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Is open source democratic?
In his recent post, Glyn Moody asks an important question: "Can open source be democratic?" He describes how free software emerged as a distributed, bottom-up system of writing code. The central defining aspects of that culture are a uniquely open process not just of programming but also of its organization, and a close relationship between programmers and users. Effectively, users and programmers together were both contributors, they collaborated on the project. Glyn goes on to explain how this community effort changed over time to become more institutionalized, more corporate and more dull—"becoming a 'Firefox Affiliate', hardly something that sets the pulse racing." Ordinary users no longer play an important part in open source projects.
For Aristotle the underlying principle of democracy is freedom, since only in a democracy the citizens can have a share in freedom.
Underlying is the assumption that open source is democratic, and this assumption needs to be questioned. Open source...communities have been coined to be self-directed, meritocratic,...but it is rarely emphasized that they are democratic. Since individuals are investing effort in their favorite projects to contribute to something greater, and democracy is commonly considered to be a greater good as well, it is intriguing to make the jump to thinking of open source communities as being democratic. But are they? What is the meaning of democracy in the context of open source? What does a democratic community look like?
Some may say that such political concepts cannot easily be transferred to how open source communities should function. While it may not be easy, it is still worthwhile—democracies have dealt with similar problems of inclusion and the distribution of power and responsibility. Just like democratic states, communities are volunteer organizations that congregate to build the public goods they desire in the commons. Just like citizens, members of communities have a choice of voice or exit that they make based on the expected influence they have as citizens. There are enough similarities to justify learning by example.
On being a contributor
Democracy means "rule of the people", and postulates, amongst other things, for each individual to be equal before the law and to have a vote in the political process and election of the government. This immediately boils down to the central yin-yang question of who is a citizen and who is not. Are users considered integral parts (citizens) of the open source communities, or outsiders who provide feedback? And should they be the equals of developers? While today we seem to think that equality comes standard, it is in fact a dynamic concept, its meaning changes with culture. Think about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that finally abolished voter's discrimination by race in the US, or the fact that women will gain the right to vote in Saudi Arabia in the year 2015. This is what Glyn observes—users changed from being integral elements of the community to playing an only marginal role, akin to not having a vote. Eligibility and acceptance are what discerns citizens from barbarians and slaves. Eligibility answers the question of which individuals can potentially become citizens. Acceptance is the requirements an eligible individual has to fulfill to gain citizenship. For example, a foreigner living in a country may be eligible for citizenship, but to be accepted needs to pay taxes for a number of years. When the same questions are applied to open source communities, they translate to "Who is a contributor and could thus become a citizen of our community? How does somebody join the project?" and second, "What does a newcomer have to do to be considered a contributor, a part of the community?" (does that sound like "How do I become a committer?"—exactly). In open source communities usually all individuals are eligible to join, but to be accepted and integrated, they need to contribute to the code.
So, for users to become integral parts of open source communities again, users that engage with an open source project need to be equal contributors amongst peers, to be eligible. This is far from standard, and not the mind-set of most contributors I know. Most communities I work with value direct contributions to the project source code higher than feedback from users. They (unconsciously?) consider users outsiders and refer them to talk to the issue tracker, a proven way to make sure they never come back again with more feedback. So firstly, users need to be considered eligible to become community members, and second their efforts (feedback, for example) need to qualify them for acceptance as ordinary contributors.
On open governance
But not all communities are created equal. When evaluating how democratic a community is, we need to look at their reason to exist. Not all open source projects are created by developers and users together, and the distribution of power and responsibility usually follows this outset goal or doctrine. If a project that is founded by developers and users grows organically into an openly governed community (like KDE), it is likened to a democracy. A project that is founded by a company (think, Mozilla or Qt) and maybe allows external contributors in along as they accept the decrees^wCLA of the king^wowner company aches more towards an aristocracy. Not all contributors are equals, and the ruling government cannot be replaced.
There has been a long debate over what the most central trait of a democracy is. Opinions differ, but there is one question—can the citizens, on a regular basis, re-elect or replace the ruling government in a structured process, without the need for a revolution? With this argument in mind, it becomes apparent that not all open source communities are democratic. KDE is to an extent, with a weak government and regular elections where every active member has exactly one vote. Think about electing a new government for Android, and the difference becomes apparent. Of the open source projects Glyn mentioned in his post, few can be considered democratic by this standard.
Back to the question on how to reduce the distance between users and developers and how to build communities that thrive on collaboration. Users, like any contributor, will consider the effect their investment of time into the project will have. If the utility they gain from contributing outweighs the cost of the effort to contribute, they will join the community and help with the project. The utility is directly related to the openness of the community governance; it will be less if the contributor's influence is only on mundane details, and greater if she has the chance to become the next president of KDE e.V. This emphasizes the importance of open governance for the longevity and community spirit of open source projects. Only with both the open source way and open governance, the user experiences the freedom to create that convinces her to join the project. Democracy in communities is open source combined with open governance.
From the status of being a contributor—a citizen—follows the right and duty to take part in the community's affairs. Open source can be democratic if it treats all the community members equally. Three requirements for considering an open source community democratic have been developed in the discussion above:
- To be democratic requires not to discriminate amongst contributors (users and developers). Users are contributors. They need to be encouraged to join the community, to give feedback and to otherwise help improve the project.
- Democracy in communities means open source combined with open governance. The availability of the source code under a free software license is not sufficient for an open source community to be democratic. Without equality, without the contributors controlling the project as equals, it may be open source, but it is not democratic.
- Governance is open if the contributors are equals and the community elects its own representation. Defining open governance as the situation where the contributors are in control of their project on all levels, democracy in an open source project can only be achieved when all contributors have equal say on all matters of the project.
Whether or not contributors fully are equals amongst peers can only be decided by actions, not by words. The ethical question whether or not democracy is desirable for an open source project has been avoided in this article. In my personal opinion, Glyn is absolutely right: for open source to continue being successful, direct and indirect contributors need to get back to working together. With the widening appeal of open source software, naturally developers will become more experienced and professional, and the average user will turn to be less technical and computer savvy. This trend will likely continue with the growing user base of open source. And because it is inevitable, open source projects should instead prepare to liaise more with users and generally get good at integrating users and coders in the community.
Originally posted on Creative Destruction & Me, reposted under Creative Commons.
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"There has been a long debate over what the most central trait of a democracy is. Opinions differ, but there is one question—can the citizens, on a regular basis, re-elect or replace the ruling government in a structured process, without the need for a revolution? With this argument in mind, it becomes apparent that not all open source communities are democratic."
That is true. The politics of the open source movement does not follow the democratic pattern. Open source politics most closely resembles the politics of the majority of the American Indian tribes before the European conquest.
The Indians did not have formal offices. People became leaders based on their personal reputation and there was not a fixed number of influential people per tribe. Over time each individual leader's influence waxed and waned. Political decisions were made by consensus among the influential people. Decisions were rarely unanimous and dissenters only felt partly obligated to follow the majority. For example, when a tribe went to war it was common for some villages to remain neutral and refuse to participate in the war because in those villages the influential people did not want to participate.
I think the American Indian political pattern is a better model for how open source politics works than trying to compare open source politics to either parliamentary or congressional democracy. Leaders arise on merit. Leaders' influence waxes and wanes without any elections, for example Miguel de Icaza. There are no fixed number of leaders. Some people conform to leaders' consensus and others ignore the consensus, for example the Open Office fork. I think if you made a detailed study of open source political decisions that almost every example would conform to the American Indian political system. You would be hard pressed to come up with examples that conform to the parliamentary or congressional systems of democracy.
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In today's society I see a large push to embrace and body the Democratic spirit, thus why I believe I see open source and many organizations trying to be more Democratic.
With the upcoming US presidential collections approaching I feel that more people now than ever are looking at there world and wondering where "there say" is in there gas prices, grocery bill and even there favorite open source project.
I simply want to point out, that to me open source is like the idolized American government. A republic, not a democracy.
Votes from the majority are simply the majorities voice and not firm direction. The hope is that you government hears the voice and works in its direction for the good of all its people not just the majority.
The government of the United States of America is the federal government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that constitute the United States of America, as well as one capitol district, and several other territories. (Wikipedia)
While the ideological US government is not purely democratic (majority rule), open source government should also not be a democratic monster ruled by a majority.
A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where offices of states are subsequently directly or indirectly elected or appointed rather than inherited. (Wikipedia)
Open source community's, I'm my opinion, operate more like a republic naturally. So it only makes since to treat them like one. Think about commuters and project managers as elected officials, community servants, the workers of government (the project). They are elected (indirectly) by there peers (other commuters) often through a process of review. In essence this is a vote, and the only one needed to become one of the elected (a project member). This repetitive ideal is what drives most commuters (I need this feature for use case X), I'll represent that issue (use case X).
To me I see open source as a republics for issues (use cases)! Represented by commuters (community members) elected by other community members.
Like this article I see the flaw of inclusion, to the software users. Where I see open source growing to fill this gap and becoming a true governmental mirror is when these elections are held by the users to vote on issues, not representatives. Much like yo see in some community that allow you to vote up a bug or an request for enhancement (RFE)!
It is still on the elected to do the will of the people, seeing as opensource's only option to un-elect an elected official is to create a fork(hole new government), but at least you have that freedom. So open source is not with out flaws but what government is not!
The importance Ina all of this is the freedom is there with or with out a government structure.


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Demonstration of my latest Gadgeteer project, a simple 8-step one-octave arpeggiator using Pete Brown's MIDI Module to drive a MeeBlip micro synthesizer.
Full source code is available at http://sdrv.ms/MeeBlipiatorSrc (MS-PL)
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Good stuff. I know it must be fun to work on real hardware sometimes and it's great to see a programmer who actually understands MIDI. It seems that so many people have no clue what it is and associate it with the sounds that came out of they're old soundcards many years ago even though MIDI obviously makes no sound.
Most good iOS music making apps support MIDI now but at the moment there's only one WP7.5 MIDI controller in the marketplace. Touchscreen devices are great for making all kinds of MIDI controllers and I wish WP developers where more interested in this stuff.
Like I said, it looks like fun to work with real hardware but touchscreen devices are more practical and flexible.
Funny you should mention programmers not understanding MIDI, as just about anyone using a modern DAW or synthesizer may be using MIDI and not even realize it, since many newer keyboards connect via USB, but still use MIDI for communication, albeit over USB.
I was talking on Saturday with a neighbor who works for a major musical instrument retailer, and who was once a touring keyboard player, about how robust MIDI has been as a communication protocol. It's nearly 30 years old now, and still going strong.
I'm not a deep expert in MIDI, and truth be told, most of the hard MIDI work in this project is done for me by Pete's MIDI module driver, but I agree with you that touch screens can be a useful addition to enhance musical expression, and I'd like to see what I could do with a Windows Phone app and MIDI...will have to see what's possible there.
One of my other favorite musical toys, though it doesn't talk MIDI, is my Korg Kaossilator. It's primary interface is a touchpad, so it's very expressive. I used it to record a track called Devhammer's Kaos from my Music page. The entire track was played in one take on the Kaossilator.
@gduthie:Even though we have OSC now MIDI just keeps being the most usefull way to control stuff. The people at http://gesturespark.com/ seem to be using OSC is a smarter way though so it's becoming more usefull all the time.
Thanks for the pointer on OSC. Had not heard of that, so I'll check it out.
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Winners of four of its last five games, the Stetson women's basketball team will host the Georgia Southern Eagles at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to begin the 25th Annual Hatter Classic at the Edmunds Center.
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Left-hander Jeff Locke and right-hander Kyle McPherson were impressive in their first outings of spring training. Neither got a chance to pitch Tuesday because the Pirates game against the Baltimore Orioles was rained out.
Locke got late-season callups in each of the past two seasons, and has tossed a total of 51 innings in the majors, going a combined 1-6 with a 5.82 ERA. McPherson made his big league debut last year - 0-2 with a 2.73 ERA in 10 games, three starts.
"You try to get your foot in the door," McPherson said. "Once you get your foot in the door, you try to push it open and get established. That's what Locke and I are doing at this stage of the game. We're going to go toe to toe and see how it shakes out."
The Pirates have veterans in the top four spots of their rotation: A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez, James McDonald and Jeff Karstens. Rodriguez was scheduled to start Tuesday. Instead, he will follow Burnett today.
Shoulder soreness forced McPherson to leave winter ball after just a few days last winter, so the Pirates don't want to rush him early in camp. Against the Twins, he needed only 15 pitches to retire the six batters he faced.
"For Kyle's first time out, our biggest interest was in the up and down twice," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We've got plenty of time to get his pitch count where it needs to be."
Locke was scheduled to work two innings against the Rays, but was so efficient he wound up going three.
"I kept going until they told me I was done," Locke said, grinning. "It felt good to get out there and compete, especially against someone wearing a different jersey."
Locke walked one, struck out one and did not allow a hit. He threw just 32 pitches, 18 of them strikes.
If Locke seems a bit ahead of schedule, he said it's because he arrived at Pirate City in mid-January, about a month before camp opened, and settled into a regular throwing routine.
"That definitely has something to do with how (good) I feel right now," Locke said.
"We've tried to build our winter throwing program the last two years," Hurdle said. "This is a by-product of that."
Baltimore right-hander Luis Ayala won't pitch for a few weeks, manager Buck Showalter said.
The Orioles want to rest him because he pitched in the Mexican Winter League. Ayala has also been dealing with flu-like symptoms.


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SALEM - The Salem girls won the first two field events and United couldn't catch them at the 110th annual Columbiana County Track and Field Meet on Tuesday.
Senior Ciera Trybend repeated as the high-point award winner in the field events and junior Megan Lehwald set a school record in winning the long jump to put the Quakers on their way to a fourth county title in seven years.
"That helped a lot and kind of set the tone for the rest of the meet," Salem coach Amie Cochran said.
Salem totaled 150 1/2 points at Reilly Stadium - the third most in county history - followed by United with 124. It's the ninth straight year they have finished one-two in the team standings.
"It's always beetween us and United every year. They are great competition," Trybend said. "It always come down to the last race and is always close."
Julia Dundon and Marissa Swindell finished 2-3 in the 200 dash and Mallory Maher and Hannah Shaffer did the same in the 3200 run to put it out of reach.
"It was a well-balanced performance," Cochran said. "I can't think of someone to single out because everyone did a great job."
The Quakers had two placers in nine of the 12 individual events.
"Every year it comes down to that," Cochran said. "It was teamwork and everyone pulling together."
"It was nice to get that in our own home," Trybend said.
Trybend repeated in the shot put (36-8) and also won the discus (123-0).
"Every time I look down the sheet and see (Addie) Dunlap from Columbiana, I am excited," Trybend said. "I like to throw against her because she pushes me."
The day was even better for Lehwald, who had a school-record 16-feet-8 in the long jump and teamed with Hannah Texter, Julia Dundon and Marissa Swindell on the winning 800 relay team (1:52.46).
"It's all I have been thinking about," Lehwald said about the long jump recrd. "I've been in the 16s the last two meets, so I knew I had to peak at some time."
She waited until her fourth and final attempt Tuesday.
"It felt good," Lehwald said. "I really wanted to get this record because it has been around for 30 years."
She broke the mark of 16-5 set by Beth Hippely in 1981.
The Quakers took only four first places, but won with their team depth.
"Honestly, I thought it would be a lot closer," Cochran said. "I've got a group of six seniors who lead by example. Their leadership has been the reason for our success."
"I am so proud of my team," Lehwald said. "We're like a family."
Meet notes
United junior Allison Parks turned in an impressive performance with four first places in claiming high-point honors in the field events for the second straight year with 32 1/2 points.
Parks was first in the 400 dash (61.54), 800 run (2:26.46), 1600 run (5:33.46) and teamed with Emily Guappone, Maggie Briceland and Natalie Gamble on the winning 3200 relay (10:16.89).
Guappone also was first in the 3200 run (12:06.5) and ran on the winning 1600 relay team with Chloe Bortmas, Hunter Urmson and Briceland (4:21.84).
The Wellsville girls finished third with 78 points.
Junior Shartece Taylor was first in the 100 dash (12.64), first in the 200 dash (25.76), second in the long jump (16-0 1/2) and ran on the winning 400 relay team for the third straight year along with Angelica Scarabino, Maleya Fultz and Myquia Jones (a meet-record 51.57 seconds).
Columbiana sophomore Shayla Ray won the high jump (5-0). East Palestine senior Chloe Snyder, who was going for her fourth straight county title, took second.
Ray also defended her title in the 100 hurdles (17.18).
Beaver Local junior Sarah Ridgley took the 300 hurdles (50.84) for the second straight year.
Since the girls county meet started in 1977, Salem has won 15 times and finished second 16 times.


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So I bought this camera off a guy who works as a doorman at the Congress Hotel, which is supposedly haunted or whatever. Guy said he found it in a room in basement in a closet that hadn't been opened since 1908. Or maybe 1969 -he couldn't remember.
Anyway, really old. Uses film.
I brought it to Wrigley towards the end of this season and took some pictures. Just a regular day, nothing out of the ordinary.
Then I forgot about it.
Just the other day I had the film developed and... LOOK AT THOSE HORRIFYING IMAGES!
It captured actual paranormal activity at my favorite ball park.
Amazingly (and apparently), people or experiences just leave a "ghost" of themselves even if they're still alive.
(I'm certain I'll be contacted by ghost hunters and experts on the paranormal wanting to pay big dollars for my camera, but it was unfortunately destroyed in an accident involving fire, fly wings, a photo of Sam Zell and goat's blood.)
But come ON, what an amazing coincidence I got this photo developed right when Halloween is upon us!
And oddly, it got me thinking about Lou Piniella.
Time will tell, but years from now his legacy just might be remembered most in popular culture by two words that escaped his mouth while talking to Tribune beat writers: "Cubby Occurrence".
Sure I know the popular way to think about the Cubs any more is to steer clear of goats and jinxes and hexes and stuff. But the other day I'm listening to hugely respected Buster Olney on the radio, and he's talking about the weird "energy" around the San Francisco Giants. How every bounce is going their way. I think I even heard the word "karma" in there somewhere. There are different words to use when it's all positive, right Buster?
But if you're from Texas?
It's nothing but Cubby Occurrences happening to your favorite team, Rangers Fans, and I say "welcome to the club, ya'll".
Well actually, since it's Halloween, lets just call it paranormal activity and leave it at that.
What else?
The World Series continues this evening in Texas.
Lets see if the activity continues.
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I think it's pretty safe to say Jose Guillen's career is over.
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I once paid hard-earned money to enter that place and before the game had ended, Larry Biittner was pitching. Pitching! Then years later I once again payed to go inside (had a little more dough at this point so it wasn't quite as painful) and before that game was over, Doug Dascenzo was pitching. Pitching! It was frightening enough that these guys saw significant time at their regular positions but pitching? Truly horrifying.
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I once paid hard-earned money to enter that place and before the game had ended, Larry Biittner was pitching.
Yeah, I was there that day, too. If I recall correctly, he had a nice curve ball and the hitters either swung and missed or blasted home runs off of him.
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Dascenzo never allowed a run.
Heard he was managing in the Padres' system.
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Man, there are some things you shouldn't joke about.
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Is TCR having its yearly "Where is the Free Agent signing?" contest? Can't wait to predict Hendry signing JJ Putz to a 3 yr 15 mil deal.
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Some teams are still playing baseball.
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10 Madison Bumgarner San Francisco Giants LHP South Caldwell High School (NC)
age 20, 19 career starts, 7-6 2.90 ERA
Post season 3 starts, 2-0 2.18 ERA
..was available when Tim-Jim drafted Vitters
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The list of scouting directors who are any good by Navigator's standards is as follows:
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you didn't believe me?
apparently Dejesus was the 3b coach last year after Quade became manager and is keeping the job, Dernier at 1b with Rotschild and Rudy filling out the staff.
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I just like to provide confirmation.
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just kidding around...
Ryno kicked to the curb, unless he takes AAA job. Cardinals or White Sox should hire him just to fuck with the Cubs.
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Ugh. I can actually see that happening, especially the Cards. Last I heard (somebody back me up, I'm lazy) McJuice was wavering on whether or not he was coming back...
A former MVP AND a former Cub as your new hitting coach? STL would just love that one.
*edit Fuck, nevermind, he did come back. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/2...
Ryno takes Cora's place with the Sux then??
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McGuire is coming back for another year, TONY S. It was announced last week IIRC.
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An administrative coach filling the role that Matt Sinatro had in 2010 will be named along with Listach after the World Series.
Administrative Coach?
Does the job require bringing a GPS? Quade takes the "L" to work, does this coach get to wear a conductor's cap?
Damn the bureaucracy.
Ad-ministrative coach (defined): In charge of Noodles and stealing Toyota signs.
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heh... leon "drugs are awesome! wait, where's my career?" durham being considered for M's batting coach.


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From the dungeons of the Red Keep to the wilderness beyond the Wall, all of Westeros was taking stock of their father figures. Some exchanged old mentors for new, while others finally realized how crappy their daddies really were. One thing's for sure – after the events of this episode, most of our characters are going to need a lot of therapy.
Major spoilers below! Proceed at your own risk!
Beyond the WallIt's been a long time since Jon Snow has seen his father, but Ned Stark casts a long shadow over all the surrogates he's encountered over the course of his Night's Watch adventures. Lord Commander Mormont fought Jon about duty, Qhorin Halfhand taught him to bend the rules and Mance Rayder taught him about trust. When Jon approaches Mance's camp on an assassination mission, there's a palpable Oedipal feeling in the air.
But before Jon can cut Mance down, someone else does it for him: Stannis Baratheon, who arrives with his army just in time to slaughter the wildling army that's been camped out since last week.
Mance surrenders to Stannis, and all of a sudden Jon's got a new father figure to deal with. This one will likely prove difficult, though Stannis begrudgingly lets Jon convince him to spare Mance's life. Even more worrisome is Jon's new red-headed stepmom, Melisandre, seen giving our young crow an enigmatic glance over a funeral pyre at Castle Black. Was she attracted by the flames, or something else?
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Game of Thrones is often at its best when it lets its pulpy side take over, and the battle that ensues is sheer Harryhausen, with Meera engaging the skeleton soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, poor Jojen losing his life (just like he predicted he would) and the deus ex machina arrival of one of the Children of the Forest, who defeats the wights with the magic of her people (fireballs, it turns out).
MeereenDaenerys isn't a father, but as one of her many titles claims, she is the mother to three increasingly unruly children. Just as she's quite literally laying down the law in her throne room, she receives some heartbreaking news: Drogon, last seen feasting on goats, has now progressed to feasting on children. Rather than re-enact God of Carnage, she springs into action.
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The ValeAfter three seasons featuring multiple characters wandering around the countryside, some of them were bound to run into each other. The lucky traveler is Brienne, who chances upon Arya in the hillsides outside the Bloody Gate. The two warrior women share a brief moment of connection, but it's interrupted by the arrival of the Hound, which suddenly makes Arya's identity clear.
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The fight begins with epic swordplay and a dramatic swordfight – Brienne's territory, in other words – but before long the strings have cut out and the swords have been knocked away, and we're left with two grunting brawlers out to inflict the maximum amount of pain on each other, by any means necessary.
Bloody and broken, Sandor begs Arya to end his life. She stares at him for what seems like an eternity, listening to his pleas with a disturbing lack of emotion. Finally she takes action, robbing him and making her way to the nearest port. There's nothing and nobody left for her in Westeros; why not see what Braavos has in store?
King's LandingAll across the capital, the Lannister children are in revolt. Cersei has had enough of her engagement to Loras Tyrell, and tries to get out of it the only way she can think of: blackmail. She tells her father the truth about her and Jaime – and if Tywin doesn't release her from the union, soon the whole kingdom will.
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What happens next might be a bridge too far for Tyrion's character: Though the show tries to soften the blow by having Shae reach for a knife, he strangles her with her necklace. Afterward, he apologizes, though not in a voice we've ever heard Tyrion use before. It's high-pitched and stilted, as if the Imp were in the process of being possessed by Norman Bates. Clearly, he's snapped.
At least Tywin dies doing what he loved: Telling Tyrion he was never his son. Tyrion disagrees. "I am your son," he says, firing one last arrow. "I have always been your son."
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Eighty-nine Saint Vincent College students will participate in the 40th annual March for Life on Jan. 25 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Under the direction of coordinator Mary Kate Kenna of the Saint Vincent College Respect for Life Club, the group will travel by bus accompanied by Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president, and Fr. Jean-Luc Zadroga, O.S.B., Saint Vincent College Campus Minister. The Saint Vincent delegation is sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry in cooperation with the campus chapter of the Knights of Columbus and the Respect Life Club. One group of students will leave Thursday evening and attend the rally at the Verizon Center. Another group will depart early Friday morning. Both groups will attend Mass on Capitol Hill and march together. The March for Life, which has been held every year on the anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decisions that overturned all state laws against abortion, will begin with a noon rally and be followed by a march down the Mall to the Capitol and Supreme Court. The Saint Vincent group will join with tens of thousands of abortion protestors including about 6,000 marchers from southwestern Pennsylvania. Saint Vincent College participants will include Eric Auth, Erika Anstead, Mark Azzarello, Claire Badman, Natalie Baker, Mike Belitsky, John Bonacchi, Jacob Boros, Lucas Briola, Christi Bujno, Anna Christy, Tom Cocchi, Edward Consoli, Anthony Costantino, Ryan Coyne, Luke Daghir, Monika Derboghossian, Colleen Fisher, Emily Fisher, Julie Fitzer, Will Fitzgerald, Sarah Formica, Jake Fox, Mimika Garesche, Dante Gentile, Paige Gibbons, Emma Hamling, Kelsey Harris, Rachel Hast, Luke Haywiser, Shauna Hetrick, Anna Hoffman, Mary Kate Kenna, Patrick Kenna, Josh Kilmer, Jessica Kissel, Kassia Krol, Sara Krug, Aaron Kushner, Maria Lang, Jonathan Leuschel, Allie Liboski, Maggie Loya, Megan Lucas, Alyssa Luther, John Meyerhofer, Phillip Meyerhofer, Alexis Milinski, John Mitrik, Rory Mitrik, Joni Mulvaney, Evan Neely, Thomas Nielsen, Zach Noble, James Orange, Pat O'Reilly, Tim Oxenreiter, Michael Parisi, Samantha Pashel, Justin Petrovich, Andrew Razanauskas, Sarah Riffon, Emily Rosati, Stephanie Rubin, Kate Scanlon, Caitlin Schratz, Laura Scroggins, Eric Shearer, Jacob Sheehan, Steve Sherman, Lenna Shoplik, Stacie Sikora, Michelle Smith, Maria Solomond, Kayla Stadelman, Charles Staines, Kate Steinel, Andrew Strezo, Hope Swain, Shannon Tantlinger, Mikayla Trinkley, Michael Villavicencio, Thomas Waruszewski, Beth Anne Wieber, Regina Woloshun, Natalie Woodruff and Zaza Yanosick.
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I saw what happened, he slashed, cross checked and talked s*** to a fellow red wings prospect, then after he got the reaction he wanted proceeded to injure him.
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The season 15 houseguests entered the Big Brother house just a few days ago and wasted no time making themselves at home poolside. Here's your first look at the group.
But the 16 houseguests – the largest cast in the CBS reality show's history – will not be spending all summer relaxing under the sun.
In a new twist, the show's two nomination chairs have been replaced by a "nomination couch" to make room for a third nominee's eviction every week. And a new power will be in play this summer as fans vote weekly for a "Big Brother MVP," whose special power will be explained by host Julie Chen.
"It is going to be an entirely new game. I don't even know if I could play it," says season 13 winner Rachel Reilly, whose sister Elissa Slater will be competing this year. "There is no way for anyone to float through."
Endurance will also come into play more than ever, as the houseguests settle in for a record 100 days.
"I think it is going to be really hard for the houseguests. The season I won I was in for 76 days and that was forever," Reilly tells PEOPLE. "As a fan I am so excited for two extra weeks of Big Brother, but I feel bad for my sister. It is going to be insane."
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The state of being so high that your arms get stuck in the position similar to that of a velociraptor.
OMG! Look at Steve! He is velociraptored so bad right now!
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Being so stoned that your armed curl up like that of a velociraptor
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a smart blonde who obsesses over harry potter, and is super funny, and when she bullies you it's called velociratored. she is also super random, and tall, and pretty, and is super amazing. so when a girl like this flicks you on the head you go, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU VELOCIRAPTORED ME!
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"It's the beginning of a great chapter for them," Bridges told PEOPLE at the "A Night at Sardi's" benefit for the Alzheimer's Association Wednesday in Beverly Hills.
Bridges, 72, worked with Kunis, 30, in the 2008 film Max Payne and made it clear the pregnant star is motherhood material.
"Oh, she's a sweet girl. I really enjoyed working with Mila," he said. "I wish them all the best."
A parental stamp of approval from Bridges certainly means something, considering The Millers star has raised five kids of his own: two with first wife Julie Bridges and three with Wendy Treece, his wife of 30 years.
His biggest piece of advice for the couple?
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Heifers are still too old when they calve
by Jeff Stevenson, professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Heifers are not only the most fertile group of females on your dairy, they generally represent the best genetics. Despite these positive attributes, too many dairies don't take full advantage of this valuable resource because too many heifers are not inseminated when they have reached adequate age, stature, and body weight. The statistics confirm progress has been slow as age at first calving has dropped slightly from the 28 to 30 months of age during the past 20 years.
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From a mobile network operator's point of view traffic management has always been essential for the efficient delivery of services and creates an environment for investment. Mobile network operators are pragmatic that traffic management helps to deliver consumer choice.
To make a fully-informed choice, consumers and businesses need transparency and the GSMA works with mobile operators to ensure consumers have clear explanations of how their mobile Internet connection is managed in order to deal with congestion, the efficient operation of services and the quality of the end user experience.
A few examples of traffic management practices used in mobile data networks are provided below.
Content caching:
Some popular websites appear to download very quickly because an ISP has stored their content dynamically on local servers, so that they do not have to retrieve packets of data from the original website, which may be on the other side of the world.
Content control and filtering:
Children are prevented from accessing adult content by ISPs' software filters, which require customers to prove they are over 18.Many also take steps to block access to websites that have been identified as carrying child sexual abuse content or other illegal material. In many countries, ISPs are also legally obliged to intercept Internet traffic at the request of law enforcement agencies.
Active monitoring:
To ensure they maintain a good quality of service, ISPs actively monitor the performance of their networks, measuring the proportion of packets lost and the speed of customers' connections. They also take steps to react and prevent denial of service attacks, designed to bring down websites or other services, and the spread of malicious software or viruses.


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The Stetson men's basketball team (7-10, 4-2) returns home on Thursday, looking to extend its three-game win streak against Northern Kentucky (4-9, 2-3). The Hatters and the Norse will square off at 7:00 p.m. at the Edmunds Center in the first ever meeting between the two teams.
The three straight victories for the Hatters mark the longest streak of the season for Stetson, and the first three-game win streak in a season since 2008-09. The team has also won three road games in a row with victories over Kennesaw State, ETSU, and most recently USC Upstate. That feat hasn't been achieved since 2005-06.
"We're excited about what we accomplished on the road," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said on Wednesday. "It's hard to walk away with a sweep from those two places. Not many teams will do it, so we did ourselves a favor there. I think it gives us a lot of confidence. It helps us keep momentum. Now the important thing is to capitalize on it, playing home games."
The first of two home contests this weekend will bring first-year Atlantic Sun Conference member Northern Kentucky to the Edmunds Center for a 7:00 p.m. contest on ASun.TV and HatterVision. The Norse, in their first year of NCAA Division I play after moving up from the Division II ranks, are 4-9 on the season, but 2-3 in A-Sun action.
"They've had a chance to win every conference game they've played," Alexander said of NKU. "Every game, they've had a chance to win in the last minute. They're a team that is unconventional as far as how we're going to have to guard them. [They use] a five out motion with guys who really play well together. They share the ball well, play hard, and so it will be a real test for us defensively. That will largely determine how we play in the game."
With a rich tradition that saw the Norse reach 13 NCAA Division II Tournaments, NKU has battled through 10 straight road games to start the season, before playing its last three at home. The Norse are averaging only 56.1 points per game, but are holding their opponents to just 59.7 points per contest and an A-Sun best 53.4 points in league play.
The game will be featured on HatterVision and ASun.TV with Robbie Aaron and Ryan Rouse on the call. WSBB 1230 AM, 1490 AM, and www.MyAM1230.com will also feature live audio of the game. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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Stetson freshman Christina Loya scored three goals and added an assist in the Stetson lacrosse team's 17-5 loss to Cincinnati Friday night at the Athletic Training Center. The five goals by Stetson was a season high.
Cincinnati tallied its first goal just 45 seconds into the game and would continue to add to its lead until freshman Ana Baranowski scored the first Stetson goal, making it 10-1 Bearcats. Cincinnati closed out the first half scoring two more times and outshooting the Hatters 21-5 in the first frame.
Stetson made adjustments during halftime and came out in the second half firing. Head coach Nicole Moore's squad scored the first goal of the second half, Loya's first of the night. After two Bearcat scores, Loya struck again, making it 14-3 off a second straight assist from sophomore Paige Levesque.
The Hatter freshman added her third off of an assist from freshman Sam Maguire with 6:53 to play in the game. In the final five minutes Cincinnati sealed it with two goals sandwiched around a score by Stetson sophomore Mallory Tluchowski.
The Hatters outshot the Bearcats 11-8 in the second half and edged their non-conference foes 6-4 in draw controls during the final 30 minutes. Ground balls were even in the second half at four apiece.
Levesque led all Stetson players with a pair of assists, while Loya and Maguire each were credited with one.
In goal, sophomore Caili Guilday made eight saves in just over 30 minutes of action, allowing 10 Cincinnati scores. Fellow sophomore Whitney Meyers allowed seven goals and made one stop in just less than 30 minutes of play.
Sophomore MaryKate O'Sullivan and junior Samantha Akl led all Stetson players with three draw controls apiece, while sophomore Lindsay Summers added a pair.
The defeat dropped Stetson to 0-4 on the season as Cincinnati improved to 1-1. The Hatters will next play Old Dominion, Thursday, Feb. 27 at the ATC. The 7:00 p.m. contest will be Stetson's fourth in its current five-game home stand.