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If you're a fan of South Florida's teams, Stephen Ross doesn't think you're a good sports fan. The Miami Dolphins' owner made that sentiment clear earlier this week when he said as much during an impromptu interview with the New York Daily News . Ross made sure to hedge his hot take by pointing out that Miami is a "great city," just not so hot when it comes to sports fandom.
Guess what, Ross: Nobody cares! Miami isn't sorry for being what it is: a town that supports its teams at the box office when they deserve to be supported. Miami fans' cash is earned, not given. That fact won't change anytime soon. So deal with it or leave — your choice.
It's high time to confront this stigma about local fans coming around only when the winning is good: Yeah, Miami doesn't blindly support its sports teams. So what? Are you new here?
Miami does everything differently — some things better, some things worse, but always different. If you're looking to compare what goes on in Miami to what happens in St. Louis or Milwaukee, you've obviously lost your way.
But this critique of Miami sports fans is especially rich coming from Ross, who hasn't had a clue about how to build a successful sports team since he strolled into town nine years ago. He has run through three rebuilds with seven combinations of front-office people running the show. His first move in South Florida was to roll out an "orange carpet," get T-Pain to remix the team's fight song, and sell a minority share to Fergie, even as everyone made it clear all you need to draw fans and a buzz in Miami is a winner.
Local fans will show up for a game at a crumbling stadium like the late-era Orange Bowl and stand in other people's piss if the team on the field is winning, but if your club is losing, expect a half-full stadium. Them's the breaks. Welcome to Miami, Ross.
Honestly, what are we even talking about here? How seriously do you have to take sports to continually puff up your chest and proclaim: Yes! I am the one who volunteers to spend money on a perpetually crappy product! It is I, best sports fan, who prioritizes sports over other important things in life that are so much more important! Recognize that my town has so few other things to offer that everyone here needs to be in the stadium in person to watch a terrible product!
Take a step back and think about how all of that sounds. Other cities are weird, not Miami. Their priorities are backward, not Miami's. South Floridians put just the right amount of time and effort into our sports teams. The Marlins still hold the record for attendance in a World Series. No one touches the atmosphere in American Airlines Arena during a Heat playoff run, and the Heat has been in the top ten of attendance for the past 15 years. Longtime Dolphins fans will tell you what it was like during Marino's prime. And yet again this past season, we saw how Hurricanes football fans react to a decent team.
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Miamians don't pay up just for an event; they pay up for a great product. But don't expect South Florida sports fans to repeatedly waste their time and money on an inferior squad and a lousy game-day experience. It ain't happening. Sorry, not sorry.
If Cleveland Browns fans want a participation trophy for watching their team go 0-16 in the dead of winter, crown their asses. They're number one. We suck. You're cool. You're the big winner.
Miamians make their teams earn their fans' time and money because people in South Florida have many options on which to spend those two things but limited stock in both. That doesn't just mean dining at Prime 112 or popping bottles at LIV; that means spending time with family at home because Miamians work hard to live where most people vacation.
If you don't like it, know that Miami fans don't care if you like it. If you think it's an excuse, file it in your excuse box. The fact that critics continually challenge Miami as a sports town is more of a reflection of their priorities than a problem with ours.


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From George Jefferson
Richmond June 1st. 1798.
Dear Sir,
Concluding you will be anxious to know when the things go up which came by Capt. Potter, I have to inform you that there is a boatman now down who has engaged to take them, & who sets off up tomorrow.
They should have been forwarded sooner, but that most of the Milton boats had stopped running, in consequence of the water having been very low. there is now a little swell in the river which has brought them down.
I will write to Mr. Eppes as you direct by next post—unless I meet with an earlier opportunity.
I am very respectfully Dear Sir Your Mt. Hbl: servt.
Geo. Jefferson
RC (MHi); at foot of text: "Thomas Jefferson esqr."; endorsed by TJ as received 7 June 1798 and so recorded in SJL.

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Oneplus 7 Professional Dxomark Rating Ought to Give Samsung and Huawei Pause
Regardless of its bang for buck enchantment, OnePlus has by no means been recognized for having excellent cameras. Good, maybe, however not remarkable. And it's not that the corporate has been skimping on the imaging sensors to maintain costs low. Extra doubtless, it merely hasn't but come throughout the right mixture of hardware and software program to put it on the prime. That appears to have lastly modified with the OnePlus 7 Professional, at the least based mostly on DxOMark's scores. After the Huawei P30 Professional and the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, you may suppose there's no approach somebody like OnePlus would even get close to. Then once more, the Xiaomi Mi 9 additionally received shut so miracles can occur. And it simply did.
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Beneath DxOMark's new selfie assessments, the OnePlus 7 Professional is pushed down a bit however nonetheless throughout the high 10. The narrow depth of discipline and lack of autofocus price it some factors. However given it's up in opposition to some telephones with twin entrance cameras, it's nonetheless worthy of reward. All of that coming from a $700 phone, $670 should you goal for the bottom configuration. Whereas not cheap, it's merely $200 lower than DxOMark's prime 2. OnePlus may be on the verge of changing into this yr's high Android cellphone.


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My friends, I want to tell you one thing. The left just can't figure out how to attack Romney best. First they say he's a conservative businessman with too much wealth to be able to know what middle class Americans are struggling with. Then, to tailor their attacks, claim he is a moderate at best and cannot be trusted to be a conservative on fiscal or values positions. Unfortunately, Mitt Romney is not Ronald Reagan, nor is he William Buckley or any other conservative ideal. I wish he were more in line with my views. However, he is at least a fiscal conservative who will bring this country back from the brink that Hussein Obama has taken us to. Mitt Romney is, I believe the best, most competent and by far, the most likely to win against Obama and his cronies. Getting off topic a bit, it used to be that a candidate's family was by and large off limits. A candidate's wife, children, parents etc. were not to be attacked by either side as a show of respect and common courtesy, seeing as how the relatives were not running and therefore their thoughts, statements etc. were of little importance to the campaign as opposed to the actual candidate's positions. However, liberals have taken to saying that Ann Romney's statement that she doesn't consider herself wealthy BECAUSE of her wealth is an indicator that the Romneys are out of touch and cannot fathom the difficulties ordinary Americans face. They are taking her completely out of context. What she actually said was that she considers herself wealthy, not because of her wealth, but because of her family and friends and loved ones. Most Americans, wealthy and not, would say the same. I am not wealthy, save for in the love and support I have of my parents, my siblings, my friends. In striving to bring down Romney, liberals have stooped to attacking the man's wife, by all accounts and very nice person. I see nothing wrong with what Mrs. Romney said and I find her an excellent example of humility and grace in the midst of trials. And I find Mitt Romney a much better example of what a president should be, in that he does not focus on dividing the country, but on uniting. Surely The Left, which hailed Obama as the Great Uniter, He Who Would Cure All Ills, and The One, can get behind a man who has a plan to fix the economy and get Americans believing in America again, right? Unfortunately, The Left doesn't want that! The Left instead wants Americans in bondage to Big Government. Mitt Romney therefore, is antithetical to The Left and must be defeated. I hope millions of Americans join with me tonight and strike a blow to The Left with a vote for Romney!
Romney And The LeftMarch 6, 2012
Sec. of Agriculture: "Food Stamps Stimulate The Economy"August 16, 2011
Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in an interview: "I should point out, when you talk about the SNAP program or the foot stamp program, you have to recognize that it's also an economic stimulus. Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times."
The man has spoken! Food stamps are stimulus! It seems that food stamps do a better job of stimulating the economy than jobs do, evidently. Because although there has been a vast increase of people on them, the jobs are less and less plentiful. Hmm… maybe foodstamps are helpful. I mean hungry people got to eat right? And when people eat, they spend money right? Well the thing is, it is government sending money to people, to get them to buy stuff. Only, unlike Stimulus 1.0, this is long term government spending.
One problem with this plan, government can't continue to spend more and more money, sending essentially free money to people who aren't working, or are working less, and taking that money from people who are working. Many of whom are not working anymore since Obama and his henchmen are making it much less business friendly within this country.
Again, my brain is scrambled, because the news is on and is turned way up, but I guarantee that my quality articles will become higher quality once I work out a better schedule. Stay informed.
I'm Back Baby!August 4, 2011
Rejoice longsuffering fans of mine. An Informed Mind, after a long and painful hiatus has returned with another illuminating piece. I have been gone a long time and undoubtedly my writing skills have suffered. My mind draws more blanks than it did in the heat of writing, and working long hours at my job tires my mind as well. But I cannot sit back and be silent as the Democratic Socialist Party of America spends us into bankruptcy.
You see, the new debt ceiling bill has raised some hackles on both sides of the aisle. I agree with Rep. Cleaver that this bill is a 'sugar coated Satan sandwich.' Only thing is, we have two totally different reasons. First and foremost there is little in the way of guaranteeing spending cuts. In other words, we gave Barack Hussein Obama (his highness) his two+ trillion dollars in debt ceiling raise but without significant cuts to spending, without a balanced budget amendment, without any guarantee of no new taxes in the future. The Republicans have been hoodwinked again.
In other, entirely related news: the DOW has dropped over 500 points in one day. Barack Hussein Obama is a boy that was sent to do a man's job. Barack Obama is as Eric Cantor pointed out, in over his head. He has never created a single job, he has never had to deal with a budget. While he was smokin' dope in college on taxpayer money, real economists were learning that spending more than you take in is a recipe for disaster and that countries need to keep a low debt to GDP ratio for the long term health of their economies. Barack never learned this. So while he is bashing 'millionaires, billionaires and corporate jet owners', he's also soliciting funds from them for his reelection.
In closing of this erratic and somewhat discombobulated post, does anyone else notice that whenever something went wrong under Bush, it was always his fault, but now that Obama is at the helm it's not his? It is always either A. Bush's fault or B. 'Circumstances we can't control'? Goodnight America.
The Great Union HypocrisyJune 7, 2010
My tirade and assault on the unions; nay their corrupt political arms, continues. With a recent piece of literature *cough propaganda cough* coming through my mail box today, I opened it to find a new wave of insults and derogatory remarks aimed at the tea party people. Now, to clear any confusion, I am not a member of a tea party group. However, I FULLY support their ideals and see them as trying to rightfully reclaim their country from a bureaucratic monstrosity and big government bent on spending us into oblivion. Anyway, this union assails to good people from the tea party with statements such as these: "Their paranoia and hatred for anything to do with President Obama have blinded them to the point of a sort of mass hysteria that I believe is a social phenomenon this country hasn't seen since the days of McCarthyism." Where do I start? First off, I haven't seen a whole ton of 'mass hysteria' from the tea party. Nope, all I see is a bunch of flag waving and singing patriotic songs. Hmm… are those crazy people patriotic? Nope, jingoistic and nationalist. Shame on those filthy, backwards bomb throwers and rabble-rousers.
Secondly, I think that the anti-war loons from Vietnam through the Iraq war would more so qualify for 'mass hysteria', especially the ones that carried signs portraying Bush as Hitler or with a bullet through his forehead. Maybe the Watts or LA rioters. Still drawing blanks unnamed union official?
"The ugliness being stirred up in our Country by the tea baggers needs to stop. The rest of the world sees us as tea baggers and not the kind- hearted people that we are. Just before Tim McVeigh, the mood in the country was ugly as well. Wake up people!" This one I'm really getting sick of. The only ugliness that's being stirred up is being opened by leftists like *unnamed union official* who constantly refer to tea partiers by a sexualized slur. The same people that are 'kind- hearted people that we are' are the ones defaming the tea partiers that have legitimate and substantial worries about the direction our country is heading in. And why is it that every time a conservative (or conservative group) raises hackles about something the left brings up Timothy McVeigh? We conservatives don't bring up the Black Panthers or Bill Ayers. Also, do you really think grandma's gonna whip out a Magnum .357 or Uzi from her purse and mow down a bunch of politicos? Maybe we should be concentrating on people like, oh I don't know… Nidal Hassan or Abdul Malik Mohammed Hussein… heck with it, the boxer bomber? Not every time an atmosphere is ugly it ends in violence, nope, sometimes it ends in political hacks losing their jobs, like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are poised for.
"It seems the public is tiring of the anti-Obama rhetoric, but that doesn't mean it will go away…" Before I continue with this whopper, I had to bring something up. 'It won't go away'? You mean like that health care bill from the devil? The one that 65%+ of Americans didn't want yet was shoved down our throats? Yeah, he knows what he's talking about. "…Certainly if the economy improves month by month, then the hypocrisy of the teabaggers will become more visible to the public because they'll realize that the bottom line is that the majority of the teabaggers, for whatever reason, either strongly dislike or simply hate Barack Obama." Uh-huh. If the economy improves month by month, yeah that's a big 'if' dummy. Especially considering that out of the 400,000 jobs we added in April or May or whatever month it was, 90%+ of them were temp. Census jobs. 'WOW! Honey, I was just hired to the Census bureau. Only problem… I'll be out of work in 6 weeks.' Yeah, economy's really looking up. Uh-huh. Maybe the economy is not getting better because we didn't spend enough money on it. Yeah, that's it. We need to spend more money. So here's the deal, we'll spend $20,000,000,000,000 to bail EVERYBODY out and then there'll be enough money to go around and companies will hire and world hunger will be eradicated etc. The only minor side effect? Our dollars will be worth, oh say… 1/10th of a Zimbabwean dollar. (If that doesn't register, a hamburger in Zimbabwe costs 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars. An egg costs 500 billion.) But darn them teabagging rednecks, they just hate Obama because 'AAAAHHHH there's a bleck mann in da whyite hause!!!!!' Give me a break.
You see my fellow Americans, union leadership is corrupt as a rule. Members in unions are just like everyday Americans. They want their kids to be safe and to have a better life than they had. They want America to be free and prosperous. Most probably have conservative views. But the union leadership has become nothing but a political pawn, a shill, a sheeple for the Democratic Socialist party of America. They should not be taken seriously anymore.
Conservative Principles And the Burden of Big Government (Pre-election)December 20, 2009
The greatest tragedy of our time is the loss of personal responsibility by the American citizen. The rise of the Democratic party as we now know it is wrought by the corresponding deficiency of active conservative principles by our citizens. The Democratic party now has espoused the greatest big government agenda in the history of our great nation. They promise free money, free healthcare, free college tuition: who is going to pay for it? Where do we get the money? And more importantly, what do we do when that free money runs out? We will have become so dependant on the government that we will have shed all personal responsibility and will no longer know how to earn anything ourselves.
In fact, we are rapidly heading toward that state now. The Democratic party seems an inexorable juggernaut unable to be stopped by traditional Republican tactics. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama champion the advent of government run healthcare (read: socialistic health-care) which would add untold trillions to the government debt which we are now entangled in. They support many billions of dollars toward the creation of new and far-ranging government programs for the poor and suffering. I am for the removal of poverty from the American scene, but never at the cost of throwing our security into the briny depths of foreign whims. How can we take care of our own citizens' money issues while throwing the nation into debt and disarray?
As every conservative knows, big government is the trumping of state and local government and the crushing of the will and freedom of the people of which the government was borne to serve. When government begins to control your wallet, yea, even a part of it, it becomes like a wild animal with bloodlust, it cannot be satiated with just the minor taste, it must consume the entire entity. This means that if we allow our liberal government to control even the minutest fraction of our financial lives, it will eventually grow to be the detestable brute that the founding Fathers intended to prevent through the various checks and balances. We must now elect someone with the great principles that have driven conservatives since the Reagan Revolution: the principles of integrity, honesty, small government, noninterference except when absolutely necessary, freedom of the individual, freedom of the nation, personal accountability and other principles so advocated by conservatives that have long thwarted the liberal pick-pocketing by the scourge of big government.
You may ask why I speak of big government as an animal, or even a cumbersome and obstinate impediment to liberty. Well the common principles of man have long sustained the human race since the days of Noah and Moses to our current state. When God saw the wickedness of the people, he did not indiscriminately destroy Noah as well as the heathen sinners. No, he saw the righteousness of one and seven and spared them. As well as with the rebellion of Korah against the laws of God brought by Moses from the Mount Sinai, God destroyed Korah and his followers yet spared those that remained loyal to Him. Personal accountability made all the difference. The followers of God made a personal commitment to remain loyal and steadfast when others were blindly following one erroneous man. This can be said of liberalism, we follow blindly in the direction our brute big government leads us. With conservatism; however, personal responsibility is the driving force. Personal accountability in finances, freedom, choice and family. The government stays as much out of your life in a conservative government as it intrudes and obstructs in a liberal-run one.
Therefore choose for yourself of which you wish to be yoked under: a government that restricts or a government that uplifts? A government that controls or a government that knows it's role? A government that determines what you can do and when or a government that allows for personal freedom in bounds of natural law? A government that promises big and falls short or a government that stays out and allows you to become all you can be? A government whose yoke is crushing in weight and destructive in nature or a government whose yoke is light and unrestrictive? A government who lives to control or a government who is controlled by those living under it? A government grown to the size of unsustainable range or a government who helps more than controls? These are the questions before us now in the great moment of elective process. The time in which we exercise our will. We still have the choice, do we have the will? We still have the power to shrink this sizeable behemoth to a manageable and freedom loving ordinance run by us and doing our will. Will we step up and say to the government through our ballots that we will no longer be controlled by them, instead they will become adherents to our will?
Now is not the time for apathy on the part of the great conservative spirit within every American. Now is the time to act, to set forth a new revolution: not one wrought by violence or death, not of communism nor Marxism nor liberalism. A peculiar revolution indeed it shall be, instead of 'progressing' to a new depth of personal unaccountability, we shall instead 'progress backwards' as it were, to the shining shores of liberty and the sunny plains of personal freedom. We can truly progress, but we shall progress genuinely, for once, toward a right and just goal of freedom and responsibility and the removing of the yoke of government that has become a prevalent factor in the ongoing demise of the liberty we have had for two hundred and thirty two years. We shall indeed break the bondage imposed by government and replace it with a righteous government of old, one of noninterference save the case of war, violence or fraud.


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This powerful IK 5000 inspection package builds upon Heidenhain's quality and the original Metronics QUADRA-CHECK QC5000 software by introducing the ability to run on Windows 7 64-bit operating systems and adding support for a new Analog Frame Grabber DALSA PC2 express card as a successor to the original DALSA Bandit 2 frame grabber. The new DALSA PC2 will provide analog video edge detection tools and images on Windows XP and Window 7 PCs. For users of digital cameras, Heidenhain uses the output of a camera hardware trigger to synchronize axis position with the image. Access to the video properties menu is no longer hidden and is now available to the user interface. This offers the ability to direct the required parameters to the DirectShow Windows interface.
CMM users can use the 3D profiling capabilities that offer measurement and graphic evaluation of 3D contours, using multi-sensor and tactile measuring machines. This option, used for profile measurements, is capable of importing a 3D CAD file (either STEP or IGES) and comparing it with an actual measured part. Improvements were also introduced in the 3D profile feature for probing points perpendicular to the surface on DCC CMMs. Support for setting up two-, four-, and six-bay probe racks is also now available.
In response to requests for additional functionality and improvements, Heidenhain added about 30 new functions and 40 improvements to IK 5000 version 3.0.0. Some of these additions include support of ISO 286-2 tolerances, importing measured points into a 2D profile within a part program, measurement of rectangular-shaped features, and the Portuguese language option.
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Heidenhain Corp. is the North American subsidiary of Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, a leading international manufacturer of precision measurement and control equipment. Our product line includes linear scales, rotary and angular encoders, digital readouts, digital length gages, CNC controls, and machine inspection equipment.


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Nopfunge is a fungeoid designed by Hubert Lamontagne in 2015. It is a two-dimensional esoteric programming language based on a severely restricted subset of the well known Befunge language. Its goal is to show that having access to a sufficiently flexible program geometry is indeed the only thing that is needed to achieve Turing completeness. It is an example of extreme Turing tarpit, and very severely sacrifices usability in order to achieve a high degree of theoretical elegance. In other words, it manages to have an amazingly high number of NON-features.
Essentially, its only feature (which is not present in Befunge) is the ability to decide which portions of the program are present only one time and which portions are repeated infinitely, both horizontally and vertically. To compensate for this, it removes literally every other feature.
The ONLY valid commands in Nopfunge are the PC direction change commands < > v ^ and empty space (which are the same as in Befunge). This means that Nopfunge has no stack, no numbers and no conditionals: there are NO stack manipulation commands and NO commands to store or retrieve data from the program grid. There are no variables or data storage or functions or objects of any kind. The ONLY thing that ever happens in Nopfunge is PC movement.
In spite of this, Nopfunge is Turing complete.
Language overview
A Nopfunge is made out of a two-dimensional playfield which can have any size (it is not restricted to a 80x25 grid, unlike Befunge-93). As in Befunge, the instruction pointer starts in the top left corner and initially travels rightwards.
Whereas Befunge programs can be considered to be made out of an infinite grid of repeats of the same program, Nopfunge programs contain a non-repeated section on the left (before the horizontal repeat mark ; ), followed by a repeated section on the right. Likewise, on the vertical axis, there is a non-repeated section on the top (before the vertical repeat mark = ) followed by a repeated section on the bottom.
So for instance, this:
vv ;^v vv ; ====== > ;>v < ;^<
will expand to this:
vv ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v... vv ... > >v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v... < ^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<... > >v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v... < ^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<... > >v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v... < ^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<... > >v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v... < ^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<... > >v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v>v... < ^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<... etc...
Due to this, the program has 4 sections: a single copy of the top left corner, an infinite line of copies of the top right, an infinite line of copies of the bottom left, and a doubly infinite grid of copies of the bottom right. If the PC escapes to the left or the top side of the program, the program can be considered to have halted, as there is no way for the PC to come back.
The horizontal repeat start point is set by the first instance of ; on the first line, and the vertical repeat start point is set by the first line starting with =.
Nopfunge has the following commands:
|PC direction right
|PC direction left
|PC direction up
|PC direction down
|Nothing happens (PC keeps moving in the same direction).
Computational class
Using the X and Y position of the PC in a repeated grid, Nopfunge can be shown to be equivalent to a 2 counter Minsky machine. The first counter can be decremented by escaping to the left and incremented by escaping to the right, and likewise moving to the next copy above or below will decrement or increment the second counter. The current path of the PC is equivalent to the current state of the Minsky machine. It is possible to test whether the first counter is zero by having a different path in the left hand fringe of the program (only repeated vertically), and likewise the second counter can be tested for zero equality by having a different path in the top fringe (only repeated horizontally). Since the PC starts in the top left corner, this is equivalent to starting with both counters at zero.
Given a 2d board with infinite repeating sections, the same method can be used to prove Turing completeness for any sort of path walking, as long as wire crossings and joining two paths together are possible. This includes falling dominoes, Chess, directed graphs, cellular automatons, water pipe networks (with possible consequences on the solvability of the Navier-Stokes equations), Super Mario Bros, and even Snakes and Ladders.
Minsky Machine to Nopfunge translator
A tool for translating a Minsky Machine program into Nopfunge can be found here: http://yiap.nfshost.com/esoteric/nopfunge/mmtonop.py It uses a method devised by Keymaker which is unlikely to be the most efficient way.
For example, given the following MM program (which simply computes 4*2 and then halts):
1 inc A 2 2 inc A 3 3 inc A 4 4 inc A 5 5 dec A 6 8 6 inc B 7 7 inc B 5 8 halt
The translator creates:
>; v ; v ; v ; v ; v ; v ; v ; v ========================== ; v < ; v < ; v < ; v < ; v < ; v < ; v < ; v < ;v > ;> ^ ; v > ; > ^ ; v > ; > ^ ; v > ; > ^ v; < ^ >; ^ ; > ^ ; v < ; > ^ ; v < ; < ;
(The last line featuring only ";" is because of the translation for the halting instruction not using more than one line and the translator was constructed so that all instructions use two lines (for the sake of keeping the translator's Python code simple).)
The states of A and B registers are defined by the x and y coordinates of the PC; in which instance of the infinitely tiled bottom-right part of the program the PC resides. If, for example the PC is in the fourth horizontal (x) and third vertical (y) copy, the registers (A & B) are 3 and 2 respectively.
Note: The state of A register cannot be inspected reliably if the program has halted (or is in the process of doing so): for Nopfunge to halt, the PC must get outside the program space, and in this translation the PC is moved out of the space on the left side and thus the value of A register (x) will be zeroed in the process.


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LPPFusion is a high tech R&D company working on the environmentally clean Focus Fusion technology.
LPPFusion's nuclear fusion R&D project was initially funded by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is now backed by over 500 private investors including the Abell Foundation of Baltimore. LPPFusion's patented technology and peer-reviewed science are guiding the design of this virtually unlimited source of environmentally clean energy that can be significantly cheaper than any other energy sources currently in use. Check out our Focus Fusion research timelines or our latest news. To learn about how Focus Fusion technology works in more detail see our videos. We are working to demonstrate the scientific feasibility of Focus Fusion at our laboratory in Middlesex, NJ.


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Recurring Services
We have several favorite participatory Sunday services throughout the year. These include:
The Ingathering water ceremony held at the beginning of the school year
The Day of the Dead service during which people are invited to share memories of loved ones
The Symbol Tree service around Christmas time when people share important milestones in their lives from the past year
Intergenerational services usually arranged around holidays and which often include crafts, dance, music, skits
The June Transitions Service recognizes RE students moving into high school, graduating from high school, and making other transitions.
During our June Summer Reads service, Prairie members bring book recommendations to share with others.
We also mark life milestones including child dedications, weddings (see Rentals for more information) and memorials.


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Obama says he's not too keen on the financial blogs -- what with their constant calls for nationalization and all -- but obviously this White House is paying attention. That's really cool.
As The White House undergoes a full-court press to convince the public that it's latest bank bailout scheme will work, bloggers have been invited to participate on at 10:00 call to discuss the scheme.
We'll be listening, and will let you know what we learn.


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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
RIVERSIDE, CA - The New Mexico State volleyball team opened Western Athletic Conference play with a five-set thriller against California Baptist at the Van Dyne Gym on Thursday night. The Aggies fell to the Lancers 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 11-15 in their first league contest.
How it Happened
NM State (10-4) got off to a slow start, trailing CBU (10-3) by five early in the opening set. The Aggies clawed their way back to come within a pair down the stretch but quickly fell behind 17-13. With Halle Razo serving, New Mexico State rallied, coming within a point of the Lancers before California Baptist called a timeout to stop NM State's momentum. Despite tying the set at 23-23, the Aggies couldn't find their rhythm and fell 25-23 in the first set.
New Mexico State jumped out to hold the 6-2 advantage early in the second set but a California Baptist rally quickly caught up to the Crimson and White. New Mexico State trailed 15-13 at the media timeout but the Aggies tied the match 18-18 following an attack error by the opposition. The errors soon plagued New Mexico State and an ace by CBU put the team behind 22-19 late in the set. The Aggies came within a score while the Lancers held set point but NM State was unable to complete the comeback it needed and dropped the second set 25-23.
Needing to find their momentum, the Aggies jumped out to a four-point lead early in the set. Despite the Lancers coming within a pair of New Mexico State down the stretch, the Aggies did not falter and kept their composure, building back their lead over time. A kill by Savannah Davison put New Mexico State at set point and Ashley Anselmo gave the Aggies the 25-19 victory in the third with a kill off an assist from Natalie Mikels.
NM State and CBU went back-and-forth to start the fourth set but a six-point run with Briana Ainsworth serving gave the Aggies the 15-9 advantage. The Lancers surged back, coming within a pair to force New Mexico State to take a timeout. Following the break, the teams continued to go point-for-point but NM State was able to go in front by four. The Aggies kept control late and after a block by Tatyana Battle and Lia Mosher allowed the Crimson and White to get to set point, a kill from Ainsworth to Battle put away the 25-20 victory.
In the final set, the Aggies took an early 4-3 lead after Mikels served an ace but after falling behind 6-5, a kill from Anselmo tied the set. After switching sides while holding the one-point advantage, the NM State faced an obstacle with the Lancers posting a two-point rally that tied the set 10-10. The momentum favored California Baptist and the Aggies were outscored 5-1 during the final moments of the set, falling 15-11 in the team's first match of conference play.
By the Numbers
NM State recorded 67 kills on hitting .235 in the loss. New Mexico State also posted 73 digs, 63 assists and nine blocks for the match. Battle and Ainsworth posted a double-double in the opening conference contest of their senior careers. Battle tallied a team-best 17 kills and 12 digs while Ainsworth led the squad in both assists (31) and digs (16).
The Aggies head to CSU Bakersfield for their next conference match. NM State faces off against the 2017 WAC tournament champions on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. MT.


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Mortgage Rate Update by Glenn Cira of Prospect Mortgage
I wanted to send out a note regarding the recent spike in rates as this has been somewhat of a "violent" move since the election in early November. I included a chart below of the US Government 10YR Note , which mortgage rates are tied to, so you can see how dramatic the recent move has been. You will see in early October the yield was sitting around 1.60%, which at that time put a 30YR fixed rate mortgage at roughly 3.5%. Through October rates crept up on the government note to about 1.8%(that put 30yr fixed rates at roughly 3.625%-3.75% at the time) which is where it sat until the election. You will see in early November right after Trump was elected, rates spiked up and now the 10yr note yield sits at about 2.40%, which puts a 30yr fixed rate mortgage right now at 4.125%.
The reason rates have spike off the election results is that Trumps economic policy is seen as pro-growth/inflationary. He wants to ramp up spending, while cutting taxes, which has concerns about an explosion of the federal deficit. Also his rhetoric on protectionist measures regarding global trade(keeping jobs here via import tariffs) would also be inflationary.
Hope this helps!
Glenn Cira
Loan Officer
(508) 668-2687 Direct
(917) 734-3073 Cell
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Adox Security provides a maintenance service that will prolong the life of your security system. We can tailor make a maintenance packages to suit your requirements.
Basic maintenance may involve:
- Inspect and test all control panel functions
- Inspect and test all alarm points for positive seal and alarm function capability
- Check and test all alarm status transmissions to the monitoring centre
- Check for correct voltage output
- Check battery output and replace where necessary (replacement parts at additional cost)
- Clean equipment where necessary
- Provide a written report and recommendations.
- All maintenance programs are custom to suit your requirements and will be compliant with the Australian standards.


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Felt-a-thon, March 21, 2015
What: The FELT-A-THON
When: Saturday, March 21, 10am
Where: Inscape Arts Building, Studio 230
815 Seattle Blvd South
Seattle, WA 98134
Website: http://www.feltathon.com
Vox Fabuli Puppets and Crash Boom invite puppet fans worldwide to take part in the very first FELT-A-THON. The FELT-A-THON, a 24 hour puppet marathon charity event, will be held Saturday, March 21.
Beginning at 10am, Seattle-based puppeteers Rachel Jackson and Chad Allers, along with other local artists, will attempt to make 12 short puppet videos in only 24 hours. A live stream of The FELT-A-THON will be available online, so that people everywhere will be able to tune in and track their sleep deprived progress. Part of the 2015 World Day of Puppetry, proceeds collected during the event will go to a charity chosen by popular vote.
In addition to collecting donations, audience participation will be encouraged via social media: video suggestions will be solicited, dares taken, and questions answered via The FELT-A-THON's Twitter feed and FaceBook pages.
"We want to give people a lot of ways to participate, whether they're here in Seattle or on the other side of the planet," said Jackson. "We're super eager to see how people respond here in our first year. We have lofty visions of future Felt-a-thons, with events taking place in several cities at once. "
The FELT-A-THON will benefit one of three charities – Habitat for Humanity, charity: water or Autism Speaks. The entire event will be viewable for free online via live stream, but the finished videos will be made available to donors before the general public. Donations will be collected via IndieGoGo.
Guest artists include: Annett Mateo – Master Puppet Artisan for Seattle Children's Theater, local band Brite Lines, and filmmaker Tonjia Atomic.
Website: http://www.feltathon.com
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/FeltAThon
Twitter: @Felt_a_Thon
About World Day of Puppetry: The World Day of Puppetry 2015 invites puppeteers and community members to celebrate the art of puppetry across the country and around the world. For more information about the initiative, please visit the websites of the Puppeteers of America (www.puppeteers.org) and UNIMA-USA (http://www.unima-usa.org/).
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Haryana SSC Instructor Recruitment 2017 are open now for Indians. All applicants are welcome to apply for these jobs through SSC. Haryana Staff Selection Commission HSSC is a selection agency which recruits employees. It has announced many jobs as they have announced store keeper and instructor jobs for science instructor and engineering drawing instructor. Vacant positions are open now and all Indian which are according to the job requirement can apply for these jobs. Before you apply for these jobs, please confirm that either you are eligible for these jobs or not through this page. Here on this page, we will provide you application procedure and eligibility criteria. Total 508 posts are available in which 213 jobs are for science instructor, 197 posts for drawing instructor and 98 positions for store keepers. These posts will be provided on merit basis. In this article you will learn about the Haryana SSC Instructor recruitment 2017 from this page.
Haryana SSC Instructor Recruitment Eligibility Criteria:
- For instructor jobs, a candidate must hold bachelor degree in engineering, technology, electrical or mechanical
- For store keeper a candidate must have done BBA or arts with maths and economics
- Minimum age limit for application is 17 year
- Maximum age limit for application is 42 years
- All recruitments will be done according to a written exam, which will be from the HSSC
- A personal interview is also for the applicants
Haryana SSC Instructor Recruitment Apply Online:
A candidate can apply for the Haryana SSC Instructor and store keeper jobs online from www.hssc.gov.in. There you have to select Haryana SSC instructor Recruitment 2017. Check the eligibility and apply before last date. You also have to upload a fresh photograph and other documents. After this pay your fee and complete your online procedure. Applications will only receive till 30th August 2017.


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War hurts medical service2016.06.27
ATTACKS on hospitals since war broke out in Syria (敘利亞) five years ago have killed more than 700 doctors and medical workers, many of them in air strikes, United Nations (聯合國) investigators said on 21 June.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria (聯合國敘利亞調查委員會) also condemned horrific violations by jihadists and voiced concern that militants affiliated to Al-Qaeda (亞爾蓋達組織)- may have recruited hundreds of children into their ranks.
Commission chief Paulo Pinheiro (賓涅洛) told the UN Human Rights Council (聯合國人權理事會) that widespread, targeted aerial attacks on hospitals and clinics across Syria "have resulted in scores of civilian deaths, including much-needed medical workers."
"More than 700 doctors and medical personnel have been killed in attacks on hospitals since the beginning of the conflict," he said.
Pinheiro, who was presenting the commission's latest report to the council, said attacks on medical facilities and the deaths of so many medical professionals had made access to health care in the violence-wracked country extremely difficult - and in some areas completely impossible.
"As civilian casualties mount, the number of medical facilities and staff decreases, limiting even further access to medical care," he said.
Pinheiro also denounced frequent attacks on other infrastructure essential to civilian life, such as markets, schools and bakeries.
"With each attack, terrorised survivors are left more vulnerable," he said, adding that "schools, hospitals, mosques, water stations ... are all being turned into rubble."
Since March 2011, Syria's brutal conflict has left more than 280,000 people dead and forced half the population to flee their homes.
Pinheiro also condemned violations committed by the Islamic State (伊斯蘭國)group.
(This article is published on Sing Tao Daily on 29 June 2016)
Syria: The story of the conflict
Syrian military news


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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Top Ten Tuesday: Back-to-School Freebie: Ten Books for Required Reading
2 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2016 at 1:19 AM
Great list! I didn't realise how western-oriented my own list was until someone pointed it out. It's definitely something I think schools and colleges need to focus on more.ReplyDelete
Some great titles here. Remarque's book is probably my favourite, aside from the Austen, of course. He's definitely essential WWI-themed reading. :)Replies
I think schools are moving away from the whole Western Civ idea b/c our world has gotten a lot smaller, and America (at least) has a lot more Eastern and African and even South American students today. So colleges are moving away from Western culture and society and developing curriculum to reflect more Eastern and African and Hispanic studies. So goodbye Dickens and Austen and Wharton and Stowe and the rest of them. Soon whole generations will have never read them, or heard of them.


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23rd Annual Lighted Holiday ParadeName: 23rd Annual Lighted Holiday ParadeDate: November 10, 2018Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CSTWebsite: http://www.fortchamber.comEvent Description:
Join us for the 23rd anniversary of Fort Atkinson's downtown Lighted Holiday Parade featuring music, dancing and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. In the spirit of giving, we encourage parade attendees to bring a can of non-perishable food to the parade to support St. Paul's Lutheran School with their annual food drive for the Fort Atkinson Food Pantry.
Immediately following the parade, stop by the Municipal Building for the 19th Annual United Way Chili Cook-Off where you can vote for your favorite chili and have your photo taken with Santa.
Show your community spirit on Saturday, November 10 at the Fort Atkinson Holiday Parade to kick off the holiday season!
Float Enteries are now full. Thank you!


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Семейство шрифтов Linotype Rana™
Скачать шрифт Linotype Rana™ Central European Regular для Windows и Mac в формате OpenType, TrueType или PostScript.
Transitional serif Linotype Rana Central European Regular created purposely for acute diaries. Linotype Rana Central European Regular harmony with fashion photo shoots, fashion journalism and fashion covers, introduced himself as the text font and tools for the creation of signatures. Font, built on undulating vertical strokes, delivers collected his document even more cutesy significance.
The text of the Linotype Rana Central European Regular creates joyful elegant silhouette and best shows its properties in good print. By the nature of the font will also be relevant in interesting presentations, invitations.
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Yuni Verse (ユニ バース Yuni Bāsu?) is a character in the Dance Dance Revolution series.
Yuni was introduced in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX. She is a rich girl raised with proper manners, but what she really loves is junk food and she hates living in her big mansion. She frequently sneaks out of the mansion to get a bite to eat, to go dancing or go hang out with Emi.
Games in order of appearance:
- Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX (2000)
- DDRMAX (During "Centre of the Heart (Stonebridge Club Mix)" and "Freckles" background video) (2001)
- DDRMAX2 -Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX- (2002)
- Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (2002)
- Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 (2005)
- Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 (2006)
- DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 (2007)
- DanceDanceRevolution X (2008)
- DanceDanceRevolution S+ (2009)
- DanceDanceRevolution X2 (2010)
- DanceDanceRevolution II (2011)
- DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX (2011)
- DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
- DanceDanceRevolution (2014 arcade game) (2014)
- DanceDanceRevolution A (2016)
Design and ConceptionEdit
Here is what the designers have to say:
"A MAID outfit? You've got to be kidding! But the more we worked on her, the more confident Yuni looked in those clothes. Yep, it works. In fact, maybe a little too well! That's what makes Yuni so great." - DDR X
Character and PersonalityEdit
Though Yuni has no dislike for any of the dancers, she is mostly seen with Alice and Emi. Hating to stay trapped in her mansion, she tries to have fun by sneaking away from her bodyguard to hang out with her friends. She loves fashion and her outfit is designed by famous designer. Other times, she gains inspiration for her outfits from what she sees; for example, her X2 outfit was inspired by a Japanese schoolgirl outfit she saw.[1]
Before DDR SuperNOVA2, Yuni has a very long blonde hair which tied in two ponytails in a style of ringlets and blue eyes.
Street Master ModeEdit
Yuni finally got her wish of a fast food meal but she still likes to sneak out once in a while. So next time you see a girl with blond hair and pigtails eating fast food, it might just be Yuni! If you do see her, make sure you tell her bodyguard!
Episode 1:
Yuni finally managed to sneak away in her mansion and went to the Film Studio. There she meets Jenny along the way and she's asking why she is wearing a maid get up. Yuni cannot explain it to her due to being cooperate in her mansion and finally asks her where the new fast food stand. Jenny replies that she's on a diet and it was time for her to workout making Yuni being forced to workout with her. After defeating Jenny, she becomes tired and became annoyed for what she did and Jenny became pumped.
Episode 2:
At Rocket Launch Pad, Yuni meets Baby-Lon along the way and asking where the new fast food stand. But Baby-Lon does not answer her question and wants to have food for him. Yuni apologizes knowing that she does not have food for him and he let him dance with her instead. After defeating him, Baby-Lon was having fun but likes to get a snack from her as Yuni still apologizes saying that she will get for the food he wanted next time.
Episode 3:
Along the way, Yuni meets up with Gus in the Extra Mall and she senses that someone is watching her and Gus tells her it was her imagination and tells her to relax and dance. After defeating Gus, Yuni was angrily aware that someone is watching her and Gus realizes that she's a bratty rich girl.
Episode 4:
At the Train Station, Yuni knows that someone is indeed watching her and it was a perfect time to meet Emi at the station. Emi was confused at the moment and Yuni whispers that she will play alongside with her and dance together. After defeating her, Emi was curious to see Yuni and asking what's she got in to her. Yuni angrily replies that she has been followed and she needs to use the crowd as leverage to make a get away leaving Emi behind. Emi realizes that she has left the station.
Episode 5:
In the Extreme Arcade, Yuni noticed that it was only her imagination that someone had followed her and she encounters Louis-CONCENT III which scares her and recognizes him as a robot. She asks him where the new fast food stand. He replies that he hasn't see it and he cannot eat due to him as a robot. He loves to enjoy dancing and wants to join up with him and she agrees. After that, Louis-CONCENT III finally thanking her for dancing and he compliments that Yuni makes a groove in dancing and Yuni bid farewell to the robot.
Episode 6:
Yuni arrives at SMM School and meets Julio while she tells the news about the new fast food stand. Julio then challenges her to a dance battle since he knows where the new fast food stand is. Yuni manages to beat Julio and angrily wants to know where the new fast food stand is. He finally tells her that Rage started his own takoyaki stand in which she was talking about the new fast food stand and quickly flees. Yuni realizes that he ran away.
Episode 7:
She finally arrives at the race circuit as Bonnie meets her in person and knowing that guy had already following her. Yuni was angrily pissed knowing that it wasn't her imagination after all and she does a favor to take a dance with her and to pretend that nothing has happened. After a brief dance, Yuni finally thanked her for losing him and she wanted to know who followed her. Bonnie didn't get to find him but knowing of his physical appearance of a short black haired man who keeps on watching her. Yuni then leaves the circuit.
Yuni herself did not realize that the person who followed her was actually her bodyguard, Akira and Bonnie easily noticed his physical appearance after they pretend to dance briefly.
Episode 8:
In the TV Tower, Queen-Zukin observes Yuni's movements knowing that she was looking for Rage. Yuni wants to know where he is. Queen-Zukin then tells her to defeat her in a dance contest and she will tell her where he is. After Yuni defeats Queen-Zukin, she tells her that she has to look at the park and simply disappears in front of her.
Episode 9:
Yuni arrives the Revolution Park and meets Alice. She tells her about Rage's food stand and Alice knows that he started the takoyaki stand. Yuni then asks her where he is. After a brief dance battle, Alice finally answers that he was in the park but in another place. She remembers that he goes to the carnival. Yuni then decides to go to the carnival.
Episode 10:
Yuni finally make it to the MAX Carnival where Rage's takoyaki stand was in the carnival. Rage knows that Yuni was there and she wants to try his takoyaki. Yuni became pissed at the moment she forgot to bring money at her mansion. Rage then challenges her to a dance contest if she beats him, he will give her the takoyaki on the house. After she defeats him, Rage finally gives her the takoyaki for free as well as her bodyguard, Akira who mostly watches her. Yuni was angrily pissed knowing that he was following her the whole time and Rage tells her that he was doing his job. Yuni cannot carry the few boxes in her mansion but it's a good thing that Akira will help her carry the boxes.
In the end of the episode, Akira is terrified to Yuni while carrying a few boxes of takoyaki in four plastics bags as Yuni happily eats the takoyaki without helping him to carry it.
"Only one thing left to do- sneak out!"
―Yuni, DanceDanceRevolution X
"What? All this time it was him following me? I should have known!"
―Yuni to Rage after mentioning Akira who mostly follows her, DanceDanceRevolution X
- Yuni's full name is a pun on "universe".
- Yuni shares some similarities with Lili from the Tekken fighting game series: they both are blondes, live in mansions, and can be considered rich brats.
- In the game Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it's possible to make Yuni's Supernova 2 JP Costume.
- Yuni's DDR X2 outfit also has "X2" written on it.
- Yuni also shares similarities with Tsumugi Kotobuki from K-ON! series: they both are wealthy, blondes and same tall. The only differences is they behavior: Yuni always boring in mansion while Tsumugi always try something odd.
- Yuni appears in the opening sequences of Disney's Wreck-it Ralph as her only quote in the movie is "All clear! The arcade is close...!"
- Yuni appeareance has resemblance to Yurika Toudo from Aikatsu! series.


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My resolution for 2016 – ship more independent projects. Even (or perhaps especially) as a product manager, I realized that I need to ship more and often in order to force my next stage of growth. Here are my lessons from Ship 1.
I needed to learn something you can't get in school – how to ship. Practical, real, empirical knowledge about making things, polishing them to the level of public consumption, and then actually shipping and marketing them.
I decided to get an early start during the Christmas break in 2015, and shipped my first project: @realHellToupee, on 12/26/2015 (code here – you can make your own twitterbot with it ). Here's what I learned. (See here for the technical lessons learned).
1) Development is deep
The project seemed pretty straightforward. Connect to the Twitter API, search for a tweet mentioning Donald Trump, do some regex replacements (e.g., "Trump" => "WhISIS"), and post the tweet back to Twitter. Sure, I might have to worry about catching "Trump" and "trump," but overall not too much work, right?
Wrong. Two weeks of development later I had confronted a host of technical problems.
How to inject secrets like API keys into an app without exposing them, the difference between REST and streaming API's and why one wouldn't give me the results I needed, problems in an underlying library that refused to work over
tmux, necessitating a different method of ensuring a command continues to execute after I log out of
ssh, and of course the mysteries of actually obtaining continuous code execution on the "always-available" cloud.
Development is filled with little wrinkles, and the path between functional spec and technical execution is long and winding. I'm convinced that becoming a great programmer means making lots of things, each time picking up a trick or an obscure piece of knowledge. The theoretical knowledge from a CS curriculum is great and can help immensely (particularly at the architecting step), but the execution remains to be earned in practice.
2) Context-switching is hard
After ten days or so of development I was ready to ship the bot. It worked (more or less, heroku kept going to sleep), the tweets got posted correctly, and I had solved most of my bugs.
The next step was to evaluate the user experience, but as I looked at the bot working I realized something crucial. I was tired.
Did it really make sense that I replaced "Make America Great Again" with "Notice me, Senpai!"? Would anyone else get the reference? Did it make sense to just drop
@'s in front of usernames and not drop the whole username instead? Should I be caching recent tweets to avoid tweeting ones too similar in an effort to increase diversity so the reader has something new to look at?
These questions are all worth digging into, and with my PM hat on they made perfect sense. They were exciting, exhilarating even! Let's make this the best damn Donald Trump joke bot ever! For my Developer self, though, I was weary after a protracted battle.
Being able to execute in multiple disciplines is good, but learning how and when to effectively context-switch between them will make you great, both as an individual hacking something together and as a leader shepherding a team to victory.
3) Marketing matters – from the beginning
So now with the project built and the second raft of major bugfixes shipped, the time had come to promote. Let's get everyone to see my wonderful creation!
First stop, Hackathon Hackers on Facebook. Aaand there's two other Trump projects posted within the last 12 hours. Second stop, a Facebook post tagging 50 of my closest friends. Mildly effective. Third stop, make a Buzzfeed listicle!
Oh boy. This was a trainwreck. First I had to collect the good tweets, which were interspersed with mountains of uninspiring bot-style tweets. No problem…make a tumblr and put 'em there! Oh, but I can't get the videos and linked multimedia to embed properly. Okay, let's try embedding directly from Twitter into Buzzfeed. Nope, still no multimedia. At this point I've spent hours putting together a "15 Funniest Tweets" trainwreck that involves complicated, multi-step wordplay and punnery for each joke. Not good for Buzzfeed.
A successful Buzzfeed listicle will be image-heavy, with simple jokes that require zero effort to grasp. Bonus points for making the user feel like they learned something, or reaffirming a pre-existing bias.
These problems could all have been alleviated had I put on my Marketing hat from the beginning, and asked "what would a marketable Trump joke bot look like?" Lesson learned for the future.
In the end I also learned some topic-specific things about Buzzfeed/viral marketing. Having previously launched two nonprofit / activist campaigns and seen both receive national media coverage within a year, I was confident in my marketing prowess. I was also misguided – marketing is complex and multi-faceted.
In the end I learned three important marketing-related lessons:
- Involve marketing at the beginning – scope the product vision in tandem with the question "what is a marketable version of x?"
- Choose the right kind of marketing – different products require different kinds of marketing. Viral (buzzfeed, upworthy, etc.), Social (e.g. "share and get x reward," or having a well-known niche celeb share for you: twitter, pinterest, instagram, facebook), Social-Geek (reddit, hacker news, hackathon hackers, slashdot, etc.), Journalist-based (techcrunch, huffington post, etc.)
- Learn to let go – independent projects are usually mini-projects, and that's totally okay. Create a product vision, produce a marketing plan, build it to spec, ship it and bugfix it, and execute on the marketing plan, and then let go.
The last lesson was probably the most important for me. Learning to not get bogged down if the world doesn't jump up and take notice is key when aiming to ship a series of independent projects. There's more to be learned by just moving on to the next project!
My first ship was a huge success in terms of lessons learned across the stack, from technical, to product, to marketing. I would say I learned most granularly in the technical camp, improved my leadership experience most in product by learning when and how to emphasize different disciplines, and made my biggest "baby steps" in marketing by learning to see the nuance that helps break up a discipline.
Wrap up
None of these lessons were earth-shattering intellectually, but learning them through practice feels a whole lot different from learning by reading. What are you working on and how has it helped you learn? Drop a comment and let me know (but please – I'm all set on Nike shoes, so spam somewhere else ;))


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Australia is typically known to be home to terrifying, dangerous, and life-threatening animals along the lines of deadly snakes, deadly spiders, deadly fish and so on. Australia, however, is also home to one of the worlds most bizarre and eccentric animals: the platypus. It's the size of a small house cat, with the bill and webbed feet of a duck, and the tail of the beaver. You would think those characteristics alone would be enough of a reason for scientists to think the creature was a hoax, but the platypus is actually so much more absurd than you think.
They Don't Have Stomachs
For most animals, including us humans, having a stomach is vital. The stomach plays a large role in the digestive system, being responsible for secreting enzymes which breaks down proteins to ensure maximum nutrient absorption can occur, as well as producing strong acids essential in softening food to help let the enzymes get to work. This organ's first evolutionary appearance occurred 450 million years ago only in creatures with both a jaw and a backbone.[1]
So why does the platypus that has both a jaw and a backbone not have one? And how do they cope without one? The Platypus's gullet connects directly to its intestines, completely bypassing where the stomach should have been. It is likely that the Platypus genetically lost its ability to have a stomach as a result of its ancestor's diet consisting of shellfish and corals, both which are rich in calcium carbonate, which is very effective in neutralizing stomach acid. Because this substance can neutralize the stomach acid so effective, having a stomach simply become unnecessary. The platypus copes with not having a stomach, by relying on its intestines to do most of the breaking down, and absorption work.[2]
They Used to Be Giant
Platypus's today are about 15 inches long, a mere fraction of the size they use to be. In the last decade, scientific discoveries were made, revealing that platypuses that lived about 5 to 15 million years ago were 3 feet long. That's two-and-a-bit times bigger than their modern counterparts. This revelation was based on a single tooth from a distinct platypus beak discovered in a limestone fossil and thrown into a cupboard thinking it wasn't anything exciting.
Years later Rebecca Pian, a Ph. D. student at Columbia University in New York City took them out of a cupboard in Australia's University of New South Wales in 2012. Upon looking at the beak, Pian thought "Not only is it quite big, it's quite different as well" as though the beak had the unique shape known to platypus's, but also had never before seen bumps and ridges, as well as the much larger size. It was revealed that this ancient platypus belonged to a group of mammals called "monotremes" of which only three modern species is remaining: the platypus, and two species of echidna.[3]
Female Platypuses Don't Have Nipples
Despite being mammals, female platypus's lay a clutch of 1-3 leathery eggs rather than having a live birth. One thing mother Platypuses have in common with other mammals is that though they don't have live births, their offspring still drink milk produced by the mother. However, instead of the young drinking milk from its mother's nipples, the mother's milk just oozes from her skin, much like how humans produce sweat. This "sweat" is also only oozed from the mother's stomach.[4] As this delivery method is particularly unhygienic, as platypus are aquatic animals, the platypus does have some mechanisms in place to ensure the safety of her offspring. Nipples are considered a guard against bacterial contamination to the milk, so instead, the platypus developed a strong anti-bacterial protein to ensure their milk remains safe for consumption.[5]
They Use Gravel as Teeth
Since they don't have a stomach, they need to mash up their food before it reaches their intestines to ensure the food is digestible to ensure nutrients can be absorbed, this, however, poses a problem as they also don't have teeth. Their ancestors may have, but they also lost this evolutionary trait as time passed. Modern platypus's instead use gravel as well as their grinding plates, essentially the equivalent to human using dentures. The scoop gravel (or even dirt) from the bottom of the waterbed to mash their up any food they had caught.[6]
Their Tail Doesn't Have a Typical Purpose
People often compare the tail of a platypus to the tail of a beaver, who uses their tails to propel them through the water while swimming, but also to build dams and even to slap the water and scare off predators.[7] Its use to a platypus? To store fat, and for the mothers to hold her eggs against her warm body. Despite its minimal usages, the tail is essential to the animal, and who could picture a platypus without one anyways?
They Are Venomous
Though their small house cat size, beak, and tail makes the platypus look oh so loveable and cute, they pack a deadly punch. Both male and female platypuses are both born with a venomous spur on both of their hind legs, the female's spurs, however, falls off before she reaches adulthood. So, to avoid the excruciating pain that could last for weeks, it's probably best to avoid any wild platypuses you come across since you wouldn't know if it was male or female until it was far too late.
The platypus is an anomaly of the animal kingdom, straddling the three classes of mammal (has fur and feeds its young milk), bird (has a duck-like bill and webbed feet), and reptilian (as having venom is typically a reptilian or amphibian trait). But why would the relative docile animal need to have venom? Well, platypuses have only a few predators: carpet snakes, eels, and foxes, so harboring this deadly toxin isn't typically used in defense against predators. Researchers have deduced that the likely reason for the platypus to have such a deadly characteristic is to use it offensively during mating season. Don't worry; researchers claim the venom isn't used with the intent to kill fellow platypuses, but rather just to rouse a fight.[8]
A Lot of Scientists Didn't Think Platypuses Were Real
In 1799 a platypus was taken from the burgeoning colony of Australia to British naturalist George Shaw and did not believe in it at all, even after seeing the carcass in person. In fact, Shaw was in such disbelief he grabbed a pair of scissors and went to work looking for the stitches that attached the bill to the pelt.[9] Now, during the 18th century it was popular for small businesses to graft pieces of different dead animals together, creating something along the lines of what Frankenstein was going for, take a look at Jenny Hanivers for instance. Fishermen towns drastically modified the bodies of rays or skates and claimed them to be demons, dragons, and even mermaids. And honestly? If I didn't live in 2019 where the power of social media is strong, and I can google millions of pictures and videos of the strange mammal cross-reptile-cross-bird creature, I'm not sure I would believe in it either.[10]
They Use Electroreception
These odd creatures also don't hunt down their food in a typical way, using their eyes and maybe even sense of smell, or hearing, but no, platypus use electroreception. It took a lot of convincing to make fellow scientists believe that the existence of platypuses wasn't just some elaborate prank, and when they finally did believe they were left even more perplexed when they discovered the bizarre hunting method. Sir Edward Home explained that the nerves responsible for supplying sensory stimuli to the brain from the face teeth and tongue were uncommonly large, essentially making the bill of the strange animal susceptible.
In the 20th century, this notion was expanded upon, claiming that the unusual bill was a cleverly and intricately orchestrated mechano-and electro-sensory organ that can determine the exact location of deep-sea prey. This "bill sense" allows the platypus to navigate and hunt through light-limited areas accurately. It is believed that the pores on the skin of the bill demonstrated morphological similarities to the ampullary electroreceptors in electric fish. These receptors permit response to low-frequency electric signals produced but the nerves and hearts of animals.[11]
Platypuses Have 5 Pairs of Sex Chromosomes
Humans only have one pair, so why on earth do these eccentric creatures need five? In fact, five pairs of sex chromosomes break the record for the largest number found in mammals thus far. In total humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, and yet platypuses have 26 pairs, which goes to show how complicated of a creature that is. For the longest time researchers had been confused over which chromosomal pairs were inherited equally by males and females (autosomal) and which were responsible for determining the animal's sex, and then they were even more confused when they discovered that five pairs were all necessary for sex selection. We already know that the platypus has some of the characteristics of a bird, seen in its webbed feet and bird-like bill, but what you may not know is that the platypus may be the link that connects the evolution of bird sex chromosomes to mammal sex chromosomes.
Previously, it was believed that though both bird and mammal sex chromosomes evolved from autosomal chromosomes, it was thought that since they evolved from two different pairs, in two different classes that they evolved separately. The platypus puts this into question. Human sex is determined by one pair of chromosomes. The mother has two X chromosomes and the father has an X and a Y chromosome, so the combination of either the mothers X and the father's X or Y determines if the child will be a female or a male, and this is similar to 1 of the 5 pairs of sex chromosomes found in platypuses. Another pair, however, resembles the ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system found in birds, thus making the connection between mammals and birds, and making a lot of scientists have to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew.[12]
They Have Three Eyelids
Yes, not one, not two but three. Now, to be fair to the platypus in this case humans may actually be the weirds ones, we only have 1, but many, many, many other species all have either two or three. This third eyelid is called the "nictitating membrane" which is an eyelid that moves horizontally across the eye, from the inner corner to the outer. Once upon a time, humans did have this trait, but all we have left of it now is a small structure just visible where the upper and lower eyelids join in the inner corner.
So why do platypuses need to have this third eyelid? The primary function for having one is to protect the eye from damage inflicted upon catching prey (or in the platypuses case, fighting against other males during mating season). Another important reason for having one it to protect the platypuses eyes from viruses and bacteria it could catch while submerged, and above water the eyelid keeps the eye moist.[13]


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I've given up on my alien invasion novel. You know, the one I've referred to again and again? Yeah, that one. Before I continue, understand that this decision was not made lightly. I got the idea for a series (this novel was to be the first installment) in July of 2009 and began writing it three months later. So to say that I'm putting down nearly three years of work is never something I do on a whim.
My novel changed a lot in the last three years, and so did the concept of the series to follow. Not all of those changes have been things that I wanted to do, but felt compelled to do. Certain issues of character took the plot of the greater whole in completely different directions. The logistics of other plot points crumbled apart. Ultimately, I've come to the decision that writing a series was not written into my life's script. A stand-alone book, I think I can do, and I've got ideas aplenty. But dedicating so much time to a series of an undetermined length, something that grew beyond my control like Frankenstein's monster, that is something that truly goes against the grain of my character.
Now, I'm not going to make up excuses for myself, and I'm not going to waste your time with the minute details of all the problems I've come up against in the process. What I will say, especially to the writers among my audience, is this: if you have a project that falls apart, DO NOT consider it time misspent. It is a massive learning experience, that's what a dead project is. I've spent a couple of years working on this novel, but it wasn't spent sitting on my ass doing nothing. I've learned a lot about my writing style, my voice, my revision techniques. I've picked up certain skills and habits that I will take with me as I move on to writing the next story, and you should too with whatever it is you're working on.
Yes, in the short term, it does suck, particularly when you look at all your drafts collected, all the paper and ink used and the long hours that went into it all. You look at that physical manifestation and think that you've made some pretty big mistakes somewhere along the road.
But if I'm not able to encourage you to learn from your experiences, then maybe a more established name can. Alan Moore once said, "How good am I as a writer compared to these guys that I like reading? And you think, 'Actually, I'm rubbish,' and so you try to make yourself a little bit better. And, if you're honest with yourself, not over-critical -- there's no point in looking everything you do and saying that's rubbish and tearing it up -- but if you can at least be honest and say, 'Yeah, this has got some bits in it that are good. I could have done better with these bits. This is not as good as so-and-so who I admire would have done it. Next time, this is going to be better.' And you just try to make each thing you do a little bit smarter, a little bit more sophisticated than the thing you did before. Eventually, people will notice."


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The global market for geotextiles was valued at US$3.2 bln in 2011 and is expected to reach US$6.4 bln in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 10.3% from 2012 to 2018, as per Transparency Market Research. In terms of volume, the demand for geotextiles was 1,904 mln sq meters in 2011 and is expected to reach 3,398.4 mln sq meters in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 8.6% from 2012 to 2018. Increasing demand from roadway construction, especially from BRIC countries, is expected to drive geotextile demand over the next five years. Special focus on the use of geotextiles in infrastructural activities coupled with favorable regulatory support is also expected to have a positive impact on global demand. However, the fluctuating cost of commonly used raw materials such as polypropylene and polyester is expected to have an adverse effect on the market over the forecast period. In addition, the absence of defined standards across the countries has also emerged as a key challenge for market participants. Among the product types, non-woven geotextiles was the largest consumed segment, accounting for over 60% of the overall demand in 2011. However, woven fabrics are expected to show substantial growth over the forecast period. Road construction was the largest application segment for geotextiles, and was valued at US$1502.8 mln in 2011. Asia Pacific dominated global geotextiles demand, accounting for over 41% of global volumes in 2011. European geotextiles market revenue is expected to reach US$1647.7 mln in 2018, while North America market revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.9% from 2012 to 2018.
Geotextiles are gaining importance on account of large scale infrastructural development going on at a global level. Geotextiles perform several functions which include separation, filtration, reinforcement, protection and draining. The major applications for geotextiles are road industry, erosion control, waste management and pavement repair. As per Markets and Markets, the emerging economies have large number of projects which are being developed currently. Countries such as China, India and other Asian economies are growing markets for geotextiles industry. Polypropylene and polyester are the major market segments within the geotextile materials market. U.S. is the major hub for geotextiles demand in North America. Within Europe, most of the major market players are situated in countries such as U.K., Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and Italy. Asian manufacturers are primarily based in China and India. Within the regional market, Asia dominates the global geotextile industry. It is estimated to reach US$2.5 bln by 2017. The growth of Asian market is expected to be highest among all regions. North American region is the second largest market of geotextiles and is estimated to reach a value of US$1.7 bln by 2017.
Many countries are adopting geosynthetic products to construct road and bridges. Geosynthetics materials, especially geogrids and geotextiles, are used in road construction to increase the performance of the roads. As per Research and Markets, geogrids consists of polymers formed into rigid grid like configurations. They are used in sub-base layers of roads, to provide stiffness and strength. In addition, the development of wind energy projects has increased the demand for geosynthetic materials. According to the report, one of the main drivers of this market is the increased utilization of geotextiles in road and railway construction. Contractors are increasing aware of geotextiles' long-term cost and performance advantages when compared with traditional methods of road construction. This, in turn, has led to an increased adoption of geotextiles by contractors worldwide. According to the report, one of the major growth drivers in the market is the increasing demand for geosynthetic products and materials from the construction industry, especially in the emerging nations. Emerging nations such as China, Brazil, and India are experiencing huge growth in construction, and this in turn increase the demand for geosynthetic products in these countries. Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in the market is the lack of awareness of the benefits associated with using geosynthetic materials. Usage of geosynthetic products in many of the emerging nations is low compared to that in developed countries. This is due to the lack of awareness about the benefits of geosynthetic materials. One of the major benefits of the geosynthetic materials are that they are easy to install. The analysts forecast the Global Geotextiles market to grow at a CAGR of 10.96% over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing demand for geotextiles in road and railway construction. The Global Geotextiles market has also been witnessing an increased use of natural geotextiles. However, the rise in raw material prices could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. Natural geotextiles are used as temporary short-term reinforcements. The use of synthetic geotextiles in these applications is overly expensive and not feasible in developing/emerging economies. Also, most developing economies have an abundant supply of renewable raw-materials. Natural geotextiles provide a less expensive option to meet end-user requirements. Synthetic geotextiles, based on polypropylene and polystyrene, are also non-biodegradable and have a longer life than the structures they are protecting. This has caused manufacturers to switch to cheaper eco-friendly alternatives for short-term applications. For instance, geotextiles used to control soil erosion is only used for a short duration, after which natural vegetation growth takes over. Also, the strength and durability of natural fibers is sufficient for short-term applications; they also do not have any lasting effect on the environment. Thus, the use of natural geotextiles is expected to increase in the forecast period which will lead to the growth of the Global Geotextiles market.
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Today's news that may be of interest to you:
Poll: Don't Tread on My Mortgage-Interest Deduction
The Wall Street Journal | January 11, 2012
The National Association of Home Builders has a message for political candidates: Americans don't want anyone messing with the popular mortgage-interest tax deduction.
Fed Says Economy Expanding, Housing Market Still Dead
Forbes | January 11, 2012
latest Fed Beige Book shows. Covering the month of December, all twelve Fed districts noted some level of expansion in activity, as the economy rode the holiday wave and increased consumption trends vis-à-vis 2010.
Fed: Final Weeks of 2011 Were Among the Best of the Year for U.S. Economy
The Washington Post | January 11, 2012
Consumers spent more, factories made more goods, Americans stepped up travel and the auto industry excelled.
The CFPB Just Rolled Out A Road Map For How It Will Police Mortgage Lenders
Business Insider | January 12, 2012
Just days after Richard Cordray slipped into the director's chair, the agency said it was ready to start cracking down on those much-maligned nonbank mortgage lenders. Now we know exactly how they plan to do that.
Home Price Declines Consistent Across The Country
DSNews | January 11, 2012
Marking the fifth consecutive month of decline, home prices fell 0.8 percent in October, matching levels last seen in 2002, according to Lender Processing Services' (LPS) Home Price Index released Wednesday. As of October, the national home price average was $200,000.
Gen-Y Demographic Could Quickly Vacate Apartments for Homeownership
Multifamily Executive | January 10, 2012
Take it while you can get it, say single-family housing experts, who expect Gen Y to cycle out of the rental market as wage growth stabilizes and mortgage lending loosens against a backdrop of expected rent increases.
Bank profit reports could be lifted by business loans
Reuters | January 12, 2012
A recent rise in loans to businesses is spurring hope that U.S. bank earnings reports, which begin on Friday, will show the outlook for this economically critical industry is better than battered stock prices and weak investment banking volumes suggest.
When a homeowner becomes a landlord
The Washington Times | January 5, 2012
Homeowners in the D.C. area often find themselves assigned to offices in other parts of the world for a year or two at a time and need to rent their property to generate added income. Other homeowners are waiting for the economy to improve before putting their homes on the market and are becoming landlords in the meantime. Homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure also may choose to rent their property, cover the mortgage with the rental payment and move to a less expensive home while waiting for home values to rise and their finances to improve. (While the reporter certainly focuses the content on the Washington D.C. market, the article does give a good overview of issues to consider when a homeowner is considering converting their real estate to a rental. ~Anthony)
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During cooler months, opening your window attachments during the day can let light into your home, allowing extra heat to enter the room so that your heating system doesn't need to use as much energy to make your home comfortable. Closing your window attachments at night can also help trap heat, which can decrease the amount of energy used by your heating system, as well.
The opposite is true during warmer months. When it's warmer outside, closing your window attachments during the daytime can help keep the heat out of your home and reduce the amount of energy used by your air conditioning system.
No matter the climate, window attachments are an important tool for controlling the amount of light and heat entering your home. Purchasing the right window attachments can help you save energy by reducing your air conditioning and/or heating use while keeping your home nice and comfortable.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include comment from SFMTA and San Francisco police.
Two videos posted to Twitter Thursday night show two adult men physically tackling an apparently younger man of color and throwing him off a San Francisco Muni train against his will.
Social media users who helped the video go viral pointed to racial tensions as possible motivations behind the incident, and dubbed the young man's alleged assailants, who appear white, #MuniMatt and #MuniMark, though their identities and ethnicities are not known.
Anna Sterling, a local journalist who posted the videos, confirmed the incident occurred on the N-Judah Muni line Thursday night somewhere between 32nd and 40th Avenues. Sterling said she was not on the train herself, but the video was recorded by her friend. Sterling is a journalist with bylines at the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, VICE and NBC News, among other outlets.
In the Twitter video Sterling posted Thursday night, which had garnered more than 168,000 views as of this posting, a man can be seen tackling the young man of color as a nearby woman shouts, "Stop! He's just a kid, leave him alone!"
The man, who tackled the younger man and can be seen holding him in an armlock on a Muni seat replied, "Tell him to stop. I'm fine stopping, I've got no problem."
The woman than can be heard saying, "Over music? Leave him alone."
They're attempting to throw him onto the street. You can see it clearly here. He's just a kid. This is not okay. pic.twitter.com/BGT3kado26
— Anna Sterling (@AnnaMSterling) August 31, 2018
In the Tweet describing this first video, Sterling wrote, "Whoa these two men just tried to throw this kid off the muni train because he was playing music too loudly." She added, "He easily could've hit oncoming traffic. That is not okay."
Sterling posted a second video, where the first man and another man can be seen throwing the younger man off the train.
"What the fuck? What the fuck fool?" the younger man asks as he is hurled into the closed Muni doors by the two men. The doors then open, and a struggle ensues as the two men continue to try to push him out of the Muni doors.
"Get the fuck …" the original man can be heard saying.
Sterling wrote above this second video, "they're attempting to throw him onto the street. You can see it clearly here. He's just a kid. This is not okay."
Police said they received several calls about the assault and responded to the scene.
Upon arrival, they were able to speak to two of the people involved, the man seen putting the male passenger in a headlock, and the male passenger himself, who police clarified is not a juvenile.
According to police, "both subjects admitted to being involved in a mutual physical altercation, but neither party chose to press charges."
Officers were unable to locate a man seen in the second video appearing to help push the passenger off the train, police said.
Paul Rose, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, told the San Francisco Examiner the agency will independently investigate the matter with the San Francisco Police Department.
"This is very disturbing video," Rose said.
As the video garnered more views, some replying to it on Twitter said they believed race was a factor in the altercation, and made references to "Permit Patty" and "BBQ Becky," nicknames given to a woman who recently called the police to respond to an 8-year-old girl selling water, and a woman who called the police on black people hosting a BBQ at Lake Merritt in Oakland, respectively.
"Thinking you have the right to remove somebody from public transit because they annoy you is a perfect example of white privilege in action," wrote Twitter user @im_absurd.
Twitter user @GinaUriarte dubbed the two seemingly white men "#MuniMatt and #MuniMark," referencing Permit Patty and BBQ Becky.
Twitter user @obviouslyblackk wrote, "They did it because he was black period."
-Bay City News contributed to this storyTransit
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