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I have a keen interest in how we get to represent sporting events in ways other than just TV coverage. This years world cup is already showing a little of what can be done once the rights have been agreed. Rights management, just as in the music industry is a huge business. Of all things it is the thing stifling the explosion in creativity that could be had with all the data and feeds of information from live sports. Something I was hoping would be a bit more open for the 2012 olympics but it looks not to be the case. Though there is time and hope.
EASports are one of the biggest sport game producers with lots of franchise lock-ins including football(soccer). So it was natural that this years world cup got the usual treatment of a branded game.
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I am not a massive football fan but these large tournaments and getting behind the countries team does reach me and I also usually end up with a game of the tournament. Given they are every 4 years the world cup ones help set a timing on what a platform of console is up to at that point in time.
France 98 for instance was the same as my first year working at Wimbledon. It was the out of hours game of choice, played in the UK house we rented and played on my Nintendo 64 that I took up for the fortnight.
This year my world cup game is on the Xbox360 and hooked up to the net. There are all sorts of interesting features but the one I wanted to see how it felt and worked is operational now during the actual tournament.
The option is hidden away in the "Story of Qualifying" section. Here there are recreating crunch moments and scenarios that have happened in the actual tournament (and in the lead up). It becomes a playable news feed. You pick a scenario and then dive in and try and beat the odds or change history.
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There is of course a small problem of getting the accuracy not only of where the player was but where there arms and legs are for fidelity of replay, however it has been done before to some extent.
Looking at the sort of thing NASCAR does with raceview much of the sports coverage is quite behind the times.
If you take Formula1 the pinnacle of motorsports, we have a timing feed application on web and mobile to watch and a text based commentary, or the TV. We have a visually rich console/PC game from Codemasters, but that is not out until towards the end of the season in September. I hope that in a few years time all this gets in synch and by next world cup we will be able to enjoy it in a host of other interesting ways.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018 by Elizabeth Pagano
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City contemplates restaurant inspection changes
Austin may change how it inspects restaurants in the city, and City Council members are taking a look at how the change could impact the bottom line for some local businesses.
Don Hastings, who is the assistant director of the Environmental Health Services Division of Austin Public Health, explained the changes to Council's Health and Human Services Committee.
The proposal, said Hastings, would change the methods used to inspect the city's 5,800 food establishments in a way that he claimed would better protect consumer health and food safety.
"We also feel it is more equitable," he said. "Because it allocates inspection resources where they are most needed, which is the riskier food establishments – the more complex, full-service food establishments."
Currently, the city inspects all food establishments twice a year. Hastings told the committee that technique was less than ideal because some establishments were inherently riskier than others.
"They might serve oysters," he said, "whereas others serve only prepackaged goods, like a convenience store."
Under the new plan, those higher-risk establishments, essentially full-service restaurants, would be subject to inspections three times a year. However, consistently high-scoring establishments would be able to return to the twice-yearly inspection schedule. Medium-risk establishments, like fast-food restaurants, would typically be inspected twice yearly, though they could be inspected three times a year if they scored low on those inspections, or just once a year if their inspections were consistently high scoring. Finally, lower-risk businesses like convenience stores would be inspected annually, though they could be inspected twice a year if those inspections yielded lower scores.
The city is also looking to revamp the permitting fees charged to businesses for inspections.
Currently, food establishment permit fees are based on the number of employees of a business. There are five categories, and fees range from $475 to $734. The city is now proposing to expand that to nine categories, based on both the level of food preparation risk and the number of employees. In this scenario, large, higher-risk establishments would pay the most at $937, and small, lower-risk establishments would pay the least, at $225.
Hastings said that the current approach would bring in an estimated $111,112 more each year, and the city would be performing about 635 additional inspections each year. The excess revenue, said Hastings, would go toward purchasing official inspection vehicles to replace the unmarked personal vehicles currently used for inspections.
The Greater Austin Restaurant Association has thrown its support behind the switch, after it was changed to include incentives for high-scoring restaurants.
Skeeter Miller, a former president of GARA, told the committee that his organization liked the program, which would reward good actors with fewer inspections. On the other hand, he noted, "some restaurants are not necessarily great stewards of making sure that they have a nice environment in their restaurant – a healthy environment – I think it kind of pushes them to work harder and have better goals."
Council Member Ann Kitchen said she was concerned about an increase in fees for medium-sized restaurants, a category that used to be broken down into three sizes but would be condensed into one – those with 10-100 employees – under the new system. She said she would be more inclined to use the additional revenue to reduce those fees, and fund the vehicles with another source of money.
Alexander Hoover, who is also a member of GARA, agreed with Kitchen, and said he would speak with some of the smaller restaurants in the organization to make sure they wouldn't face prohibitive increased fees.
If Council supports the proposal, it will be part of the budget process as a change to the fee schedule. If approved, said Hastings, the city would look to implement the new procedures and fees on Oct. 1.
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The Temple
"Destroy this Temple and in three days I will raise it up."
John 2:19
John 2 describes the first Passover season of John's Gospel. The Lord Jesus, in obedience to the Word of God, went up to Jerusalem. The account of this cleansing of the Temple is well known. It was Passover and the "leaven" must be cast out. But as a result of His actions, He is challenged by the Establishment. The matter of His authority for His actions is what is brought up: "What sign shewest Thou unto us, seeing that Thou doest these things?" It is interesting that they did not challenge the rightness or wrongness of what He had done; only His authority for doing it.
To their question, the Lord responds with a startling reply: "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." To men whose minds were earthbound and occupied alone with the tangible and ritualistic, they recoiled at the idea of the temple they were in being raised up in three days. Why, it had taken 46 years to refurbish the temple which Zerubbabel had begun centuries earlier! How could this Man possibly rebuild it in three short days? The key to their misunderstanding is supplied by John in the next verse, "But He spake of the temple of His body" (v 21).
While here amongst us, His body was the Temple of God. Here is where God was pleased to dwell amongst men. Linked with the thought of a Temple is both sanctity and the divine presence. All this was true of that perfect body. But men would "destroy" or tear down this Temple. It suggests the violence and destructiveness of men toward Him. In destroying a building, the wreckers level it and take it apart piece by piece. Men sought to "tear down" Christ and demolish Him. Their malice and hatred would only be satisfied by His total destruction.
1. This is the first reference of the Lord Jesus to His death in the Gospel. Notice how much earlier it occurs in John than in the three synoptic Gospels.
2. In John 1, the Lord Jesus replaces the Tabernacle (v14). In chapter 2 He replaces the Temple. Trace how He replaces everything in John's Gospel (e.g. the manna, the law, feasts, etc.)
3. What is the implication in His words, "I will raise it up?"
4. Collect some of the expressions for what men did to Christ. For example, here it is "destroy." Elsewhere we read of His being cut off, "falling into the ground," etc.
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Normal folate, homocysteine, and methyl group metabolism is critical for maintaining optimum health, and perturbations in these mechanisms may lead to a number of pathological conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neural tube defects, and cancer. Hyperhomocysteinemia is a condition that occurs when blood plasma concentrations of homocysteine exceed 15μM and has been implicated as an independent risk factor in cardiovascular disease. Specifically, populations with genetic polymorphisms in folate-dependent remethylation or poor B-vitamin status are at risk for this condition. This study was conducted in order to determine the influence of exercise on homocysteine and methyl group metabolism in a folate-deficient and -sufficient mouse model. Elevated homocysteine concentrations observed in the folate-deficient sedentary group were reduced by more than 2-fold with the addition of both forced treadmill and free access wheel exercise (p < 0.001). Similar results were observed in the folate-sufficient control diet with treadmill and wheel exercised mice having about 50% lower homocysteine concentrations than their sedentary counterparts (p < 0.001). Increased renal homocysteine remethylation through the enzyme betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase (BHMT) was observed in wheel exercised mice suggesting an increasingly important role in kidney homocysteine metabolism with exercise (p < 0.05). To our knowledge, this is the first study showing the attenuation of hyperhomocysteinemia in a model known to experience perturbed homocysteine metabolism. Findings from this study will be useful in determining the influence exercise has in other populations of altered homocysteine metabolism such as diabetics, vegans, and individuals with genetic polymorphisms.
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On the eve of its 50th anniversary, the Musée de la Marine et de l'Économie of Marseille closes its doors. Gathering a big collection of paintings, maps, photographs and prints, this place retraced our city's History. We regret the disappearance of the only museum highlighting our maritime heritage. Today the Mucem, the MAAOA, the Marseille History […]DISCOVER
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As the trade war between US and China grows in severity, one industry is on the edge of being extremely impacted: tech. US tech companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Intel are caught in a trade war in which the US has vowed to employ tariffs on technological goods. This impacts private business greatly as many technological goods are sent to China for assembly. According to CNN, "China accounted around $23 billion" of technological products used and sold in the United States. This poses a problem for numerous companies as they will either be forced to pay more, decreasing profit, or will need to find manufacturers to assemble in countries other than China, disrupting the supply chain.
As of now, items like modems, routers and computer chips will be most affected as these are the bulk of unfinished technological goods that go to China to get assembled. The tariffs employed by President Donald Trump has lacked a clear goal, other than fueling economic animosity. Trump ran a campaign on making America an economically stronger country. He sold himself as the self-made businessman that will help American workers and manufacturers.
However, the ongoing trade war has proved more harmful for American businesses and consumers than its international adversaries.
The stock market saw significant drops in March of 2018, which marked signs for a trade war. In March, S&P dropped by 2.2%, while the overall American stock market saw a drop of 6%, the biggest drop since January 2016. In an attempt to protect American goods and stocks, the Trump administration saw fit to tariff Chinese goods. However, the disastrous impacts of tariffing Chinese goods affected the United States more than it did China.
This escalating trade war has had harsh consequences on American workers, forcing them out of jobs in an effort to save money for the companies that are already facing steep losses due to high tariffs. In turn, consumers are also affected because of a surge in prices on day-to-day goods. This forces the business cycle out of its sinuous regularity which can have damning effects on the American economy, therefore affecting the world.
Yasheng Huang from the MIT Sloan school of Management said that "the relationship between these two countries [India and China] has been at the lowest level since they formed diplomatic relations with each other." The Trump administration has so far been championing a form of isolationism, alienating far more countries than in the Obama administration. This policy of isolationism has yet manifested into anything helpful for Americans. Some might argue that the economy had grown at a healthy rate under Trump before the trade war, but this is simply the natural economic forces at work. If this trade war continues at the intensity it's currently running at, it will have far more grave impacts than a slight increase on everyday goods. Companies will have to downscale at an international level, causing numbers of unemployment to rise. Clearly, the assumed value of such a war seems to lose its magnitude when international companies are put at massive risk. This calls into question whether such a war is even one that needs to be fought.
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The GOP's 'Hollow Men': Spineless in the Face of Crisis
The GOP's 'Hollow Men': Spineless in the Face of Crisis
By Dick Polman
Whenever I ponder the despicable impotence of the congressional Republicans - especially now, as we lurch toward a national crisis long in the making - I am reminded of a famous poem by T. S. Eliot:
We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw...
There's a lot more, but you get the drift. And here's a straw head in action, as captured Tuesday by a reporter in a Capitol Hill corridor:
Q: "Should the Senate act to keep Trump from firing Mueller?"
Sen. Orrin Hatch: "He's not going to do that."
Q: "Why do you say that?"
Hatch: "He's just not going to do it."
Q: "How can you be so confident?"
Hatch: "I'm quite sure he won't do it. Unless there's something else really bad that happens."
Q: "Why not take up one of these bills to protect [Mueller]?"
Hatch: "I don't think we should do that."
Q: "Why not?"
Hatch: "Well, because I don't think - I think it's up to the president. I think he should - I don't think he's going to do that."
Q: "But he has openly contemplated it."
Hatch: "Yeah, I don't think he's going to."
Q: "Has he told you that?"
Hatch: "No."
As Trump creeps ever closer toward emulating the autocrats in Russia, Turkey, and Hungary, the Republicans who run a so-called equal branch of government continue to disgrace themselves and imperil us. Hatch was joined yesterday by the usual hapless suspects, all of whom meet T. S. Eliot's criteria for hollow behavior: "Shape without form, shade without color / Paralyzed force, gesture without motion."
Speaking of a paralyzed force, Senate "leader" Mitch McConnell was asked whether the chamber should take proactive steps to protect the federal investigation into Trump's multifaceted scandals - most notably, Robert Mueller's job. He replied: "I haven't seen any clear indication yet that we needed to pass something to keep him from being removed because I don't think that's going to happen."
How much "clear indication" do these people need?
Trump has already sought to fire Mueller at least twice before backing down, and during his tirade earlier this week, he said: "Why don't I just fire Mueller? ... We'll see what happens. And many people have said, you should fire him." (Those "many people" are a distinct minority. The latest national Quinnipiac poll says that 69 percent of all voters, including 55 percent of Republicans, want Mueller on the job.)
Worst of all is their catch-22 reasoning. They say there's no need to protect Mueller because Trump hasn't done anything "yet" (McConnell) and because Trump won't do anything "unless there's something else really bad that happens" (Hatch). But if Trump lashes out by firing Mueller, it will then be too late to protect him. And what would congressional Republicans do if that happens? Would they perchance take action against Trump's flagrant obstruction of justice?
Here's an answer from the Senate's No. 2 Republican, John Cornyn: "I'm not going to speculate as to what we would do."
How about Paul Ryan? What did the soon-to-be-former House Speaker has reportedly decided not to run for re-election (as yours truly and others predicted), because it's easier to cut and run than to stand and fight for the soul of his party. Freed from electoral constraints, Ryan could perform a public service by drawing a line in the sand against Trump's authoritarian impulses, but that isn't likely to happen - because 89 percent of grassroots Republicans endorse Trump's cult of personality.
And that best explains the congressional Republicans' calculated impotence. In a tough midterm year, they need the Trump cultists to show up on election day. If they dared to cross the Leader, they'd risk ticking off "the base" and depressing Republican turnout. It doesn't matter that Trump is "losing his s--'t" (as one operative close to the White House tells Politico), because the enablers on Capitol Hill can't conceive of putting the country first. Instead, it's party tribalism
uber alles
But it's Eliot who best captures the cowardice of hollow men:
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar.
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Ask: Why do babies continue to be born to learn and grow?
"…I have been studying ACIM for 6 years now and I understand and have accepted that some things just have to be taken on faith. I want to get your views on this: Given that this world of form is illusion – given that the ego is typically in charge here and that we have maintained this mode of thought because we rebelled against a god and created this mistaken experience; What is the best way to wrap my mind around the idea that babies continue to be born (Souls) coming to Earth School – to learn lessons and grow in knowledge and divinity. That is one avenue of thought that I have always heard. Does this make sense because the Holy Spirit uses our errors and mistakes to further God's Divine purpose for us? That Souls continue to be reincarnated and come to Earth to gather experience, or so that God can experience through us? Sometimes it feels like this doesn't make sense to me – simplistic, then again – I have not found an answer on my own." – AG
You do not have to take anything in A Course in Miracles on faith. It is a course in the practical application of the ideas in it that will lead to an awareness of Truth. It does not ask you to accept concepts but to open yourself to experiencing God (True Being) as Reality. God is not a concept but an experience.
There has been no rebellion against a god. The word "illusion" means you are experiencing something that is not real. Only the ego (personal thought system) in your mind tells you that you are guilty for leaving or attacking or killing a god. The central teaching of ACIM is that this has not occurred. You are in God (True Being, not a power-over) now, only you are unaware of this when you think that the universe of form is reality. If you want to be at peace this lack of awareness of Truth is all that you need to correct.
The universe of form is the idea of the opposite of God. It does not come from God, it has nothing to do with God, and God has nothing to do with it. Nothing in it has a God-given purpose. It is simply the idea of the opposite of Reality, which is why it is an illusion. So there is no ultimate reason "why" anything happens in the world, including babies being born. What happens in form is just the way the story goes.
The idea of time is the illusion on which all other illusions rest. The idea of time makes it seems as though you left God long ago and that you will be with God in some indefinite future. But really you are in God now. So the story for the world is just an idea unfolding in your mind now. This is why ACIM emphasizes the Holy Instant. In this Holy Instant you turn away from the story and rest in God now. Then when your mind returns to the story of time it brings the awareness of God with it. And the story of time is less and less enthralling as you realize that only God is real.
The importance of practicing the Holy Instant cannot be over-emphasized. It is the central, transforming practice of ACIM.
There is no such thing as "souls" or individual spirits. There is one Spirit, Which is called "God" in ACIM. Since God is the only Being individuality is part of the idea of the opposite of God. Only God within any mind is real. Everything else is an illusion. Reincarnation is an ego-concept meant to give reality and meaning and purpose to the ego, none of which it has in Reality.
God is whole and complete and does not need to learn anything or to perfect Itself. So it does not need to experience anything through you. The world has no purpose to God. Only when one believes in ego do the ideas of "error" and "correction" or of "learning" or "perfecting" have meaning. They are not real. One finds they experience themselves as form, the experience becomes painful or they sense that there is Something more, and they may unconsciously or consciously call on Truth to help them. If they accept the help offered the Holy Spirit (the awareness of Truth in their mind) will use their experiences in form to grow their awareness of Truth. And ultimately what one learns is that God within them is already whole and complete. They "need do nothing" for "salvation". What seeks to learn or grow or correct or perfect or attain divinity will never attain these. Your belief in it is your obstacle to God. You only need to release (forgive) it for your mind to be in its natural state of wholeness (God) and to be at peace.
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A key challenge of the transition is giving up the notion that our time should be, ought to be structured in some way. In fact, giving up 'should' and 'ought' in our language is a good starting point. We won't of course give them up entirely; we will still have to, or want to, honour some obligations to people, family, and friends, and commitments we have made. But notice how often 'should' or 'ought' comes into our language: treat them like weeds to be tackled continuously, in order to make room for flowers to grow!
So, it is sensible not to rush into making firm decisions about how we will use our new freedom. We may have been more tired than we realised when we left work, so we should take time to recover. Let the adrenalin that has kept us going calm down! We need to take time to reconstruct our new identity. Let's reflect on what we haven't been able to do in the past five years, and set out to taste some of these interests, to see if they are sustainable, or mere chimeras. It might be tempting to accept offers of part-time work, or the well- trodden path of external consultant role in our former work field. But before we do, let's consider whether we are doing so through ego, genuine financial need, or a lack of clear alternative ideas for things to do?
Six months to a year is a good time to relax and evaluate what you want to do next. If you must have a plan, be prepared for it to be tentative, and be ready to abandon it without guilt if it proves unsatisfying. It's a good idea to keep some previous work contacts going, and certainly to reinvigorate long-term personal friendship networks; but it's sensible to avoid setting expectations up with people that will give you a guilty conscience later when you find you can't or don't want to keep them up.
Make the most of the opportunities that retired status brings. We all joke about the free bus pass, and the senior railcard, but try them out with some retired pals! Apart from being environmentally friendly, you will find yourself among groups of people in similar circumstances. We all naturally gravitate into 'tribes' and the 'retired tribe' is a very diverse and interesting group, who recognise each other's needs and circumstances, especially our generation of baby boomers; and even at the casual level of contact this can help foster that new sense of identity we are looking for. Find out which cinemas, theatres, museums, etc. offer concessionary entrances at dedicated sessions, and what local courses are on offer at reduced rates or even free.
Keeping fit and well is an important consideration; but we don't all appreciate the assumption that we should all go to the gym in our newfound spare time! We have suggestions for you in our Healthy Living secion on what you can do to sustain your health and even improve it
There are organisations that can support us in developing our talents and interests in retirement. For example, the University of the Third Age offers both online information and local social and learning networks, with diverse interest groups you can join.


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Sheila Burrell's eyes well up when talking about the recent reunion with her German exchange student, Frank Leyk.
"He once was lost, and now he's found," she smiles.
Leyk lived with John and Sheila Burrell and their son John, Jr. from 1981-82 through the American Field Service exchange program.
"It was serendipitous to get an exchange student that year," Sheila says. "The school contacted us and asked us to consider it. It didn't take us long to decide 'yes.' We'd always had other kids living with us, so we just thought we'd add another. We didn't expect it to turn into a love affair with this young man. He still calls us Mom and Dad."
Leyk was a senior at ECS that year. He made friends with just about everyone in the school and town, and he was a wonderful athlete, says John. Having played soccer (European football) for many years in Berlin, Mark Ward, who was the football coach at the time, asked Frank if he thought he could kick an American football. "Why not?" said Leyk. And so he did, and immediately became the team's star kicker. He also was an MVP with the basketball team under coach Tim Bergan. And, of course, he's a skier and enjoyed many days of skiing at Holiday Valley.
At the end of that year, talking Leyk into going home was difficult. "He really didn't want to leave," says John. It was so traumatic that AFS arranged to have all its WNY students meet up in Ellicottville "just to make sure Frank got on the bus to the airport!"
Over the next few years, Leyk came back to visit his American family and friends. "We had another exchange student one summer several years later. Frank heard about it and came back to live with us during that time. He must have been jealous," John laughs.
And then he disappeared.
An invitation to John, Jr.'s wedding came back undeliverable. Letters to his parents were returned. "We kept looking for him for 16 years," says Sheila. "We were sure something bad had happened."
Well, it seems, life happened. Leyk had become a physical therapist, had kids, moved around, settled in a central-German town called Bad Zwesten, got busy with his patients, etc. "He said there wasn't a day he didn't think of us, but life just got in the way," Sheila says.
Then a few months ago, one of his patients, Walter Desch, convinced Leyk to travel to the U.S. with Desch and his wife Kathe. The plan was to visit the Desch's friends in the south, but Leyk said he would only join them if they could also travel to Ellicottville.
And so, after reconnecting with John and Sheila through John, Jr., Leyk and the Burrell's had a reunion to beat all reunions for a precious eight days in October.
"Frank really was overwhelmed by the feelings he had on his return. So much has changed – Holiday Valley, new businesses and buildings – all the growth. But so much has stayed the same, as well," says John.
Leyk had a chance to visit some old friends from ECS, including Mark Waters and Rick Jackson and Carrie Widger Roth (who just happened to be in town visiting as well). He visited with his former coaches Mark Ward and Tim Bergan, too. And mostly, he caught up with Mom and Dad Burrell, who don't really care that they lost touch for a time.
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22nd anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition: The nation has moved on
So much has changed between December 6th 1992 and December 6th 2014. This is a day that is remembered for the demolition of the Babri Masjid and although it will remain in the memories of many for a long time, it would be safe to say that the nation has moved on.
I was just out of school when the Babri Masjid was demolished. [Case will go on no matter what, says convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee]
In fact I was in Mangalore and after the riots broke out, there was no way I was getting back home. However after a 48 hour ordeal, I managed to get into a jam packed train sit on the foot board for 24 hours and reach Benmgaluru. A lot of you may remember what the situation was like in the entire country.
Fast forward:
Eighteen years later, I found myself at Lucknow right before the High Court. This time around I was there to report the verdict which was being passed after nearly 2 decades. There was enough and more drama that led up to the passing of this verdict.
I landed in Lucknow on September 23 2010. The verdict was to be delivered on the same day. As I was leaving for the High Court the news broke that the Supreme Court had deferred the verdict of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court. I left Lucknow for Bangalore.
However in the next hearing the Supreme Court had cleared the pronouncement of the verdict and I was back in Lucknow on September 30 2010.
The build up:
Lucknow looked like fortress. There were nearly 10000 police and other personnel guarding the city. The verdict was to be delivered by 2 PM and clearly everything around looked tense. The streets were filled with security personnel and by 11 AM, all the shops were shut down on orders of the district administration.
I was with a fellow journalist who took me to a hotel which was near the High Court. I told him, it is better we have three meals at once because I do not know when I will have my next meal. We were all sure that there would be violence which ever way the verdict would go.
At the High Court:
There were prohibitory orders around the High Court. An arrangement for journalists half a kilometer away from the High Court was made and we were told that once the verdict is delivered the advocates would come there and brief all of us. The tension was clear and none of us wanted any violence even if meant it would boost our page views.
All of us discussed the day the incident happened and we felt that there would be a repeat of the same because one party was bound to get upset with the verdict what ever it was.
That moment:
At around 2.30 PM, we got to know that the verdict had been delivered. Now began that never ending wait to find out what exactly that verdict was. We saw some lawyers come running to the press area with victory signals. They were lawyers of the VHP who were shouting, " judgment hamare paksh me hua," (verdict is in our favour). For that moment our thoughts of the violence that could follow did not cross our minds. Each one was too busy breaking the story."
Now that it was done:
After reporting the news, the next thing that crossed our mind was the possible violence. I was expecting a record breaking message board under my story. I was telling a friend that this story will have at least 12000 messages. However when I saw that it had barely managed to cross 1500, I told myself, " the nation has moved on."
Riots spread across the country after the mosque was demolished on Dec 6, 1992
We came out of the press area and saw that almost every shop in Lucknow had opened up. Life was normal and that was such a pleasant sight to see. The thoughts of my 1992 train journey came rushing back to my mind and I thought how much had changed. There was not a single incident of violence reported in any part of the country and that made me feel good that as a country we had come a long way.
A thing of the past:
After the verdict was over, it was time to do the usual reaction story. While the advocates and petitioners had a lot to say about the case, the people on the streets did not seem much interested. The people of both communities said that it was a thing of the past and there was no need for the people to be reminded of it.
There are other things to worry about today. Let the court decide on the matter and what has to happen after that will happen. However for us today there are more important issues such as development and this issue does not matter to us anymore. This was the reaction that we got from a majority of the people.
It felt good to hear these reactions and the menace of riots was no longer in the minds of the people. I told my friend, " let us go for dinner. Clearly those three meals which we had at one shot has not solved my problem. However at dinner let us toast to this great nation which has moved on."


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Saturday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Mastersingers of Wilmington: Rejoice in the Lamb
Mastersingers concludes our regular season with an audience favorite of Benjamin Britten: his lively and tuneful Rejoice in the Lamb. More amazing music of our time from England and France as well as music from one of America's tuneful folk traditions completes the evening of music.
Program includes:
Rejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten
Messe Solennelle – Jean Langlais
Shaker Folk Songs – arr. Kevin Siegfried
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The Moseley Railway Trust is pleased to confirm two more visiting locomotives for the 2017 railway gala at the Apedale Valley Light Railway.
Continuing the theme of the event – which is the Kerr, Stuart locomotive company of Stoke-on-Trent – is Kerr, Stuart 3128. This is one of the iconic "Wren" class locomotives. This locomotive has had a particularly interesting career, including crossing the Atlantic four times! It was built in 1918 for a factory at Avonmouth which supplied Mustard Gas to the British forces fighting in the First World War; after the end of hostilities, the factory became the National Smelting Company producing zinc products. In 1959, the loco was exported for preservation to Canada. The loco was returned to the UK in 2013 and was restored at the Statfold Barn Railway to full operating condition. It was returned to its owner in Canada; tragically, problems in Canada prevented its operation, and it returned to Statfold in 2016.
The visit to Apedale will be the first time that this locomotive has operated away from its Statfold base; the Trust wishes to thank Graham Lee, Henry Noon and the Statfold team for allowing the locomotive to attend the event.
The second locomotive is also a Wren – but a much more recent incarnation. The modern successor to the old Kerr, Stuart company is the Hunslet Engine Company, based at Statfold Barn Their number 3905 of 2005 is named "Jennie" and is now based at the Amerton Railway, near Stafford. Owned by the Gully family, the locomotive has previously visited a number of UK narrow gauge railways, but will be a first-time visitor to Apedale. The Trust is grateful to the Gully family for facilitating the loan of this fascinating locomotive.
Phil Robinson, Moseley Railway Trust Chairman said "Having two Wren class locomotives on site at Apedale will be really exciting. This is the design of locomotive which most people associate with Kerr, Stuart. We think that having five Kerr, Stuart designed locomotives in operation is a record in preservation. It will be fascinating to compare two locos which are very similar in design, yet are 87 years apart in age. This must surely be another record – the longest production run of a product design!"
The "Stanhope Steam Gala" will be held on May 13 and 14. Admission will be £6 adults, £3 children.
More details of the Trust and the Apedale valley Light Railway can be found on Facebook or on the website here.


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Mothers group urges Connecticut to approve children's use of medical pot
Mothers of children who suffer from seizures told the legislature's Public Health Committee that they want the General Assembly to approve use of medical marijuana by children under the age of 18.
Susan Meehan, whose daughter Cyndemae has Dravet syndrome and had daily seizures until the family discovered cannabis oil, told the Public Health Committee about how she had to move to Maine in order to legally obtain her daughter's medication.
Meehan, who described herself as a medical refugee, said it would be nice to visit Connecticut without the threat of prosecution.
Meehan has been treating her daughter with cannabis oil since 2013 and she still has one or two seizures per week, but is making remarkable cognitive progress. She now attends high school in Maine.
"Cannabis is not toxic," Meehan said. "I can't say the same thing about the 23" drugs Cyndemae was on before they discovered THC-A oil.


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- the number of layers or number of units per layer?
- an activation function?
- a step size?
- a regularization parameter?
- the minibatch size?
I think the 3rd one should be like $1/L$ where $L$ is the Lipschitz constant of some convex function over the minibatch size, but I'm not entirely sure how that goes. (I'm just using beta/size of minibatch where beta is some fixed parameter less than 1, but from my few empirical experiments it looks like it also depends on number of layers / units in a layer?)
I know we can use cross validation for the 4th one, but conventional wisdom would also be helpful there.


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Before free agency began, few thought the team who'd be outpacing most of the league in transactions would be the Oakland Raiders. While only being in the middle of the pack in cap space, the Raiders have added a total of 16 players at the time this article was written. The ink might still be wet on their latest re-signing of 2017 Raiders backup quarterback, E.J. Manuel.
Gruden: a has been, or still is?
Headlining the Raiders free agency haul are a couple past-their-prime brand players in Jordy Nelson and Doug Martin. These signings, as well as some scheme-tipping moves like the acquisition of a blocking tight end and fullback, have drawn ire from the football cognoscenti. The game has past him by, says the TV barker when asked about Gruden's latest quote opining for the good ole' days of the "I" formation. He's going to be another Jeff Fisher, declares the headline of the common newsroom football blogger. The latest indictment of Gruden's coaching comeback came from one of his former players and once Raiders defensive backs coach, Rod Woodson.
Something to note about Gruden is he not only existed in 1998, but he actually coached football in the NFL, too. In fact, he's part of one of the most time-tested coaching trees in modern NFL history and has a fairly prolific coaching tree of his own. Even more, Gruden's offenses in the late 90s and early 2000s were a prelude to what coaches like Sean McVay are running today. Not counting Gruden's first year in Oakland (which happened to be 1998), Gruden-led Raiders teams from 1999-2001 averaged top five scoring offenses, per Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Back to the future
Considering Gruden's coaching history, the Raiders offensive free agency moves come more into focus. Signing a blocking fullback isn't a damning move for a modern offense. After all, the New England Patriots, the Atlanta Falcons, and the San Fransisco 49ers all actively utilize fullbacks as part of their forward-thinking offenses. While swapping a still productive Michael Crabtree for a soon to be 33-year old Jordy Nelson might seem like downgrade on the surface, but Nelson offers a specific skill set Crabtree does not; stretching the field in play action while still offering similar back-shoulder and fade proficiency as Crabtree. Plus, Gruden has found success with "declining" or aging receivers before (see: Jerry Rice, Tim Brown and Keyshawn Johnson). The numbers on Doug Martin are not public yet, but one can bet the 29-year old's contract is easily disposable.
Defensively, the Raiders have made savvy moves which have seemingly gone unnoticed by the blog-o-sphere. Cornerback Rashaan Melvin tied for 17th in PFFs cornerback rankings in 2017 and signed in Oakland for a pittance (1 year, $5.5 million). Maybe the team's highest profile move was signing former Lions linebacker Tahir Whitehead. When comparing his $6 million per year salary with other similarly graded linebackers like Anthony Hitchens, $8 million per; Nigel Bradham, $8 million per; and Avery Williamson, $7.5 million per; (per Spotrac.com) the Raiders came out like bandits.
New coach, same story
While Gruden gets the brunt of the criticism around the Raiders' eccentric free agency activity, this class has General Manager Reggie McKenzie's prints all over it. Before being named 2017's executive of the year, Reggie McKenzie was getting the same low-octane criticism against him for signing veteran cast-offs like Justin Tuck, James Jones, Donald Penn, and Charles Woodson. In some ways, McKenzie is undertaking another rebuild-like situation with a Gruden run facility.
If anything, the logical response to the Raiders' offensive moves should be seen with intrigue and not vitriol. Brand names make headlines, but looking beneath the surface and it becomes clear that the Raiders are making moves with intention instead of for attention.


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[eut][drlvm][classunloading] classunloading test of EUT35 fails with drlvm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HARMONY-6084 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-6084 Project: Harmony Issue Type: Bug Components: DRLVM Affects Versions: 5.0M8 Environment: All Reporter: Chunrong Lai In org.eclipse.ui.tests of EUT, some classunloading errors like "testClass() for ..." are found. I see EUT just invokes GC 100 times after a class has been useless to guarantee the class is unloaded. On the other hand, Drlvm just does class unloading in its "major GC". So a class can be just not unloaded when running EUT. But forcing every GC as major GC will pass the related EUT tests. The error is not difficult to be fixed by one of below approaches: (1) Change the classunloading mechanism of drlvm to let it happens in every GC. (2) Change the gc_force_gc implementation to give a certain priority to "major GC". (3) Claim the test case as invalid because the SPEC does not guarantee a class is unloaded. I prefered (2), suggestions? Some EUT sources are also listed for reference: public void testClass() throws Exception { setName("testClass() for " + getClass().getName()); Bundle bundle = getBundle(); Class clazz = bundle.loadClass(className); assertNotNull(clazz); ReferenceQueue myQueue = new ReferenceQueue(); WeakReference ref = new WeakReference(clazz.getClassLoader(), myQueue); clazz = null; //null our refs bundle = null; removeBundle(); checkRef(myQueue, ref); } public static void checkRef(ReferenceQueue queue, Reference ref) throws IllegalArgumentException, InterruptedException { boolean flag = false; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { System.runFinalization(); System.gc(); Thread.yield(); processEvents(); Reference checkRef = queue.remove(100); if (checkRef != null && checkRef.equals(ref)) { flag = true; break; } } assertTrue("Reference not enqueued", flag); } -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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The government has ended a contract with welfare-to-work company A4e after deciding that continuing would be "too great a risk", it has said.
Employment minister Chris Grayling said the Mandatory Work Activity contract to help up to 1,000 jobless people in south-east England find work would end.
The firm is the subject of a police investigation into allegations of fraud relating to government schemes.
An eighth person was arrested on Monday.
Seven others are on bail until dates in late May, June and July.
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As part of its work, A4e handles government contracts worth millions of pounds for welfare-to-work schemes.
Mandatory Work Activity was launched by the government in May 2010. More than 24,000 people have been through the programme, which involves a four-week placement including maintenance work on houses, renovating furniture or supporting charities.
The scheme is aimed at getting people into a working routine if they need an additional "push" to find a job.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been auditing its commercial relationships with A4e after receiving an allegation against the company earlier this year.
Mr Grayling said: "While the team found no evidence of fraud, it identified significant weaknesses in A4e's internal controls on the Mandatory Work Activity contract in the South East.
"The documentation supporting payments was seriously inadequate, and in a small number the claim was erroneous. There was also a high incidence of non-compliance with other relevant guidance (including A4e's own processes).
"The process established prior to March fell significantly short of our expectations. As a result, the department has concluded that continuing with this contract presents too great a risk and we have terminated the Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e for the South East."
Mr Grayling added that "contingency plans" were in place to ensure "continuity of support for participants".
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But the company welcomed the "positive findings" of the Department for Work and Pensions' audit, and another by the Skills Funding Agency, saying: "Both confirmed they identified no evidence of fraud, systemic, attempted or otherwise, in relation to any audit completed of the contracts they hold with A4e."
Chief executive Andrew Dutton said: "These findings demonstrate what I have always maintained to be true - that there is no place for fraud at A4e and make it clear that A4e has strong controls around its flagship contract the Work Programme.
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He added: "As a company, I recognise that we haven't got it right all of the time, but we are committed to taking responsibility for our mistakes and remedying them.
"No other provider has undergone such a thorough and forensic review of its contracts, and the positive outcome speaks for itself - this is huge reassurance for taxpayers and our customers."
A4e started in South Yorkshire more than 20 years ago to provide retraining to large numbers of Sheffield steelworkers who became redundant when the industry started to decline.
Its former chairman, Emma Harrison, was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to be the government's "family champion" in 2010.
She resigned from that role, and the chairmanship, in February, saying she did not want the "media focus on me to be any distraction for A4e".


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Sea level and circulation variability of the Gulf of Carpentaria; influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the adjacent deep ocean
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The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a significant contributing factor to intraseasonal variability in both the tropical and extratropical atmosphere and ocean. Sea level and circulation variations in the Gulf of Carpentaria (northern Australia) and the coastal regions of the northeastern Indian Ocean and eastern Pacific have been shown to be related to the MJO. A nonlinear barotropic numerical model, validated with local tide gauge data, is used to study the Gulf of Carpentaria from 1979 to 2009. It is shown that the model reproduces well the seasonal cycle of sea level as well as intraseasonal variations and their seasonal modulations. Intraseasonal variability is shown to be driven by surface wind stress that is closely related to the MJO. The model is next used to remove the local wind effect from the tide gauge data, resulting in a low-frequency residual signal. This low-frequency signal is interpreted in terms of larger-scale modes of variability of the adjacent shelf seas and the Indian and Pacific oceans through comparison with climatological indices, correlations with regional sea level measured by altimeters, and Hovmoeller diagrams. It is shown that this signal is generated in the Pacific and related to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. The implications for predictability and forecasting in the Gulf of Carpentaria on intraseasonal timescales are discussed.
Oliver, E. C. J., and K. R. Thompson. 2011. "Sea level and circulation variability of the Gulf of Carpentaria; influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the adjacent deep ocean." Journal of Geophysical Research 116(C2): 02019-Citation C02019. DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006596
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Our favourite soaps keep us entertained week in, week out and have achieved enduring success – but things could be very, very different right now if they hadn't received some lifelines and reprieves during difficult patches.
Some of the best-loved shows have come dangerously close to disappearing from our screens altogether, as we reveal here.
1. Neighbours (1985)
Neighbours is the longest-running drama in the history of Australian television, but the show was extremely lucky to even make it past its first year on screen. The Ramsay Street soap launched on Australia's Seven Network in 1985 and although it was warmly received by the critics, its ratings failed to impress in the crucial Sydney market.
Deciding that Neighbours simply wasn't strong enough to continue with, Seven pulled the plug after a few months. This was before the programme had been picked up by the BBC for British audiences, so it couldn't even rely on its overseas fans for support at this point.
Fortunately, rival Aussie station Network Ten saw potential in Neighbours and unexpectedly snapped up the series from its competitor. With ratings on the rise afterwards, not to mention the arrival of Kylie and Jason, the rest is history.
2. Home and Away (1988)
In a 2013 interview, Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart) admitted that – much like Neighbours – the Summer Bay soap failed to pick up a strong audience when it launched on the Seven Network in 1988. In fact, it sounds like the only thing that kept Home and Away going was that Seven hadn't quite got over the embarrassment of axing Neighbours so prematurely.
Worried about the ratings, Seven sent the Home and Away cast out on trips to shopping centres around the country to help drum up interest in the show's storylines. Fortunately, it worked – but things could have turned out very differently if the smart tactic hadn't paid off.
Speaking to What's On TV about Home and Away's creator Alan Bateman, Ray admitted: "He didn't want it to die, so he promoted the bejesus out of it. We were trucked around the shopping centres, going out to meet the people and all of that. Gradually it took hold. It didn't rate very well at the start.
"But Seven originally had Neighbours and axed it. A year and a half later, Seven said: 'We might have made a bit of a mistake there'. So when Home and Away went to air and was struggling, they said: 'We're not going to fall for that old trick again – let's promote it and get it going'."
3. Emmerdale (1993)
Emmerdale may be winning all of the Best Soap prizes these days, but the show was in serious danger of being pulled from the schedules in 1993. At the time, Emmerdale was struggling in the ratings and ITV brought in Brookside creator Phil Redmond to help turn its fortunes around.
With Phil at the helm, Emmerdale set plans in motion for the memorable plane crash storyline, which saw a record audience of 18 million viewers tune in as disaster struck in the village.
The legacy of the crash, which killed four people, was a shift towards more dramatic storylines to help Emmerdale compete with its soap rivals. On screen, the residents also decided on a fresh start by changing the name of the village from Beckindale to Emmerdale in the aftermath.
Speaking to Digital Spy last year, Phil explained: "I worked on Emmerdale in 1993. At the time, Emmerdale was in danger of being axed in three months. We did the plane crash, which resurrected it and the show changed direction. It made it fit with the times and it's still there."
4. Casualty (1987)
When Casualty reached its 30th anniversary last year, original cast member Cathy Shipton – who plays Duffy – pointed out that the show nearly didn't make it past its second series in 1987. Back in the day, Casualty was far more radical and topical in its depiction of the issues facing the NHS, which didn't go down well with everyone and almost led to the popular drama being scrapped altogether.
Speaking to Digital Spy to mark Casualty's 30th birthday, Cathy explained: "I'm flabbergasted that the show is still here after 30 years. I'm quite surprised that it's lasted so long, but wonderfully so. We did have a hiccup after the second series because it was all axed for being a bit too political, but then it was reinstated."
Reflecting on how Casualty has changed since, she added: "For me, my taste is for Casualty to be political with a small 'p'. It can still be issue-based. Even if you look at the Huntington's Disease storyline with Carol Royle, George Rainsford and Richard Winsor. I call that 'political', because it's exploring social politics. So it doesn't necessarily have to be junior doctors shouting at Jeremy Hunt or whoever else is up there."
5. Hollyoaks (2011 and 2012)
Although it was never quite clear how much of it was newspaper speculation and how much of it was true, axing rumours plagued Hollyoaks in 2011 and 2012. At the time, the show's ratings were down on both Channel 4 and E4 and there were numerous reports suggesting that its days could be numbered.
In April 2011, it emerged that Channel 4 had been receiving pitches from independent producers for new soaps which could potentially fill the 6.30pm slot, although the network insisted these were unsolicited. Things picked up in the autumn with the gripping Silas serial killer plot, but by May 2012, interest had waned off again and Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt went on record saying Hollyoaks wasn't "on its best form".
Fortunately, any speculation about Hollyoaks' future was silenced when Bryan Kirkwood returned as executive producer with a bang in late 2012, creating the memorable 'Enjoy The Ride' bus crash storyline, which boosted ratings and helped to revamp the show.
6. Neighbours (2017)
Talk about dodging a bullet twice! One of the biggest off-screen soap sagas this year was the uncertain future of Neighbours when its Channel 5 contract came up for renewal. It's no secret that being on air in Britain is what keeps Neighbours going these days, as it now plays out to a small audience on digital channel Eleven in Australia.
In March this year, word leaked out that talks between Channel 5 and Neighbours' production company FremantleMedia had stalled. Insiders blamed Channel 5's new American owners Viacom for not understanding Neighbours' cultural significance in the UK, but we're pretty sure they soon got the message when a petition was launched to save the Aussie soap and megastar Adele even moaned about its possible cancellation.
Fortunately, this was another Neighbours story with a happy ending, as Channel 5 confirmed a new multi-year deal with the show in October. In fact, the end result was even better than fans could have imagined, as Neighbours becomes an all-year-round soap from 2018 and will also have a number of late-night specials on Channel 5.
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