the LORD. —Leviticus 26:42, 45
Reflections on Acts
I'm reading through the Bible in a year, and every month I (try to) post about what I've read. Other posts this month are on Judges, Ruth, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Romans. You may also read what I've blogged on Acts.
I'm gaining a greater appreciation for how the NT writers put their books together. One thing I'd never noticed is how Luke repeats the points he wants to emphasise:
- There's the coming of the Holy Spirit: for the Jews—chapter 2, for the Samaritans—chapter 8, for the God-fearing Gentiles—chapter 10 and for the Gentiles proper—chapter 18. The same Holy Spirit comes on all these disparate people, uniting them in Christ.
- Saul's conversion appears in three places: chapters 9, 22 and 26. The first account is the most familiar. The second recounting of his conversion takes place when Paul was speaking to the crowd in Jerusalem shortly after his arrest. The third time, Paul is speaking before Agrippa and Festus.
- The incident with Cornelius also appears thrice: chapters 10, 11 and 15. First Luke narrates the events, then Peter retells them and finally Peter summarises them at the Jerusalem council.
- The contents of the letter resulting from the deliberations of the Jerusalem council also appear thrice: 15:20, 15:29 and 21:25.
About Ananias and Sapphira: Continue reading
An overview of Acts
What was Luke's purpose in writing the book of Acts? One possible answer is that he wanted to explain how Christianity went from being a predominantly Jewish phenomenon to a predominantly Gentile one. Or rather, to explain the geographic spread of the Gospel.
With this view in mind we can outline the book as follows: Jerusalem (chapters 1-7), Judea and Samaria (8-10), the ends of the (then-known) earth (11-28). This view is supported by Luke's summary statements dispersed throughout the book (6:7, 9:31, 12:24, 16:4-5, 19:20).That said, it has to be noted that he focuses on only one trajectory: Jerusalem to Rome. We don't know how the gospel spread to Crete (Titus 1:5), Illyricum (Romans 15:19), or Pontus, Cappadocia and Bithynia (1 Peter 1:1).
The summary statements mentioned in the previous paragraph could be considered as closing formulas, thus leading us to divide the book into 6 sections. Continue reading
Reflections on Ruth
I'm reading through the Bible in a year, and every month I (try to) post about what I've read. Other posts this month are on Judges, Acts, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Romans.
After Judges, reading Ruth is such a relief. No crazy appalling stuff going on, plus, a happy ending!
Elimelech ('my God is king') moves his family to Moab because of a famine in Judah. After some time, Elimelech dies, and so do his sons Mahlon ('sickly'/ 'invalid') and Kilion ('pining'/ 'wasting away'). Twice the narrator tells us Naomi ('the pleasant one') was left (1:3, 1:5). On hearing that the famine was over, she decides to pack up and go home. A seemingly inconsequential act that had very far-reaching effects. Continue reading
What we can learn from Judges (2)
Continued from yesterday.
When we first meet him, we learn that Jephthah is the son of a prostitute and the leader of a band of outlaws. Yet Yahweh chooses him. He is best remembered for the vow he makes. A vow he probably shouldn't have made, and one he certainly shouldn't have kept.
At the beginning of chapter 13, there is no record of the Israelites crying out to God. And even though they need deliverance now, He takes His time growing a baby in the womb and on to adulthood.
The angel of the Lord appears first to Mrs Manoah, and then on Manoah's request, returns and appears to both of them. Manoah asks the angel's name, and the reply was, "It is wonderful." In the next verse, the Lord did a wonderful thing as Manoah and his wife watched. Easy to miss that play on words! Continue reading


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You probably know by now that Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch are teaming up to create a newspaper for the ipad. Given the projected growth of the ipad, this seems like a smart business move. And since they're both millionaire or maybe billionaire businessmen, it is likely to succeed.
As a journalist, I want nothing more than for people to consume news. And as one who has seen so many of my friends and co-workers lose their jobs over the last three years, I know how important it is for people to pay for the news they consume, even though that practice is pretty much extinct, at least for general-interest mainstream news.
Because of that, I find this idea very intriguing. It's a new revenue source by which to pay the journalists doing the reporting, writing and editing with none of the expensive overhead that comes with printing presses and the like.
And with no print or web edition, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. The lack of a print edition doesn't surprise me at all, since so many newspapers have nixed their print editions. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been web-only for over a year now, and so has the Christian Science Monitor and both are claiming success.
But there's something about the lack of an online edition that doesn't sit right with me. It just seems a bit odd. And I also wonder if people will pay .99 for something they can get free online.
According to reports, Murdoch has hired 100 journalists and has top-notch editors on board. So with that being the case, maybe there will be some content that you can't get elsewhere online.
I think there would have to be for this to work.
But that's how I feel today and that could change. If it does. you'll be the first to know. This is definitely a big story I will follow very closely, because if it works, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of it.
I wanted to write a great blog post to go along with the release of this study by ComBlu on the state of online branded communities but given my current workload, it isn't going to happen today.
HOWEVER, I really want you to know about it and more importantly, download it so you can dig deep for insights that can really make a difference for you or your clients.
I don't normally do this but today I am simply posting the press release. I'll come back in a day or so with my own thoughts. Hats off to ComBlu for caring about online communities and embarking on such an important endeavor.
Thanks to Peter over at ComBlu for giving me an opportunity to review the report a week before its release. I assure you there is more to come.
And here's the release:
New Report On Online Communities Shows Brands Are Getting Serious About Integrating Social Assets
ComBlu's study of 241 communities from 78 corporations finds more cohesive strategies and consistent use of social engagement best practices
Chicago, Ill., November 10, 2010—A new study of 241 online communities from 78 major corporations found that 33 percent of the brands are using a cohesive approach to social engagement compared to only 20 percent in 2009. It also shows much tighter integration between a brand's sponsored community site and its other social assets such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
This research is the second annual "State of Online Branded Communities" analysis conducted by ComBlu, a Chicago-based marketing organization specializing in social engagement initiatives. The study's purpose is to closely examine and quantify the effectiveness of these communities in providing meaningful customer experiences, integrating brand strategies across multiple social media channels, and applying best practices to strengthen customer engagement.
"The good news is that social marketing is growing up and more brands are adopting best practices in social engagement," said Kathy Baughman, a principal at ComBlu. "While community activity levels increased significantly, especially among the high performers, most brands are still missing big opportunities to deliver more engaging customer experiences."
For example, the study found that only 20 percent of the communities have an advocate or experts group, which represents the "voice of the customer," contributes content and helps recruitment. Nearly half of the communities do not have a visible, active community manager who is the "face" of the brand and makes interaction more personal.
Other key insights and findings from the ComBlu study include:
- Brands have varying ideas about what "community" means; different types of models include the "Community Without Walls," the "Opportunistic Community" and the "Facebook Community."
- Fewer than 40 percent of the communities that ComBlu joined have any rewards or recognition programs, which are key drivers for sustaining participation.
- As in 2009, nearly half of the brands are still in the experimental phase.
- Brands are doing a better job delivering diverse engagement experiences; 76 percent use strategically-aligned engagement tools compared to 28 percent in 2009.
- The Top 10 performing brands are American Express (48 points), EA (47), Discovery Channel (45), Hewlett-Packard (45), Sears (44), Verizon (44), Activision (44), Kimberly-Clark (44), AT&T (44) and Sony (43).
- Of the 12 industries in the study, the highest scoring are Gaming, Entertainment, Technology and Telecommunications.
I'm sure we can all agree that there are major benefits to patients who communicate about their health online, particularly among others with similar conditions. This is a major component of the conversation surrounding "Health 2.0."
What some people find in these communities is empathy, understanding, different points-of-view and perspectives, compassion and the freedom to participate in open discussions with people who truly understand what they're going through.
But what they're also getting in some cases, which is a big concern among the health care community — is misinformation.
That leads me to the results of a new study which involved an analysis of the 15 largest Facebook communities dedicated to diabetes. The research team analyzed 690 comments across those 15 communities which had a total of 9,289 participants. Throughout the research, they found evidence of some of what I just mentioned: emotional support and valuable insights. But a closer look at the comments revealed that one in four were promotional in nature, generally for non-FDA approved products, which they say raises important concerns about the authenticity of participants in Facebook communities dedicated to diabetes.
I don't know about you, but I find that cause for concern.
The researchers also found surveys, marketing pitches and efforts to recruit patients for clinical trials where the true identity of the poster could not be confirmed. I placed emphasis on that sentence because I personally find it inexcusable. Marketers communicating in this space should be completely transparent, even if that means the participants in the community don't want them there.
Here are a few other findings from the study, which was sponsored by CVS Caremark:
- A majority of posts (66 percent) are individuals describing their personal experiences with managing diabetes;
- Nearly one-quarter of the posts (24 percent) represent sharing of personal information that is unlikely to be shared between patient and doctors, such as individuals discussing carbohydrate management in the setting of alcohol consumption;
- Twenty nine percent of the posts are by diabetic patients providing emotional support to others grappling with aspects of that disease;
- Thirteen percent of the posts are providing specific feedback to information requests by others in the diabetic community;
- Twenty seven percent of the posts feature promotional activity and first person testimonials around non-FDA approved products and services.
In my opinion, the findings illustrate the importance of these types of communities for people in need of support. But they also raise a serious red flag, as mentioned in this conclusion from the researchers:
"Clinicians should be aware of these strengths and limitations when discussing sources of information about chronic disease with patients. Policy makers should consider how to assure transparency in promotional activities, and patients may seek social networking sites developed and patrolled by health professionals to promote accurate and unbiased information exchange."
I find this topic intriguing, and I was happy to come across this kind of research. It will certainly be interesting to see what happens next as more of this kind of information is revealed based on these types of analyses.
Complete findings of this study can be found in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
Before I begin to answer that question, I will share a snippet from a post over on the Harvard Business Review:
Firms that lack leaders with social media skills are often tempted to outsource community management to outsiders, such as web development firms or advertising agencies. Unfortunately, this increases the risk of failure. The problem is that when community development is outsourced, the organization doesn't learn and people inside communicate like they always did, even though the use of social media might have speeded up internal communication and flattened the hierarchies. As a result, the company is often very different from the face it portrays online, which almost always gets discovered.
I'm not completely sure what my opinion is on this even as I type, because whatever it is, I know it's not firm. I do agree, however, that when community management is outsourced, organizations do not learn. But I also know based on the work I do that there are many out there who don't want to learn, so they probably don't see that as an issue.Is there anything wrong with not wanting to learn anything about managing a community? Maybe. Maybe not.
Someone posed the question on twitter early last week about outsourcing moderation and I tweeted my disagreement, but then thought about it a little further as the conversation ensued. Actually, it really depends on what type of content is being moderated. If it's a forum that has clear guidelines and very little controversy, it's probably not that big of a deal. My moderation experience is rooted in news, so that is why I was so quick to disagree.
When I hired and managed a team of moderators for WRAL.com, it was very important to me that they understood the news, the content associated with the comments they were moderating and general familiarity with the regular posters, as well as the related stories. Now, that may not be required for other websites.
I did some contract work moderating a forum associated with a popular children's book series over the summer and knowledge of that series was not required because the guidelines were clear. So for them, it works.It's also important to note that their outsourcing is with a very reputable company that has experience in the space and contracts with the right people to do the job. So, they did their due diligence in selecting this company for outsourcing.
But I think there is a distinction to be made for overall community management, and it makes sense for someone internally to own it . I don't think that failure is imminent if this isn't the case, but an internal advocate is important.
I do think that agencies can handle community management if they have someone on staff with that kind of experience. But given the fact that it is a full-time job in most cases, this could be a costly endeavor for the companies doing the outsourcing.
The issue that must be revisited, is whether or not the company really wants a community. Many say they do, but their idea of community can range from a group of brand advocates who spread good cheer about them all over the web to a forum where visitors can ask questions and wait for them to respond. We can debate all day on whether either qualifies as a community.
At any rate, the post that sparked the idea for this one is a good one. I only shared one part of it. So go on over to the Harvard Business Review and read it.
…and I'd love to hear your thoughts on outsourcing.


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Sam Ruby wrote: > Manu Sporny wrote: >> You're opposing a concept that not one of us have put forward... the >> purpose of the RDFa IG is so that we /can/ work together... not so we >> can go off into our own little world and give people "advice". >> >> The RDFa IG would have a direct hand in editing each language/WG using >> RDFa - that is, if the WG wishes to work with us. Personally, I was in >> agreement with a number of the constraints that you and Doug placed on >> the RDFa IG. > > I like the word "would" above (much better than "perhaps" from emails > past, and it was the proposal in those emails that I object to). Good, then let's use the word "would". > In this email, I have issues with the words /can/ and "us". > > Help me do the math. Mark Birbeck is a member of the HTML working > group. I suspect that if he expressed even the slightest bit of > interest, Doug would induct him into the SVG working group before he had > an opportunity to change his mind. Let's further posit that he is > interested in doing some of this work (in fact, I picked Mark's name > because it is listed first on [1])... > > Lets look first at the word /can/. From this, I can only conclude that > you and Ben believe that it would not be possible for Mark to do this > work without a separate IG. I am curious as to why you might believe > that. Any reason I can figure out ends up being one that I would object > to. Ben and I have slightly different opinions on how to proceed, as do Shane, Mark, Ralph and Steven. We're feeling this out publicly before proceeding to allow everyone the opportunity to provide feedback on a direction that would best optimize everybody's very constrained schedules and time. You're the one that asked if you could do anything to help, I responded with a proposal, and here we are... discussing the possibilities in an open forum. As far as I am concerned, it would be /easier/ for Mark and the rest of us to carry out the work in a separate IG. We /could/ do it in HTML WG - but there have been concerns raised about whether that is the correct framing for the RDFa work since it involves not just HTMLWG, but SVGWG and WHATWG (and ODF). >From my understanding, the RDFa Task Force evaporates at the end of the year and it would be nice if we had a "home base" of sorts that could coordinate RDFa among the various WGs listed above. It's not a matter of "not possible" - it's a matter of "best mode" or "ideal framework". As you allude to below - we only have so many hours that we can volunteer our time. Unless somebody would like to pay us to do this standards work (which would not only be appreciated, but would accelerate the work), we're stuck trying to scrap together bits and pieces of time to donate to W3C. All this while attempting to keep our respective companies afloat in this tumultuous economy. I don't want to waste my time working on RDFa in the HTML WG only to find out that our hands are tied by W3C process when attempting to port the work to SVG. Or finding out that HTML WG's mission has changed due to another XHTML2-like event. For a long time we could not work on HTML+RDFa because we weren't chartered to do so - in fact, we still aren't. We're just doing the work and hoping that HTML WG doesn't have a change of heart in the mean time. > Now lets look at the word "us". Can I join the RDFa IG? Mark is > already a member of the HTML WG. Who is this "us" (and by implication, > who is the "them") in your world view? I try not to have an "us" vs. "them" world view. Of course you'd be able to join the RDFa IG - everybody on here would be able to participate, contribute, etc. The "us" I was referring to in the e-mail was "The RDFa Community" - most everyone on this mailing list. Just because you use the word "us" in a paragraph doesn't necessarily mean you need a "them". > These groups are merely labels. There effectively isn't any limit to > the number of labels a person can have. Mark can simultaneously be in > the HTML WG, the SVG WG, and even the RDFa IG should one ever come into > existence. The number of labels Mark accumulates doesn't give him what > he really needs, which if he is like most of us, is simply more hours in > the day. The bottom line with the RDFa IG is that we're trying to create a home for the RDFa work that is stable and lightweight enough to focus on the technical work without having to worry too much about some of the other things that go on that have nothing to do with RDFa (W3C Process, discussions about HTML unrelated to RDFa, etc.). For example, if the RDFa work was absorbed by the HTML WG, does that mean we should discuss all things RDFa on the main HTML WG telecon? Would there be an HTML+RDFa Task Force? What happens if we want to work on some SVG-related stuff? If we had to share telecon time with HTML WG, that could be very damaging to progress. We easily fill up our hour-long weekly telecons. This is about hours in the day and focusing on RDFa - it would be harder to do that with HTMLWG/non-RDFa-related e-mails filling up our inboxes. Some of us have the time to keep up with 3-4 WGs, others don't. > The prevailing feeling in PHP land at the > time was that if people screw up, that's what CVS is for. I'd like to > see a little more of that attitude here. What do you mean by "here"? > Some people will succeed, some > will fail, but I would much rather have people try and fail than to tell > people that they aren't allowed to try. Good - that sounds healthy. I believe that most of the RDFa community wants that as well. > Tying this back into HTML... what the HTML WG needs is more individuals, > and in particular, individuals who are willing to do the work (be it > writing bug reports to writing spec text to writing test cases to > whatever). Sure, that's what every WG needs more of - HTML WG is not alone in that need. > It doesn't need more labels. And in particular, when Mark > participates in the HTML working group he does so as a member of the > HTML working group. Any other labels he may also have are irrelevant in > the context of that work. > > I'll close with saying that there are valid reasons to have an IG. I > merely submit that "perhaps", /can/, and "us" aren't a part of those > reasons. I agree, those words (perhaps, can, and us), used in the way you defined them, aren't good reasons to have a separate RDFa IG. My point is that I don't think that I was defining them as you were. I hope the text above clarifies that position. This conversation is getting very meta - by focusing on single words used in paragraphs, I feel that we're moving away from discussing the requirements of an RDFa IG. I don't know if that option is completely undesirable to you at this point, or if the text above clarified what I was proposing to make it a viable path forward? -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny) President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: Bitmunk 3.1 Released - Browser-based P2P Commerce http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2009/06/29/browser-based-p2p-commerce/Received on Friday, 10 July 2009 04:00:58 UTC
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August 15, 2019 | By Zach Horrall, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
When Ty Dillon drives through the tunnel at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the NASCAR race weekend Sept. 4-8, he will be hit with a wave of emotions.
There will be more emotions than just the special feeling race car drivers get when they arrive at "The Racing Capital of the World." This feeling is confidence.
IMS is home to Dillon's first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. He claimed the 2014 Indiana 250 with his grandfather Richard Childress – a NASCAR Hall of Famer and three-time Brickyard 400 winner as a team owner -- nervously watching from atop the Pagoda and his brother Austin Dillon anxiously sitting alone in the grandstands.
The win was more than a first career victory for Ty Dillon. It was a race that proved he belonged. That he could compete with the best. Dillon earned his victory on a restart with 24 laps to go. He outmuscled two-time Brickyard 400 winner and 2015 Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and held him off to the finish.
"For me, it set the tone as far as my confidence and what I believe I can get done," Dillon said. "You always have the confidence that you feel like you can compete with the best. To come to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where only the best of the best have ever won here and to go head-to-head on a restart with Kyle Busch, who to this day is the best driver in this sport, on a restart to hold on to win my first race, that's a moment of confidence that I will never forget, one that I still rely on to this day to remind myself that I can beat the best on any given day with the right situation."
Dillon has continued to carry that sense of belonging and confidence. It's what keeps him going now through the good days and bad as he drives the No. 13 Geico Chevrolet in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
Add the confidence a driver has when returning to a track where they've won, and Dillon has an extra pep in his step as he prepares for the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered by Florida Georgia Line on Sept. 8 at IMS.
"Every time I come here, I feel like I have a little head up on the competition because I know what it's like to go to Victory Lane here and have the feel of a car that can win here," he said. "I've not yet had it in the Cup Series, but I know what to look for. When you've been to Victory Lane somewhere, it's hard to describe the difference you have walking around that track, making laps and the confidence in your speech when talking about what your car needs."
While Dillon is excited for the Brickyard, he insists the race is a big unknown. With NASCAR's new aerodynamic package that uses less horsepower and more downforce, Dillon said he doesn't know what to expect. He does know the key to success will be to make the 5/8th-mile straightaways as long as possible. That means navigating Turns 1 and 3 perfectly so he can be full throttle in Turns 2 and 4 and get a great run down the front and back straightaways.
"We're learning how to use the draft on restarts on these long straightaways, so that's getting a little more comfortable," he said. "You're trying to make these long straightaways as long as you can, because that's where all your momentum is going to be made and where the passes are going to happen. But knowing what it's going to take to have a dominant car or a winning car, nobody knows."
Dillon's 2019 season is already better than his sophomore Cup season in 2018. He has more top-five finishes, more top-10s and has led more laps. He attributes the success to learning from his mistakes in 2018 after a successful rookie year in 2017 with Germain Racing, the team for which he has driven in all three of his Cup seasons.
"I think it's all been growth from the beginning," he said. "Sometimes growth isn't always straight up. Our first year was really successful for what we wanted to accomplish. This past year was a little bit of a disappointment for our standards, but we learned a lot and made a lot of changes that have showed up this year."
Dillon will take to the track for practice Saturday, Sept. 7 before he qualifies and races in the Big Machine Vodka 400 on Sunday, Sept. 8. For race week tickets, including for the Driven2SaveLives BC39, Indiana 250, FGL Fest and the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, visit ims.com.


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Samuel Bartley, 17, has gone to mainstream schools for his whole life.
But at times, getting a place has been a challenge.
Samuel, from south west London, has both physical and learning disabilities and uses a wheelchair.
His mum Lucy said far more needs to be done to make mainstream education more inclusive.
"Instinctively when Samuel was born, I knew he shouldn't be treated differently from his sisters," Lucy said.
"Why would you separate a whole group of people on the basis of their impairments? You wouldn't do that in any other area."
She said the family "had a battle" getting Samuel into the local primary school his older sister was at.
They ended up fighting the matter at a tribunal, which they won.
Legal protections introduced five years ago emphasised the rights of children like Samuel to go to a mainstream school where possible.
But new analysis by JPIMedia shows that despite this, it is getting harder for many families to secure places.
The number of children with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream education has fallen by a quarter (24%) in England since 2012, while the number attending special schools has risen by nearly a third (31%).
The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) described the situation as an "on-going attack on disabled people's rights to be included rather than segregated from society."
The Government said all schools should be inclusive.
'A hostile education system'
Lucy campaigns for more inclusion in mainstream schools as a special educational needs disability advocate.
She believes schools put too much emphasis on their results and reputations.
Lucy said parents could never take their "foot off the pedal" in fighting for a place in mainstream education.
She said: "We have a fairly toxic and, I would argue, a hostile education system with the fact that the emphasis is all on results and attainment and schools' reputations."
The Children and Families Act 2014 set out that children with SEN should be offered a place in mainstream classes unless they choose to go elsewhere or it would clash with "the provision of efficient education for others".
A key part of the act was the introduction of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), meant to set out the support a child needs.
But Lucy claimed these plans were being used to justify sending children to special schools.
Making inclusion work
Simone Aspis, policy and campaigns coordinator at ALLFIE, said: "Parental choice is a myth – parents we know do not choose special school provision, they are forced into it because mainstream schools no longer have the money and support to implement inclusive education practice."
She said the Government was dealing with a shortfall in SEN places by planning new special schools rather than funding better provision in mainstream education.
She added: "This is no longer about austerity, but rather this Government's on-going attack on disabled people's rights to be included rather than segregated from society."
The Department for Education said: "All schools must be inclusive of children with disabilities and 82 per cent of all pupils identified as having special educational needs are in state-funded mainstream schools.
"Additionally, we have created new special schools in response to the increasing number of pupils with complex special educational needs and are committed to delivering even more provision to ensure every child is able to access the education that they need."
Inclusion in mainstream schools
Inclusion rates vary widely across different parts of the UK.
Scotland has seen a sharp rise in the overall number of children registered as having Additional Support Needs (ASN) since 2012.
And while the number of children with ASN in mainstream education has also risen substantially, the number of children in special schools has stayed fairly stable.
In comparison, inclusion figures in mainstream schools have stayed relatively steady in both Northern Ireland and Wales.
In Northern Ireland, 22 per cent of children in mainstream education have SEN, whereas the proportion in Wales is 23 per cent.
'Still playing major catch-up'
Even in Scotland, the drive to be more welcoming to children with disabilities has come with its limits, according to those working in the sector.
Jack*, a pupil support assistant from Edinburgh, said: "There seems to be an idealistic vision of schools being wholly inclusive and every individual child's needs being met.
"Of course ethically and morally that is great but the implementation of that is still paying major catch-up."
Jack has worked with pupils with ASN across special and mainstream schools for the last eight years and said children were often placed into segregated systems within schools.
He added: "By sticking a kid in a mainstream school but in a segregated department or even an outbuilding at times, all you are doing is displacing the issue. You're not dealing with it and these children are not being fully integrated."
A spokesperson for the Scottish Government said: "All children and young people should receive the support that they need to reach their learning potential and all teachers provide support to pupils with additional support needs, not just 'support for learning' staff."
The spokesperson said councils made decisions about resources, teaching and staff.
They said: "New online resources have been created to support school staff and guidance on the presumption to include ASN pupils in mainstream education has been updated."
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Legendary Talks: The Log and The Lumberjack
All of us don't want to face spawner decks, especially in high level arenas as they have the power to take out your heavy duty tank such as the Golem and the P.E.K.K.A. in just a few seconds. Although there are plenty of spells that can counter such forces, they are not that cost effective as you would have to spend much elixir in order for you to counter their attacks. If this has been a pain for you, then the solution for that has just arrived.
The First Spell Legendary Card
The Log – Immediate Solution to your Spawner Problems
The Log is seemingly the ultimate spawner sweeper as it could wipe hordes of enemies by rolling its way on to the opposition. Based on it's description, it has been triggered by a spilled rage spell so this massive trunk with spikes shoots swiftly and causes havoc on to what ever it comes contact to.
It travels as far as 9.6 tiles, which is quite a long range of clearing, along with a width of 3.9 tiles. Players usually compare this to the arrows and classify this legendary card as some sort of a weak card but little do they know that the value of it is supreme. With only 2 elixir, you can send this heavy object rolling on your opponent's way. With the ability to take out the Princess, even one level higher than it, it is a definite fair trade of elixir. Aside from the low elixir cost, there is also some knock back as well, thus delaying the enemy's force even more as they are pushed back. Same as the bowler's rock, it can only damage ground units unfortunately.
Lumberjack – An Amazing Support Troop
So how did the Log get the rage spell spilled on it? The answer lies on the next legendary card, namely the Lumberjack. With a fair health of 900, the Lumberjack can play a mid-tank role in the game. You can send him up front to cover your weaker forces but the best way to use him is to pair him up with a much stronger tank because you would definitely want to have him reach the crown towers, or even just go close to it.
Everyone knows the value of the rage spell as it speeds up units and gives an enormous damage boost as well. Now with the Lumberjack, the highlight is the Rage spell that he spills whenever he dies. Same with the rage spell's effect, the lumberjack is a bang for your elixir. Helping to push slightly, then giving up a push blast as soon as he is taken out. His ability is quite sneaky and is an immediate favorite for those who can afford him.
You can pair him up with loads of push forces such as the barbarians and minion horde. The best combination that utilize his skills the best for now is pairing him up with the giant and witch. Basically, you would drop in the giant to help tank, then have him at his back. He would damage any units that would come close to your push, then you have to drop your witch after that. As the witch summons her skeleton warriors, they tend to build up over time, and as you would need a large amount of elixir to execute this combo, you would have to drop the giant close to your crown towers to give you time to produce more elixir. As the lumberjack is taken down, he would splash a rage spell that he carries with him, giving an additional 40% boost to your forces. With these extreme cards, a table turning match is not far from reality.
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Following drugs, especially in surgery and dental medicine, a physiological condition can be a temporary iatrogenic state with one or more physiological conditions. Nomenclature can vary between countries.
For example, in the UK and other countries, the physiological state denotes each of the medical specialties (treatment), and therefore the World Health Organization terms a doctor with this specialty as an anesthesiologist.
Anesthesia provides a painless performance of medical procedures that may cause intolerable pain to the patient.
The classes of physiological state are divided into three broad areas, and they are:
The general physiological condition that suppresses the central nervous system activity, which leads to the state of mind of total lack of senses.
Sedation suppresses the central nervous system to a lesser state, suppressing feelings of anxiety and the creation of long reminiscences which is not leading to the center of a human brain.
The regional physiological condition and the native physiological conditions are blocking the transmission of nerve impulses between parts of the body and, therefore, the central nervous system can inflict a loss of senses within the targeted part. A patient, underneath regional physiological condition and anesthesia, remains acutely aware.
Among all, two broad categories of blockade exist, and they are:
- The peripheral blockade which gives sensory perception in isolated parts of the body, like desensitizing a tooth for dental work, or administering a nerve block to inhibit sensation in a whole limb.
- The central or neuraxial blockade, which administers the anesthetic within the region of the central nervous system itself, suppressing incoming senses from outside. Examples include epidural physiological state and regional anesthesia.
To prepare themselves, medical specialists choose and determine doses of 1 or additional medicine to attain categories and levels of the physiological condition which are acceptable for the sort of procedure the patient has.
History of Anesthesia
Of the many achievements that contributed in medicine, capturing pain could be one of the greatest that affected almost every soul in the world. Pain itself was the biggest enemy for medicine in the past. In 1846, as one of mankind's greatest fears, the pain of surgery was eliminated.
This historical literary criticism describes the evolution of anesthesia, different components of medical specialty (gases, laryngoscopes, endotracheal tubes, endogenous medications, masks, and delivery systems), and the ways of how some innovators, scientists, and physicians of the past two centuries have delivered it to humanity.
Some of the names stand out among others. They are claimed as the founding fathers of a modern physiological condition: William T. G. Jelly Roll Morton (1819-1868), Joseph Dwyer (1841-1898), Arthur Guide (1883-1956), Ralph M. Waters (1883-1979), Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), and others.
One of the crucial names is William T. G. Jelly Roll Morton (1819-1868). Dr. Morton was a young Bean Town dental practitioner. He has been seeking for much better ways of "painkilling" during surgeries, and he has been employed by several dentists: his job was inhalation of general anesthetic to his patients.
With Dr. Morton's persistence, driven by enthusiasm and discovery with notable operating surgeon John Collins Warren (1778-1856) at Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16th, 1846, they created history with the first self-made operation performed in a physiological state.
Dr. Jelly Roll Morton showed to the world that a gas, once inhaled within the correct dose, can provide a safe and effective physiological state.
Another founder of a modern physiological condition is Joseph Dwyer (1883-1956), a pediatrician, who was the first one who used a catheter for AN airway. He used metal "O Dwyer" tubes in contagion cases and blindly passed them into the trachea.
Arthur Guide (1883-1956) and Ralph M. Waters (1883-1979) are the ones who added a cuff in 1932. This addition suddenly gave professionals the power to supply positive pressure ventilation. The medical specialist, Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), promoted his hand-held medical instrument for the insertion of endotracheal tubes and its quality quickly became widespread.
Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897-1989) came to breakthrough with a technique of direct laryngoscopy, which again became popular at Nuffield academy of aesthetics, at Oxford University in 1937. He was the first person who explained the procedure, usually by inserting the tip of his freshly re-designed medical instrument into the epiglottis body part that is hooked up to the bottom of the tongue. Therefore, the raised cartilaginous structure will once again be exposed.
Macintosh was genuinely surprised by the good readings he got with his new blade and technique.
The employment of barbiturates, as an associate anesthetic agent, began in 1932. Barbiturate gained quality when its use was represented thoroughly by Dr. John Lundy (1894-1973) at the Mayo Clinic.
Other I.V. medications were tried over the past seventy years. However, the latest induction drug for a good shorter recovery looked as if it would truly suppress speech organ reflexes and has brought with it several problems.
Propofol was introduced clinically in 1977. It had incontestable several positive effects while it was associated with the anti-emetic compound. Before October of 1846, surgery and pain were closely connected, however from that moment, everything changed.
Historical Perspective of Anesthesia
In the history of anesthesia, it is not mentioned any ways of performing surgery with sharpened stones and pointed flints in the shade of the rock or under the shade tree, but the uninvited guest is a blessing for human beings.
Surgery learned several lessons throughout the ages, but it hasn't a clear goal of removing a thing such as pain. The screams of the patient that range within the bushy ears during the Stone Age, can also be a period of time described in the 17-18th century where physicians were detected, or as the classic period of disciples of a medical practitioner. It can be described by unrelieved crying echoes down the corridors of electronic equipment hospitals.
All that World Health Organization wanted is to prolong life and health over illness and death, and knife symbolized as methods of paying respect to the pain itself. Without pain, there is no gain. One hundred years past, surgeries in operating rooms of the Massachusetts General Hospital removed suffering from surgery. It was absolutely the best gift in the history of surgery for patients in the world, and, since then, it has been praised as the greatest American gift to humans.
In antique times, anesthesia, by compression, was common. General anesthesia was widely used until the 1800s. The native Indians of South American countries chewed coca leaves, and they knew its cerebral-stimulating effects and presumably its topical anesthetic properties.
The leaves of Erythroxylon coca were taken to Europe where Niemann isolated cocaine in 1860 in FRG. Carl Koller, a friend of the analyst, presented cocaine as a topical ophthalmic anesthetic in the Republic of Austria in 1884. In 1888, Koller established a roaring medical specialty applied at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY until his year of death in 1944.
The recognition of cocaine's vessel facet effects; it helped add to the medicine and potential for dependency and abuse; light-emitting diode to a probe for a higher topical anesthetic medication. Cocaine could be a sensible topical anesthetic that conjointly produces constrictions, and, for this reason, it is still used by some as a local anesthetic drug in the nose and alternative secretion membranes.
Cocaine blocks the uptake of catecholamines from the nerve endings. The total dose mustn't exceed one hundred mg (2.5 milliliters of a forty-five solution) to avoid general effects like cardiovascular disease, arrhythmia, and viscous arrhythmias.
Ropivacaine is an alternative topical anesthetic which gives some effect, but the final results are weak.
In 1847, the modern era of the accouchement physiological state began. It happened when Dr. J. Y. Simpson administered to a lady in accouchement and, later that year, using chloroform.
Inhalational Agents of Anesthesia
- 1880: Laughing gas – Stanislav Klikovick
- 1961: Tunstall – 50:50 N2O:O2 in an exceedingly single cylinder
- 1965: Approval of Entonox by the Central Midwives Board
- 1934: Vinyl ether
- 1975: Inhalation anesthetic zero.7 5% with O2 zero.2 % with Entonox (Isonox)
- 1984: a hundred and twenty-fifth vinyl ether in the air
- 1995: Desflurane – 1-4.5 % in O2
Nowadays, the endotracheal physiological condition is the shape of general anesthesia, which is frequently applied. It is used in over 80 % of hospitals with completely different surgical specialties. The technique of the endotracheal physiological condition is familiar to scientists for over 100 years. At the start of our century, all preconditions are given for the widespread and safe performance of the endotracheal physiological condition. The foremost vital stages of the development of these physiological conditions are as follows:
- 1869: 1st endotracheal physiological condition in humans by using surgery tubing by Friedrich Trendelenburg
- 1880: 1st tracheal intromission physiological condition by William McEwen
- 1894: positive pressure ventilation following pain pill intoxication by patron saint Fell and Joseph Dwyer
- 1895: description of direct laryngoscopy by Alfred Kirstein
- 1901: Franz Kuhn "Die peroral Intubation".
Arthur Ernest Guide was an American anesthetist, whose name found its place among the crucial person's list in this specialty. Normally referred to as a developer of the cave airway, his domain is not focused on that issue, but it is widely spread.
Possibly, his major achievements were the elaborate description of laughing gas and the ethoxyethane physiological condition. He was among the first full-time United States anesthesiologists and conjointly served in his profession throughout the warfare. He referred to it as guide charts, describing the link between the extent of the physiological condition and aperture reactions, which allowed several non-anesthesiologists to comparatively and safely administer ethoxyethane.


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Vetust 70th Anniversary and Vance Monument project
The Vetust Study Club of Asheville, NC INC, was organized on March 26, 1945 by two women with an interest in antiques after attending the New York Antiques Show. After returning to Asheville, they invited 10 friends to join the newly formed Antiques Study Club.
The name Vetust, was chosen from the Latin word veustus meaning "of the old or ancient." The Vetust members adopted a mission statement that is continued today. "The mission of the club shall be the study of antiques and the subjects of historic interest and service to the community in charitable, civic and cultural advancement by way of conservation, preservation and restoration." CPR as it is now referred to is the foundation of the Vetust Study Club's philanthropy.
In October 1945 the members of the Vetust Study Club voted to sponsor an antique show. The first Asheville Antiques Fair was held at the Asheville City Auditorium on August 19, 1946. The show was a great success, being the first of it's kind in Asheville. Proceeds from the fair went to the Emergency Food Fund. The Asheville Antiques Fair was held annually for 65 years from 1946-2012 earning the distinction as one of the oldest antique fairs in the Southeast. The only year the Asheville Antique Fair was cancelled was in 1947 due to the polio epidemic.
Through the hard work and commitment of the Vetust members over $600,000 from Fair proceeds have been distributed to help support worthy non-profit charities and organizations throughout Buncombe County and Western North Carolina. A few of the many Vetust's recipients over the past 70 years include Eblen Charities, Caring for Children, Grove Arcade Public Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Asheville Symphony, WCQS, The Preservation Society, Pack Place, Eliada Home, Meals on Wheels, United Way, Smith McDowell Museum, Thomas Wolfe House, Salvation Army, UNCA, Warren Wilson and Mars Hill College.
Members of Vetust are pleased to announce their 2015 project. $50,000.00 has been pledged through the 26th North Carolina Troop for the conservation and restoration of the Vance Monument located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
For further information regarding the Vetust Study Club please contact:
Elizabeth L. Barr Projects Chair and Corresponding Secretary 828-280-8706
For further information regarding the Vance Monument Restoration please contact:
Chris Roberts 26th North Carolina Troop-828-712-5162.


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One hitch in the plan was that I didn't know a soul in the area, and certainly not a realtor. I was referred to Reed who, as it turned out, was on the complete opposite side of Richmond as Mechanicsville.
I fully expected him to bow out gracefully – nobody wants to drive that far week in and week out. However, after one phone call – we were both sold on the idea of working together.
Reed got a complete handful with our situation. I was moving from Raleigh and in with my fiancé (Rich) and his two kids. Our plan was to buy a larger house in Mechanicsville, but only after my house sold in Raleigh. Rich brought with him 43 years worth of 'stuff' and I brought the same. We had to remain in the kids' school districts. We needed about three times the space we had and yet came in with a potentially unrealistic budget.
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In just a few years we've had to live with the horrible aftermath of 9/11, Katrina, Sandy, and now Harvey. The loss of life and property has taken its toll on many. My heart certainly goes out to all.
How unfortunate that it takes tragedies for neighbors and strangers to offer the kind of help we are seeing in Texas. God has blessed this nation and its people over the decades when these things happen. Those who were affected by this loss had wonderful friends and neighbors nearby and probably never realized it.
We as a nation are so much better than the naysayers and detractors who spend their time defaming us individually and as a people. The spirit of our people is based on love and compassion for those who are in need. We rush to the aid of people all over the world. We fight for their freedoms and gladly
give our lives for another's future.
We are Americans!
Blessed in ways other nations try to imitate. Harvey is yet another example of America's exceptional people. The will to move forward against any adversity no matter the personal
cost or duration of hardship.
America, You Make Me Proud!
Good Bless the Men and Women who would risk their lives each and everyday to keep us safe.


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Doc's Blog this week tackles companions.
Are henchmen, hirelings, or companions used in your campaign? How are they treated by the player characters? Whose voice do they use?
I've already mentioned I don't do voices that well, so I am going to restrict myself to email games and campaigns.
Companions are everywhere, if you look. My former girlfriend, TGFKAB, mentioned that my game had a "Doctor Who" feel to it. Why? Oftentimes, I will pair a PC with an NPC or two who are companions to the "Doctor". It just has that sort of dynamic sometimes, in SB, since everyone is all over the map.
Players sometimes bring these Companions to the table–William and his Musketeers, Kennard and his assistant. But othertimes, I will introduce and have assistants for PCs to face the adventures with. Thus, Braem has Tannis by her side…Priya has Ostegos…Alais has Percy (although he is more of a partner than a lower-ranked Companion). I just seem to like the motif and the dynamics.
Other Hirelings and Henchmen in my games include people like Michael, the head of Castle Amber's Kitchens…and the infamous Lord Henden, the Chamberlain of the Castle. He has had a rough time in nearly every game I've had him appear in, ranging from hellhounds to a PC sorcerer giving him grief.
But he is so much fun and he helps give color and contrast to the PCs.


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Posts Tagged wasim akram
Posted by Sentinel Prime in LS Pakistan on April 11, 2010
Danish Kaneria is the most recent addition to the ever-growing and ever-prominent list of Pakistani players whose names have been mentioned in any sort of wrongdoing. It has been alleged that Kaneria and one more Essex player were involved in match fixing in a county match
Are Pakistani players really involved in these shady dealings or is this just some kind of scheme contrived by haters to demean and demoralise Pakistani cricketers and fans? Will we ever know the truth?
Kaneria has had ups and downs in his career and invites a range of opinion about his value to the team. Statistically he is amongst the best bowlers Pakistan has produced, yet there have been innumerable occasions where his control and accuracy have been substandard and calls have been made to drop him from the team. Kaneria's golden period came under Inzamam's time when not only was Kaneria the team's "trump card", Inzamam also fed off Kaneria's successes and Kaneria made Inzamam appear a better batsman than Inzamam actually was, as Kaneria kept taking 4 and 5 wicket hauls in those matches in which Inzamam scored heavily. However, after Inzamam's departure Kaneria has seemed unable to control his bowling and frequently releases pressure off the batsmen after bowling a few good deliveries.
This shocking news comes against the backdrop of PCB penalising Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved for alleged match fixing (although no official reports have emerged as to why these players were actually banned). Previously, almost all of the players who played under Wasim Akram (Inzamam, Malik, Ijaz, Saqlain, Waqar, Ata-ur-Rehman)- all of these names were mentioned in the Qayyum Report which was the first judicial enquiry into sport of its kind in the world. In fact Qayyum in his interview said that, normally boards that run sport have to conduct an internal enquiry but it was considered that the PCB was itself involved in match fixing at the highest level, which is why a judge was asked to conduct an independent enquiry.
This raises many questions, about the integrity of Pakistani cricketers and the people of Pakistan in general. Strangely enough, Sohaib Alvi of Dawn wrote an article yesterday citing that character has disappeared from modern cricket and the cricketers are uneducated and arrogant with no regard for the country or pride. Yet, how far are we, the observers of this unique drama, expected to take this statement? Is match fixing so prevalent that we have to assume it is just a part of Pakistan cricket which cannot be eradicated? What ramifications does this have on the morale of the Pakistani people, and the future of sport in the country?
Although match fixing is associated mainly with Pakistani players, it is considered that its origins lie within the Mumbai underworld. Although we hear of Lahore bookies and Karachi bookies, the roots of modern-day match fixing are in India. Yet, it is surprising how Indian players are generally not suspected of this evil, but almost every Pakistani player has been associated with it. Why is it that the bookies find it so easy to approach Pakistani players? Why does the PCB not do anything about this? And why is it considered that senior officials like Shafqat Rana, Yawar Saeed and Ijaz Butt themselves are involved in corruption?
This thread raises more questions than answers, because the concept of match fixing is something that remains clouded in mystery. There is no smoke without fire and the players and Board officials will have to be more forthright about this. The Pakistani public deserves to know about what actually happens behind closed doors and why the links between Pakistani players and bookies are so inextricable that we keep hearing the words "match fixing" with the word, "Pakistan".


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Top racecourses to visit in Australia
- Written by News Company
There's nothing quite like a visit to a racecourse for a great day out. It combines exciting sporting entertainment, dramatic fashion statements, a chance to socialize and top-notch food and drink. Add to that the chance of backing a winner or two and walking away with more money that you arrived with, and it is easy to see why horse racing is so popular.Australia is lucky enough to have some world class racecourses scattered across the country. So next time you are exploring a new location, why not check one or two of them out?
FlemingtonIt's impossible to mention racecourses without thinking of Australia's horse racing headquarters. Located to the north of Melbourne, the land has been used for racing horses since 1840, a history that could even give some of the historic racecourses in the UK a run for their money. It is, of course, the venue for the Melbourne Cup, one of those events for which even those who usually have no interest in racing find themselves drawn to the Unibet horse racing site to place a small wager. This year's Melbourne Cup will be on 05 November, so there is plenty of time to plan your trip.
Moonee ValleyThere is no racecourse quite like Moonee Valley anywhere else on earth, and race fans who have never visited Australia are missing out on a unique experience. The elevated track means there are no bad views and the atmosphere is second to none. A major redevelopment, featuring an all-new track and state of the art facilities, will take place over the next six years. So if you want to see it prior to the transformation, don't delay.
RandwickSydney is lucky enough to have two top-quality racecourses to choose from, and while Canterbury Park is certainly worth a visit, if you only have time to see one, then Randwick should be the venue of choice. It recently underwent some major upgrades and is now one of the best-appointed tracks in the country. It also gets to host some of the biggest races, including the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Championships and the Doncaster Mile.
BirdsvilleA day at the races doesn't have to be all about hats, champagne and three course meals. To enjoy racing for the sake of racing, you really must attend the Birdsville Races at least once in your life. Birdsville is remote, even by Australian standards, located to the far west of Queensland, but closer to Alice Springs than Brisbane. For one weekend each year, the population swells from 100 to about 7,000 for a horse racing event like no other. It's often described as the biggest party in the outback, and everyone is welcome.
Fannie BayThe laid-back and friendly capital of the Northern Territory is always worth a visit, and when you do so, be sure to check out Fannie Bay racecourse. If you can make it in late July / early August all the better, as the Darwin Cup Carnival is one of the most anticipated events in the racing calendar.


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A year ago, tragedy struck the nation as it became apparent that we were in the midst of an epidemic as the rate of teen LGBT suicide made major headlines. A year ago today, tragedy also struck New York when a young man, Tyler Clementi, took his own life by jumping off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River. Although the reason why Tyler chose to take his own life is uncertain because he is not here to tell us, it still is unfortunate that he took his own life at all.
I'm on the board of Swish, a gay straight alliance that provides opportunities for people to get involved in LGBT advocacy in a way that is most comfortable for them. I oversee the organization's social media strategies. It was through my work with Swish that I met Jim Swimm. I didn't know who he was when I met him. All I knew was that he was an insightful and thoughtful voice on Twitter. He tweeted me once asking me to check out his guest post on Bilerico. This was the beginning of a new friendship for us. I asked Jim if he would be willing to contribute a piece for Swish Voices, an online campaign section that we have on the site to highlight different voices in the community. He agreed and wrote this piece.
My heart ached after reading his piece. Jim Swimm was the one who found Tyler Clementi floating face down in the Hudson. A year after his death, I asked Jim if it would be okay to interview him about it and how his life has changed because of it.
Describe what it was like finding Tyler?
While walking my dog in Inwood Hill Park with a friend, something caught my eye down by the river's edge. I quickly glanced, couldn't see what it was exactly, and made a joking reference to my friend; "Oh, look! A dead body." Without missing a beat, we continued on our walk. About 10 minutes later, we were close enough to the riverbank to see that it was, indeed, a dead body. It had been floating alongside us, pacing us on our walk, that entire time. My friend said, "Oh, man. I think that really is a body," and we began following it with the few other people who were nearby (including a park ranger) as it floated on the river's current. It was surreal. One of those scenes that you've only encountered in movies or on TV, so you're not exactly sure how to deal with it or what you're supposed to do. Thankfully, the park ranger was calling the authorities so we weren't having to actually get in and pull the body from the water. We were left to just be observers, to witness this rather macabre scene.
How did that moment change your view of life?
The 'moment' itself, of actually seeing his body? I'm not sure. Seeing a dead body in that sort of unexpected setting is a traumatic experience in and of itself. But the real life-changing moment was receiving confirmation two days later that it was Tyler Clementi. That's what changed me. In those two short days, I was reading everything I could about him, finding out more details, learning what had caused him to lose all hope in life, then connected all of that to the images in my mind — the body, bloated from being in the water for so long, in a light-colored long-sleeved shirt & what looked to be khaki pants, the color of his hair, how his shoulder shifted when his body bumped up against a rock — and everything went from surreal to hyper-real. I had gotten a close-up view at the end result of his despair and I knew that I had to do more to prevent anyone else from ending up like that.
When you and I met for lunch months and months ago, you told me that finding Tyler had motivated your activism. Can you tell us how this experience has changed you and pushed you to do more?
I've said many times that I feel Tyler Clementi spoke to me that day. I'm not religious, nor am I a 'spiritual' person who gives concepts like destiny or fate much merit, but there's a reason why I was there in the park that day at that precise moment in time. Upon hearing about my experience, a friend (Clinton Leupp aka Ms. Coco Peru) wrote to me: "In some way, it is…I can't find the words, but to know that at least one of Tyler's kind was there to witness him feels… perhaps a little right in a situation that is so wrong." It's my bearing witness, as a Gay man, that has instilled the sense of obligation in me to do more. I feel a duty to do as much as I can to prevent this from being anyone else's experience and to be a reminder that we must pay more attention to these young people.
How do you see organizations like Swish, It Gets Better, Make It Better, and GLSEN making a difference for young people like Tyler?
I'm assuming you're asking how I see these organizations making a difference for young people going forward, yes? In my mind, the key to making a difference for these kids that are confronted with homophobia and so much anti-LGBT bullying in their lives isn't to be found in reassurances of things one day getting better. Not that things getting better isn't a hopeful message to send or that I disagree with it in any way, but what these kids really need to know, what I think they're desperately trying to tell us they want to hear is: they matter. My personal experience has been, you lose hope when you start feeling like no one gives a damn. I think the priority of any organization that wants to help LGBT youth should be to stand up for them and make it abundantly clear that the world is worse without them.
What do you see as the straight community's role in the movement for equality?
As with any other struggle for equal rights, the 'role' of the straight community should be that of any other — accept us, respect us as they would any other human being, and ensure that our differences have no bearing on how we're treated. But, in relation to LGBT youth, the straight community plays a more vital role, and that's as parents. Coping with being 'different' as a kid, in any way, is complex & difficult enough without layering on the derogatory names and all the other external homophobia. But, unlike…say, a Jewish kid…who's in a classroom with only Christian children all day coping with his/her uniqueness, an LGBT kid typically has no parents or relatives to mirror that experience. With no parents to identify with, who see the world in a similar way, an LGBT kid's sense of self just gets weaker and weaker until it's too much and they lose hope. It's that empathic role that straight parents, if not all straight people, need to realize they're playing. And currently not playing very well, quite frankly.
Any thoughts on why you think straight men are not necessarily as vocal about this subject?
It's really difficult for me to comment on that. I fear that I'll come of as judgmental or reproaching, and I know that inevitably helps no one get to a better understanding. Also, I think it's time we stop asking LGBT people that question, and I say that as someone of whom it's been asked a LOT in the past year. In all that asking and my own pondering, I've decided we need to start asking straight men the question. Personally, I'm a little afraid to hear the answer and that's why I so rarely ask it. I think the best thing I can do is just remind straight men that people will continue to get hurt, kids will continue to kill themselves, until there's a change and homophobia ends. And whether any of us likes it or not, that change lies with them.
What do you wish someone would have told you as a young gay man?
What?! Wait a minute…are you telling me that I'm no longer a young Gay man?! Kidding aside…there are any number of things I would wish someone had told me when I was younger. I could go on for days listing them all, just as I'm sure anyone — Gay or Straight — could do. Well, anyone as advanced in years as myself, that is. I think what I would wish for now is that young Gay people stop being told there's something wrong with them because they're Gay, stop being told that it's something that can be repaired by praying hard enough, stop being told that it's something that makes them undeserving of equal rights, stop being told that it's something that makes them intolerable to others, stop being told that it's a sin. I know it's a big one, but that would be my wish.
Reprinted with permission from Kraus Notes.


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It was the darkest night it had ever been, worsened by heavy downpour, indeed the goddess of rain hard opened the gates of ocean to the world, nevertheless, this could not stop Masinde from creeping through the thin lining of bamboo fence that separated their homestead from Pastor Mambo's compound. His memory was still as fresh as that of an infant, she had smiled, widely and profoundly to him at the church dais as everyone else in the church was fully engaged in the sermons and more precisely the offering's song. In fact, she signaled discreetly to indicate today at the same time, this was well known to him, just like the stanza of the chorus they were singing.
He forced his clumsy body through the lining that loosely separated two bamboo frames from the other, he then entered into Pastor Mambo's homestead and albeit the sooty darkness he was able to scan through the entire compound for any movement.
Swiftly, walked towards the smallest house strategically placed at the center of the compound, cautiously approached the window and without further hesitation knocked at the window frame. His mind was fully occupied with fantasies of their last escapades, infact it seemed centuries had passed since they last encountered. suddenly with lightning speed the door was ajar, unceremoniously, he stepped in less conscious about how wet and drenched he was save for the fact that he was fully preoccupied with the mission ahead.
Just in the morning, he had been requested to deliver a church's sermon on 'youths and morality'. Being the overall youth leader in their local church he was considered a role model and an inspiration- infact just a day earlier one of the church elders had told him how his family envy his perfect deeds, that aside, he stood close to the doorstep to allow his eyes adjust to the dim light emanating from the small bedroom of the small house, suddenly he was able to see a silhouette at the edge of the bed, almost standing up to welcome him, owing to his greed to lust, he never summoned up enough energy to assess the figure, indeed in his own imagination, it looked seemingly obvious and familiar. It gestured again and as an obedient servant he quickly removed all the cloths he'd worn, and in a deep murmuring voice, he asked her to turn on the lights- Jane was the 1st born daughter of Pastor Mambo, she was the talk of the village an inspiration and one of the rarest girls who had successfully embraced Christianity and lived according to its teachings, her father was very proud of her as well the entire congregation, she was also the leader of the local Church's choir where his dad always delivered powerful sermons every Sunday. This is what they have been doing every Sunday night. The lights were turned on, its rays reflected radiantly on his naked body, it blended well with his dark complexion.
Then it dawned on his, the figure standing right infront of him was not Jane, his heart threatened to explode out of him, he wished the earth could open up and swallow him, he was paralyzed with terror how on earth could this have happened, ????! then he heard the other person asking, 'Freddie, you look different today?' he was also naked. True it looked familiar, it was Pastor Mambo himself.


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Historical facts and comment.
Sons of the Conquerors – Hugh Pope
Hugh Pope (a 73-77)
Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (May 2005)
Taj Mahal – G H R Tillotson
Taj Mahal
G H R Tillotson (c 78)
Publisher: Harvard University Press (November 2008)
Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory – Julian Thompson
Building the New Jerusalem – Mark Swenarton
The French Century – Brian Moynahan
Forgotten Soldiers – Brian Moynahan
The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery – Jonathan Conlin
3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands: No Picnic – Julian Thompson
Julian Thompson
3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands: No Picnic
Written by one of the senior commanders of the Falklands campaign. Drawing on British and Argentinean sources. Already a classic account of the conflict, this will appeal to all those interested in the Falklands Campaign.
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military (April 2007)
The Illustrated Book of Patriotism – George Courtauld
George Courtauld (b 77-82)
Publisher: Ebury Press (November 2006)
This book presents essential British words and deeds, dates and phrases, songs, speeches and commandments from Stonehenge to the present day in one simple book. No judgement, no padding, just the bare bones of our glorious […]


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