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2022 Volkswagen Taos First Drive Review: A Decent Consolation
We miss the iconic Golf, but the hatchback's spiritual successor is nothing to sneeze at.
May 26, 2021 at 9:00am ET
By all accounts, we should hate the Volkswagen Taos. But not because it's bad or incompetent or unlikable – it's the opposite of all of those things. Taking a page from the Tiguan's book, the Taos offers a new segment of consumers European style and driving dynamics in a crossover form factor and at a reasonable price. But still, the Taos should earn our ire for taking the place of the Golf, arguably the most honest and likable compact hatchback to ever grace US shores.
That the Taos' introduction coincides with the end of the Golf's reign as Volkswagen of America's smallest product is hardly the crossover's fault, though. The Taos is a more-than-adequate replacement for VW's compact hatch, capturing much of its likable, refined-for-its-class driving character while retaining most of the tossability that made the Golf a long-running favorite.
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Right-Sized, Right Attitude
The Taos' exterior is a tidy balance of the current Tiguan mixed with the more rounded styling of the ID.4 electric crossover. The fascia adopts squarish headlights and Volkswagen's latest grille, which high-end models, like our all-wheel-drive SEL tester, highlight with an LED strip. The back is attractive, but simple, drawing heavier inspiration from the Tiguan, and we dig the little "TAOS" wordmark under the license plate cutout. Finished in VW's classic Cornflower Blue, our tester is a handsome thing, hiding a surprising amount of car in a tidy, crossover footprint.
At 175.8 inches long and riding on a 105.9-inch wheelbase, the Taos isn't a dramatic increase in size over the outgoing Golf. In fact, it sits neatly between the 167.6-inch five-door hatchback and the 185.1-inch Tiguan, with a wheelbase that's just 2.1 inches longer than its spiritual predecessor. This neat balance between compact crossover and compact hatchback gives the Taos a best-of-both-worlds feel.
On the road, the Taos is easy to place in a lane, but it doesn't feel frighteningly small when driving alongside a 1-ton pickup truck. If your immediate reaction to a Golf is that it's a little too petite or low to the ground, the Taos assuages your concerns without forcing you into an oversized product. That the Taos is more like a Golf to throw around doesn't hurt either.
On the twisting country roads outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Taos managed well. The steering, particularly in Sport, is tight and direct. As we covered in our prototype drive from April, the driven wheels dictate the rear suspension setup. Front-drive models use a torsion beam rear end, while the Taos 4Motion benefits from a more advanced multi-link setup – we tested both, and while the front-driver was inoffensive, the all-wheel-drive model proved more enjoyable in the bends. The Mazda CX-30 is the only vehicle in the class that might outcorner this VW, which keeps a tight rein on body motions and is eager to change direction.
The CX-30 seems like an obvious rival beyond handling. It's the only car in the segment that surpasses the VW's attractive and stylish interior. It's not so much that the company reinvented the wheel in styling this cabin, but that the German brand made a few simple decisions to craft an interior that looks and feels more premium.
The Taos' exterior is a tidy balance of the current Tiguan mixed with the more rounded styling of the ID.4 electric crossover.
There's a good mix of colors, with our tester matching up the black plastic and leather with dark brown patches of hide (the base model uses cloth while the mid-range SE is a cloth/leatherette mix). Across the dash is a solid-feeling flash of dark gray plastic trim. It's not a particularly attractive element, but it divides up the upper and lower portions of the dash well enough. Where the Taos falls short is in the quality of its materials, though. The dash and door uppers are hard and scratchy to the touch, and while the interior felt screwed together well enough, these elements detracted from the attractive mix of colors, the quality leather, and the typically hefty Volkswagen switchgear.
Punchy Powertrain, Unlikable Transmission
Every Taos uses a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine that will eventually supplant the turbocharged 1.4-liter unit currently sold in the Jetta. Paired up with an eight-speed automatic (in front-drivers) or a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission (for all-wheel-drive), we'd hoped the Taos' new powertrain would have better manners than the unit we tested in the Jetta last year. Alas, that's not the case.
Dynamically, the 1.5 is a potent thing, with 158 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. These are adequate numbers for a vehicle that weighs between 3,200 and 3,400 pounds – the Taos accelerates with verve, and the two-wheel-drive model will even bake its front tires if you get too antsy with the gas pedal. Low-end punch is strong and even at higher engine speeds, the 1.5-liter does well.
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If you're waiting for a but, there happens to be two of them. First, this engine is neither especially quiet nor all that easy on the ears. Wind it out past the 5,500-rpm horsepower peak and the volume grows to an unacceptable level, while there's a constant buzziness north of 4,000 rpm while under load. VW has gone to some lengths to make the Taos feel more premium than most small crossovers, but it could have gone further in damping the engine's clatter.
And like last year's Jetta, both the eight-speed auto and seven-speed DSG showed an unwillingness to engage off the line. Too often, we'd ask the car to accelerate, get no reaction, apply more throttle, and then surge ahead with more acceleration than intended. It's an annoying flaw, especially as both gearboxes perform well once rolling. The DSG, in particular, is a snappy performer in both Comfort and Sport driving modes, while the eight-speed is impressively smooth and intelligent about its gear selection.
The Right Approach To Tech
Every Taos is available with a comprehensive suite of active safety, and it's not terribly expensive. Prices start at $995 for the so-called IQ Drive suite on the Taos S and $895 on the Taos SE, while it's standard on the range-topping SEL. Our main problem with this approach comes on the base model, where Volkswagen partitions forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking into the option group. Considering AEB's proven record of preventing accidents, making it optional feels like a somewhat irresponsible decision, especially since it's standard on many other cars in this class.
Aside from that, though, the IQ Drive suite is damned impressive. Offering full-speed adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and Travel Assist (which VW describes as "partially-automated hands-on driving") on a $24,000 vehicle is both bold and encouraging. In addition to that gear, IQ Drive adds blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, Emergency Assist, which can contact first responders in the event of an accident, and a Convenience pack that includes automatic high beams, a heated steering wheel, and rain-sensing wipers.
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The main tech suite is solid, too. Base models will use a 6.5-inch touchscreen that wasn't available for us to test, although the 8.0-inch touchscreen in our SEL model does its work well. This system runs the same MIB3 infotainment system as the Tiguan we tested earlier this year and it's easy to learn, quick to respond, and okay to look at. Every model comes with Volkswagen Digital Cockpit, too, although you'll have to settle for an 8.0-inch cluster in the Taos S and SE – the 10.3-inch display is standard on the SEL.
Rounding out the good news is the pricing argument. VW is asking $24,190 (including $1,195 destination charge) for the base Taos S, $28,440 for the SE, and $32,685 for the SEL. All-wheel drive adds $2,045 to the base car, $1,450 to the SE, and $1,555 to the top-end car, while other optional extras are few and far between. Beyond the IQ Drive packages, the only other options are a $1,200 panoramic sunroof for SE and SEL models and gloss black 18-inch wheels on the SE ($395). Fully loaded, the Taos is available for just a hair over $35,000.
Is that a good deal? To be honest, range-topping examples of small vehicles like the Taos are almost never worthwhile – a Tiguan SEL starts around $33,000, for example. But at the lower end of the scale, this vehicle is worth considering, even though its $24,000 price tag is a good bit higher $21,685 Hyundai Kona, the $22,770 Toyota C-HR, the $22,395 Honda HR-V, and the $22,225 Mazda CX-30. It has a better cabin than all but the Mazda, and while the Toyota offers all its active safety gear as standard, the Taos' Travel Assist is better at easing the strain of highway driving. Simply put, you pay more, but you'll get more too.
We're going to miss the Golf for its honesty and fun-to-drive character. But at $24,990 for an auto-equipped example, the old hatchback is about the same price as a base, front-drive Taos with the IQ Drive pack. That means VW is selling a smarter, roomier, safer vehicle that looks and feels more fashionable for about the same amount of coin. We may be loath to accept another crossover on the market, but as a means of filling the Golf's shoes, VW delivered a car that ticks all the right boxes and then some.
Chevrolet Trailblazer: 7.6/10
Ford EcoSport: Not Rated
Honda HR-V: Not Rated
Hyundai Kona: Not Rated
Kia Seltos: 8.1/10
Mazda CX-30: 7.9/10
Nissan Kicks: 8.7/10
Subaru Crosstrek: 8.5/10
Toyota C-HR: Not Rated
2022 Volkswagen Taos SEL 4Motion
Transmission 7-Speed Dual-Clutch
Efficiency 25 City / 32 Highway / 28 Combined
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When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life: the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a professor living in suburban Southern California, he is an outsider in every way, and his internal reflections and interactions with others reveal a man who loves being alive despite everyday injustices and loneliness. Wry, suddenly manic, constantly funny, surprisingly sad, this novel catches the texture of life itself.
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Lessons from Gutenberg
By Eric Karkovack
on Nov 1st, 2018 WordPress
WordPress 5.0 is on the horizon. Yes, we've been saying it for months. But now we really are on the brink of its full release. The journey to get to this point has been quite a wild ride.
During the buildup, we've heard just about every argument for and against the new Gutenberg editor. And we've had loads of controversy (which hasn't stopped, by the way) about one thing or another. Some people aren't happy with process for storing data, while others think the whole concept is flawed. Then, there are all of those pre-release negative reviews. In all, it's a lot for both web designers and users to digest.
Today, I think it's important to look at this milestone release in another light. Instead of cheerleading or criticizing, let's have an honest discussion about what WordPress and its community can learn from this experience.
With that, the following are a few lessons I believe that the development and launch of Gutenberg can teach us.
Perhaps the most obvious lesson here is that change can be a very difficult process. And, when you're talking about software that runs over 30% of websites, it's especially tough. Just think of all the people and websites affected by a major change such as Gutenberg.
As someone who maintains a large number of WordPress websites, I can certainly feel the impact. There are concerns regarding compatibility, client education and changes to my workflow. This job is a challenge on a good day. Adding an unknown quantity to the mix makes things all the more stressful.
Nothing in this world stays the same forever. Therefore, it's generally understood that change will happen. But when those changes are sweeping, as opposed to iterative, there will be a strong reaction. That's very much what we've seen with Gutenberg.
Communication and Planning are Essential
A healthy line of communication with users can soften some of the negative effects of change. The same can be said of a steady, if not flexible, plan for implementing those changes. To be blunt, these were areas where WordPress really took it on the chin.
Certainly, there were honest attempts at communicating what was happening with Gutenberg. But it feels like things could have been much more out in the open. For instance, rather than burying information in the development blog, it could have been prominently featured on WordPress.org's home page.
While hardcore members of the community were able to follow progress, there seemed to be a lot of people left in the dark. In my own experience, I'm finding users who still have little-to-no knowledge of what's coming in WordPress 5.0.
The other factor is a plan that left Gutenberg's arrival up in the air. Its launch has been a moving target, which is understandable. Software takes time to refine. But this also made things more difficult on developers.
Plugin and theme authors have been scrambling to ensure compatibility with the new React-based editor. Yet some nuances could be missed, given that Gutenberg was still in the development stage. Not to mention that the official documentation wasn't always as clear or helpful as you'd hope.
The result was a situation that felt rushed and even a bit chaotic at times. It became impossible to tell when the next shoe would drop.
A Large, Distributed Community is Hard to Wrangle
Like an operating system, WordPress has a diverse community that is spread out all over the globe. But unlike Apple, Google and Microsoft, WordPress can hit a wall when trying to reach their audience. Operating systems tend to be covered more by mainstream media. WordPress, on the other hand, has to rely on very niche channels of communication.
When something big is happening, getting the word out is a unique challenge. As mentioned above, communication wasn't a strongpoint of this whole process. Things could have been done better. But it might be a stretch to think that, even with some more prominent positioning, the entire community could have been made fully aware of Gutenberg.
Then there's the whole democratic process that is often associated with open source software. The idea is that those who contribute and use WordPress have some say in its future direction. Perhaps the road to WordPress 5.0 has been a cold hard lesson in reality.
One of the most prevalent perceptions of the Gutenberg project is that it was a very closed effort. While the community provided feedback, decisions seemed to be more top down than bottom up.
Recent news that the WordPress accessibility team faced roadblocks in both carrying out their duties and having their voices heard seem to lend credence to this idea.
To be fair, a change this big doesn't necessarily benefit from having too many cooks in the kitchen. It could easily pull the entire project sideways. But again, it's the two-way dialogue that seems to be missing here.
This is part of the challenge in dealing with a massive community. While you want to promote democracy, sometimes there needs to be a more authoritarian approach in order to get things done. That will inevitably ruffle some feathers.
You Can't Please Everyone
Lastly, Gutenberg is a reminder that, no matter what you do, someone will end up being unhappy. There are people out there who don't want a new editor because they simply don't want to change. That's to be expected.
Maybe the biggest lesson of all is that we have only so much control over a given situation. Therefore, you should focus most of your energy on the things you can control.
If given the chance, one wonders if the leadership involved with Gutenberg would do some things differently. Perhaps better communication could have saved a lot of stress. Or maybe the project would have taken a more iterative approach to change.
Of course, it's always easier to look at things in the rearview mirror. On the bright side, looking back helps us learn from our mistakes. Hopefully, the next big change that comes to WordPress takes those lessons to heart and results in a more positive experience for all.
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'Flip Or Flop' Star Tarek Reveals WAY TOO MUCH About His Prostate Cancer Battle
Jun. 7 2017, Published 7:55 p.m. ET
Tarek El Moussa is still dealing with his thyroid and testicular cancers — and the wrath of his ex!
The Flip or Flop star appeared on Radio Andy with Andy Cohen, and told the Watch What Happens Live host, "to this day, the aftermath of cancer never goes away."
Tarek, 35, explained that he had to get one of his testicles removed after he was diagnosed — and has a "fake ball" to replace it!
"I asked for an extra large one," he joked, adding that his friends call him the "one nut wonder" now.
Tarek was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2013 — and testicular cancer just one month after. His cancer has been in remission since at least January 2017, just a few months before he split with estranged wife Christina.
Meanwhile, the show must go on!
The reality star also revealed that "five episodes of Season 7" of Flip of Flop are already in the can, and they are set to air later this month. He revealed that there will NOT be any divorce drama with Christina on air, as "the goal is to create a good show" around house flipping — and contractor Gary Anderson will not be on the show either. (Anderson notoriously dated Christina in the months after her split from Tarek.)
"Produce it on Bravo and then we could have some fun," he teased Cohen, 49.
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CSOs Want Collective Fight of Coronavirus Void of Political Segregation
Alvin Worzi
"The President and Vice President cannot be running individual projects when they should be leading a Government of Liberia's actions and efforts..." - Anderson Miamen
Groups of civil society organizations in Liberia with some commonalities in objectives and goals are calling on the Government, mainly the President and Vice President to show a united leadership in the fight against the Coronavirus instead of presenting themselves as individual politicians seeking favor from voters.
Those CSOs include the Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD), NAYMOTE Partners for Democratic Development (NAYMOTE-Liberia), Accountability Lab Liberia and Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL).
CENTAL's Executive Director, Anderson Miamen, who spoke on behalf of the groups, called on the President and Vice President to lead by example in fostering and promoting a national fight that rallies the support of all stakeholders.
"The President and Vice President cannot be running individual projects when they should be leading a government of actions and efforts to which all Senators, Representatives, civil servants and even ordinary citizens and development partners can form a part," said Miamen.
Mr. Miamen said the Fight against the Coronavirus Disease should be de-politicized, stating "the Ministry of Health, National Public Health Institute of Liberia and other relevant bodies must be adequately capacitated to lead the fight, void of undue political influence and interference."
He said at the moment, they strongly believe that their roles are being undermined by the increasing involvement of the Monrovia City Corporation in Contact Tracing and Surveillance gathering with no prior experience and capacity of recruits.
"Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, traditional and religious leaders, community leaders and the media played key roles during the Ebola fight and must be recognized by the government and provide the opportunity to contribute. The Leadership and essential staff of CSOs must be equally allowed to work, as they play vital roles in creating awareness, providing valuable inputs to government as well as independently monitoring and reporting on key trends and decision-making processes around the fight," Miamen said.
Mr. Miamen said the government has to subsidize the costs of electricity and water by providing gasoline or fuel to reduce the burdens of cost and instability of current to enable Liberian families access these basic social services.
"We do recognize that government does not have the capacity and resources to fully implement all these measures. Therefore, it must work with funding partners to source money and other resources to implement these recommendations," he said.
He called on the government to, in consultation with Commercial Banks, place moratorium on payment of loans and interests by creditors to commercial Banks for the period of 3-months. According to him, this will alleviate the pressure and economic impact on businesses.
"We wish to remind the government of its accountable responsibility to itself, citizens and development partners contributing valuable resources and inputs to the process. Updates to the public must include resources received and how they are expended, while mechanisms and frameworks that should be accessible to the media, civil society and partners must be established and maintained to ensure availability of basic and timely information to the public about ongoing efforts and resources received for the efforts," he said.
As state of emergency takes effect though without concurrence of the Legislature yet and security forces are spread out, Mr. Miamen cautions that, while the government enforces these measures using the national army and other security apparatuses, the human rights of citizens and other residents must be fully respected and protected.
He reiterated calls for all Liberians and residents to fully respect instructions from government and health authorities to protect themselves and others during this period.
"We must all observe the social distancing rules and avoid actions that undermine the fight against COVID-19, which cannot be won without collaborative and well-coordinated efforts of all concerned. Also, civil society recommits to remaining constructively engaged with the Government to forge a united, concerted, well-coordinated and citizen-driven fight against the deadly Coronavirus in the Country," he said.
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Alvin Worzi is a Liberian journalist with over seven years of professional experience. For the past few years, he has been engaged in covering land issues, security, education, gender related issues, politics, and agriculture. Mr. Worzi is currently the Assistant Secretary General of the Executive Mansion Press Corps (conglomeration of reporters assigned at the Executive Mansion). Mr. Worzi is a member of the Press Union of Liberia.
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Tell Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to stop fighting GMO labeling, start using non-GMO milk
Friday, January 02, 2015 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
Tags: Starbucks, GMOs, milk
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(NaturalNews) Though this immensely popular coffee chain often tries to blend in with the health crowd, pretending to be environmentally and nutritionally conscious, the Starbucks Coffee Company is an active member of a food organization fighting to keep you and your family in the dark about genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
It's true -- Starbucks is a dues-paying member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which is currently trying to sue the state of Vermont for passing a law that requires GMOs to be properly labeled. Starbucks and the GMA would rather continue hiding GMOs in processed foods than have to tell you that they're there and potentially lose business.
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has put together a petition asking Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who says his company "has not taken a position on the issue of GMO labeling," to cut ties with the GMA and take a stand against this assault on people's right to know. But Schultz has yet to do this.
The GMA is also actively pushing a bill in Congress that would make it illegal for individual states to pass their own GMO labeling laws in lieu of national labeling requirements. Schultz has stated that his company prefers a "national solution" to the GMO labeling issue, but if the position of the GMA, of which his company is a member, is any indicator of what this actually means, then Starbucks opposes GMO labeling.
"As a member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, (GMA) your membership dues support the GMA's work," reads the OCA petition. "The GMA's work includes filing suit against the state of Vermont to overturn its GMO labeling law, and working with Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) on a bill (H.R. 4432) before Congress that would preempt states' rights to pass GMO labeling laws."
You can sign the petition here:
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Starbucks continues to serve GMO milk to its customers
It isn't really all that surprising that Starbucks is taking a hands-off approach to the GMO labeling issue. The processed milk the company continues to use in its mochas, lattes and other drinks comes from GMO-fed cows, which means Starbucks is an active purveyor of GMOs. And like other members of the GMA, Starbucks is profiting handsomely from serving unlabeled GMO products to its customers.
"Cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are fed a grain diet comprised almost entirely of genetically modified corn, soy, alfalfa, and cotton seed," explains GMO Inside. "These crops degrade the quality of our land and water, perpetuate corporate-controlled agriculture, and have potentially negative health impacts on livestock."
"Additionally, the overuse of antibiotics in industrialized farming is contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, putting us all at risk."
While Starbucks does serve milk that is free of the GMO growth hormone rBGH, as well as soy milk that is USDA-certified organic, the skim, low-fat and full-fat dairy products it serves are not. Whether the company chooses to change this or not will depend on how much pressure is applied by the public, and how many people choose to boycott Starbucks for its contradictory position.
"As the public has become more educated about the impacts of GMO-driven agriculture and the influence of Big Biotech--Monsanto, Dow, and Syngenta--over our food system, consumers are increasingly seeking out non-GMO products that fit into a sustainable lifestyle," reads a GMO Inside petition calling on Starbucks to switch to non-GMO milk products.
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The EXP-T program system
The EXP-T program package is designed for high-precision modeling of molecular electronic structure using the relativistic Fock space multireference coupled cluster method (FS-RCC). EXP-T is written from scratch in the C99 programming language and is currently focused on Unix-like systems.
The public version of the EXP-T source code is available under LGPL on GitHub.
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Electronic structure models implemented in EXP-T:
single-point energy calculations with any point groups and (nearly) all Hamiltonians, implemented in DIRAC (4c-DC, X2Cmmf, 2c-ECP, non-relativistic);
ground state energy calculations: CCSD, CCSD(T), CCSDT-n (n=1,2,3), CCSDT models;
FS-MRCC method (CCSD, CCSDT-1,2,3, CCSDT[3]) for excited states is implemented for the (0h1p), (1h0p), (1h1p), (0h2p), (2h0p), (0h3p) [2] Fock space sectors;
(unrelaxed) analytic density matrix and properties for ground-state CCSD and CCSD(T);
"dynamic" energy denominators shifts [4] as a solution of the intruder-state problem;
Padé extrapolation to the zero-shift limit [5];
intermediate Hamiltonians for incomplete main model spaces [7];
finite-field transition moments calculations [6];
quasidiabatization of SO-coupled states and SO extraction [4].
To the moment the EXP-T package doesn't include subroutines for solving (Dirac-) Hartree-Fock equations and subsequent four-index transformation, so molecular integrals have to be imported from third party electronic structure packages via interfaces. Currently EXP-T is interfaced with the DIRAC program package, thus getting access to the wide variety of Hamiltonians and property operators implemented there.
Features for high-performance calculations
OpenMP parallelization (for shared-memory systems);
parallel calculations on NVIDIA GPUs using the CUDA platform.
We kindly ask you to acknowledge any use of the EXP-T program system that results in published material using the following citation:
A. V. Oleynichenko, A. Zaitsevskii, E. Eliav, Towards High Performance Relativistic Electronic Structure Modelling: The EXP-T Program Package. Commun. Comput. Inf. Sci., 1331, 375-386 (2020) doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64616-5_33
[1] A. V. Oleynichenko, A. Zaitsevskii, E. Eliav
Towards High Performance Relativistic Electronic Structure Modelling: The EXP-T Program Package
Commun. Comput. Inf. Sci., 1331, 375-386 (2020) doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64616-5_33
[2] L. V. Skripnikov, A. V. Oleynichenko, A. V. Zaitsevskii, D. E. Maison, A. E. Barzakh
Relativistic Fock space coupled-cluster study of bismuth electronic structure to extract the Bi nuclear quadrupole moment
Phys. Rev. C, 104, 034316 (2021) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.104.034316
[3] A. V. Oleynichenko, A. Zaitsevskii, L. V. Skripnikov, E. Eliav
Relativistic Fock-Space Coupled Cluster Method for Many-Electron Systems: Non-Perturbative Account for Connected Triple Excitations
Symmetry, 12(7), 1101 (2020) doi: 10.3390/sym12071101
[4] A. Zaitsevskii, N. S. Mosyagin, A. V. Stolyarov, E. Eliav
Approximate relativistic coupled-cluster calculations on heavy alkali-metal diatomics: Application to the spin-orbit-coupled A1Σ+ and b3Π states of RbCs and Cs2
Phys. Rev. A 96, 022516 (2017) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.022516
[5] A. Zaitsevskii, E. Eliav
Padé extrapolated effective Hamiltonians in the Fock space relativistic coupled cluster method
Int. J. Quantum Chem. 118, e25772 (2018) doi: 10.1002/qua.25772
[6] A. V. Zaitsevskii, L. V. Skripnikov, A. V. Kudrin, A. V. Oleinichenko, E. Eliav, A. V. Stolyarov
Electronic Transition Dipole Moments in Relativistic Coupled-Cluster Theory: the Finite-Field Method
Opt. Spectrosc. 124, 451 (2018) doi: 10.1134/S0030400X18040215
[7] A. Zaitsevskii, N. S. Mosyagin, A. V. Oleynichenko, E. Eliav
Generalized relativistic small-core pseudopotentials accounting for quantum electrodynamic effects: construction and pilot applications
arXiv:2208.12296 [physics.atom-ph]


Famous birthdays for Nov. 30: Mandy Patinkin, Bo Jackson
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Bobby Fischer's Biography By Frank Brady, The Holocaust & Convenient Disappearance of Fischer's Notes On Soviet Chess Cheating
March 9, 2018 March 11, 2018 renegade 10 Comments
By John Wear
Fischer's tapes containing his thoughts on the Soviet chess cheating were stolen from the Bekins facility. Fischer also said at his March 2005 Icelandic press conference that many boxes of his books concerning the Soviet chess cheating were stolen from the Bekins facility…Kasparov's designation as history's greatest chess player could help Kasparov's political career after his retirement from chess.
This article continues the Bobby Fischer series which commenced with Reclaiming An American Hero: Bobby Fischer The Fearless Genius and continued with His Disastrous 9/11 Interview, How Would You Judge It Today and Chess Genius Bobby Fischer Was No Match For The Spiteful Self-Serving Fake News Media.
End Game By Frank Brady Who Having Worked As An Editor For Obscene Pornography Purveyors Such As Ralph Ginzburg and Hugh Hefner, Obviously Thrived In Certain Circles That Are Remarkably Reminiscent Of The Debauched Weimar Republic.
Bobby Fischer's Biography
Frank Brady did extensive research in writing Bobby Fischer's biography. In addition to obtaining access to the personal archives of Fischer's chess mentor, Jack Collins, and Fischer's mother, Regina Fischer, Brady obtained access to portions of the KGB and FBI files on Bobby and his mother. Brady also read just about everything that has been written about Fischer in English, listened to all of his broadcasts, read Fischer's books and other writings, and talked to hundreds of Fischer's friends and acquaintances. The result is an extremely well written and researched biography that provides valuable insights into Bobby Fischer's life.[1]
This article will discuss aspects of Bobby Fischer's biography that can be improved upon.
Bobby Fischer's Politically Incorrect Ideas
Frank Brady writes:
Many people who haven't been formally educated awaken later in life with a desire to progress and deepen their view of the world, to go back to school or self-educate themselves. Bobby joined their ranks out of an essential self-awareness…
Bobby's lack of traditional institutional education was well known and continually reported in the press, but what wasn't common knowledge was that after he won the World Championship at age 29, he began a systemized regimen of study outside chess. History, government, religion, politics, and current events became his great interests, and during the 33-year interval from his first Reykjavik stay to his second he spent most of his spare time reading and amassing knowledge.[2]
Fischer began to develop politically incorrect ideas from his readings. Fischer read The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and many other conspiracy books. He also became convinced that the so-called Holocaust was a major fraud. Fischer's mother Regina wrote him stating that Nazi Germany had murdered children like vermin in homicidal gas chambers. Fischer, however, remained an outspoken critic of the Holocaust story.[3]
Fischer would even tell Jews that the Holocaust was a myth. For example, Fischer was the frequent guest in the 1990s of Laszlo Polgar and his three outstanding chess-playing daughters, Zsuzsa, Zsofia and Judit Polgar. When Fischer told Laszlo that Auschwitz was not an extermination camp, Laszlo told Fischer about relatives who had been exterminated in it. "Bobby," Laszlo said, frowning, "do you really think my family disappeared by some magic trick?"[4]
Fischer also once refused to allow a Jewish chess player to enter his car until the man was willing to proclaim that the Holocaust was fraudulent. On January 13, 1999, during a live radio broadcast in Budapest, Fischer declared,
"As Adolf Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf , the Jews are not the victims, they are the victimizers!"[5]
Fischer's Politically Incorrect Ideas Examined
Frank Brady dismisses Fischer's politically incorrect ideas as nonsense. Brady states that in response to Laszlo Polgar's question of how Polgar's relatives had disappeared in German concentration camps, Fischer "had nothing to back up his claim and could only refer to various Holocaust denial books."[6] Brady, who lists no Holocaust revisionist books in his Bibliography, fails to explain why Holocaust revisionist books are not a credible source of information. Why are books written by revisionists such as Dr. Arthur Robert Butz and Dr. Robert Faurisson not credible sources of information? Brady gives no explanation for his complete dismissal of what he calls "Holocaust denial books."
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As someone who has read approximately 150 books on the so-called Holocaust, I think anyone who objectively studied the subject would realize that the Holocaust story is a fraud. Neither Bobby Fischer nor I dispute that many Jews died in Auschwitz/Birkenau and other German concentration camps. What we dispute is that Jews died in homicidal gas chambers as a result of a German plan of genocide. The Jews who died in German concentration camps during World War II died mostly from typhus, typhoid and other natural causes, and not from a German program of genocide.[7]
Some of the many hate books Bobby read while in Budapest were The Myth of the Six Million by David Hoggan; On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther, written in 1543; and Jewish Ritual Murder by Arnold S. Leese."[8]
Brady does not tell us why he calls these books "hate books," or why these authors were not qualified to write their books. David Hoggan, for example, earned a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and did extensive research in the archives regarding World War II history. Brady refers to Hoggan's book as a "hate book" even though Brady never read it and Hoggan was well qualified to write the book.
"Jews have "a completely different system of values, a different concept of truth," Zielinski said. "For us, the truth corresponds to facts. For the Jew, truth means something that conforms to his understanding of what's beneficial. If a Jew is religious, then truth means something God wants."… For non-religious Jews, "the truth is subjective or whatever serves Israel's interests," he added. Zielinski cited the Haggadah — a text read by Jews at the Passover Seder, which contains the story of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. "Often these stories have nothing to do with facts," noted the Catholic priest."
Frank Brady refers to Fischer's declaration during a live radio broadcast in Hungary that the Jews made up the Holocaust, and that the Jews are not the victims but the victimizers, as "hate-filled comments."[9] Brady ignores the fact that the Holocaust story is such a fraud that at least 19 countries including Hungary have made publicly disputing the Holocaust a felony. Brady also ignores the fact that the Bolshevik revolution was largely Jewish instigated, and that Israel was formed through the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinian population. Israeli historian Tom Segev writes,
Israel was born of terror, war, and revolution, and its creation required a measure of fanaticism and of cruelty."[10]
Brady apparently considers these facts to be "hate-filled comments."
Bekins Storage Theft
Bobby Fischer angrily stated that his valuable belongings in a Bekins Storage facility in Pasadena, California were stolen from him. Brady dismisses Fischer's claim that his property was stolen:
The facts of Fischer's loss of belongings are fairly straightforward: He'd been paying for storage costs for about 10 years, and his bin contained a large safe with such things as his letter from President Nixon congratulating him for his win in Iceland, his World Championship medal presented to him by FIDE, letters, score sheets, paintings, trophies, statues, scrapbooks, photos, books, and hundreds of other items. One great loss for the chess world was the original scores of games that Bobby played in a series of simultaneous exhibitions throughout South America and about which he planned to write a book, since he had played a number of interesting games during that time. If sold individually—there were thousands of games, according to Bobby—or as one large cache to a collector, the value of these score sheets alone would have totaled somewhere around $100,000.
Bobby had been giving [Robert] Ellsworth, his agent, about $5,000 a year to pay the storage cost and some minimal taxes on property—five lots—that he owned in Clearwater and Tarpon Springs, Florida, which were originally owned by his grandfather (Bobby bought them from his mother in 1992). Those various expenses came to about $4,000 a year; the $1,000 left over was for Ellsworth's management. The storage room was registered under the name of "Claudia Mokarow and Robert D. James," and since Ellsworth was paying the charges year after year, it is possible that the storage company had no idea that the material in the bin belonged to Bobby Fischer. Somehow Ellsworth had blundered—either through carelessness or a clerical error—and didn't pay $480 that was owed, and as contractually agreed upon, the company had the right to dispose of the storage room's contents. As soon as Ellsworth discovered his mistake, he felt guilty about it, and one can understand how heartbreaking it was to Bobby: "My whole life!" he said, outraged.
Ellsworth actually realized his error in time to attend the auction and buy back $8,000 worth of the material, not bidding on comic books and other memorabilia that he believed—wrongfully, as it developed—would no longer be of any interest to Fischer. Harry Sneider, Fischer's former physical trainer, accompanied Ellsworth to the auction and Sneider's son subsequently traveled to Budapest with 12 boxes of material. When he handed them over, Bobby said, "Where's the rest?" He claimed to have at least 100 boxes in his storage unit and maintained that what had been brought to him was only 1% of his belongings.[11]
Brady writes that Fischer gave 35 radio broadcast interviews expounding on his theory that he was a victim of a conspiracy involving a Jewish cabal, the U.S. government, the Russians, Robert Ellsworth, and the Bekins Storage company. Brady thinks that Fischer had lapsed over the years into a state of increasingly frequent paranoia.[12]
However, Brady's analysis of Fischer's loss of valuable belongings in a Bekins Storage facility raises many questions that remained unanswered:
1) Why didn't Bekins Storage contact Robert Ellsworth when the $480 rental payment was past due? This would be normal operating procedure for a rental company. Since Robert Ellsworth lived in nearby Los Angeles and had made timely rental payments for the last 10 years, Bekins should have been able to contact Ellsworth.
2) Most rental contracts provide for late payment penalties. However, I find it hard to believe that a storage company would have the right to auction off the entire contents of a storage unit to pay a past due bill of only $480. If the net proceeds of the auction were $100,000, for example, this means that Bekins would make a $99,520 profit from Ellsworth's mistake. This would amount to an outrageous windfall for Bekins. An attorney such as Ellsworth should know not to enter into such an unfair agreement.
3) Robert Ellsworth says he realized his mistake in not making the annual payment before the auction was held. Ellsworth should have been able to pay Bekins the $480 past due plus penalties and returned Fischer's belongings to the Bekins Storage facility. The auction of Fischer's belongings should never have occurred.
4) Robert Ellsworth says he attended the auction and purchased $8,000 of Fischer's belongings. Ellsworth did not purchase comic books and other memorabilia he believed would no longer be of interest to Fischer. Why didn't Ellsworth contact Fischer before the auction and ask Fischer what he wanted Ellsworth to purchase? Harry Sneider's son found Fischer in Budapest after the auction; why didn't Ellsworth contact Fischer before the auction?
5) Since Fischer's belongings were extremely valuable to him, did Robert Ellsworth or anyone else attempt to buy back Fischer's belongings from the purchasers at the auction? Bobby Fischer had over $3,000,000 in a Swiss bank. I think Ellsworth could have located and bought back most of Fischer's belongings sold at the auction.
Frank Brady's explanation of how Bobby Fischer's belongings were lost is not credible. The question is:
Why would there be a conspiracy to confiscate Fischer's personal belongings from storage?
The following section will provide a possible explanation.
Soviet Chess Cheats
Bobby Fischer repeatedly said that all of the World Chess Championship matches between Soviet grandmasters Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were prearranged. Fischer said that prearrangement at the upper levels of chess tournaments was a common practice. Fischer said that Kasparov was a pathological liar, and that Kasparov and Karpov were criminals and chess cheats.[13] Fischer stated:
Kasparov should answer my charges! He should be put through a lie detector test, and then the whole world will see what a liar he is!"[14]
Fischer told a friend as early as 1992 that he was planning to write a book that would prove how the Soviet players had cheated in chess. Fischer's tapes containing his thoughts on the Soviet chess cheating were stolen from the Bekins facility.[15] Fischer also said at his March 2005 Icelandic press conference that many boxes of his books concerning the Soviet chess cheating were stolen from the Bekins facility.[16] With all of Fischer's source materials stolen, Fischer was never able to write his book documenting the Soviet chess cheating.
Frank Brady attempts to dismiss Fischer's claim that the Kasparov/Karpov World Chess Championship matches were prearranged. Brady writes:
Some people believed that Bobby was still stewing over the fact that he'd refused to play Karpov in 1975, and therefore was trying to belittle Karpov's resulting match with Kasparov. Others held that his accusations were a ploy to promote his new Fischer Random chess. Still others chalked them up to simple paranoia. For his part, Bobby never explained what either Karpov or Kasparov had to gain from prearranging match results, except to keep the title in the Russian family. But since both men were Russian that made no sense.[17]
No one can say with certainty why the World Chess Championship matches between the Soviets might be prearranged. One plausible reason for the prearrangement is that Garry Kasparov's victories against Anatoly Karpov have caused many people to regard Kasparov as the greatest chess player of all time.[18]Kasparov's designation as history's greatest chess player could help Kasparov's political career after his retirement from chess.
Fischer stated that it took him one and a half years before he saw how Kasparov and Karpov had prearranged their matches. Fischer had worked diligently to document this prearrangement.[19] I think Fischer would have written a truly outstanding book on the Kasparov/Karpov prearrangement if his extensive work and source materials had not been stolen from the Bekins Storage facility. Until Kasparov and Karpov take lie detector tests to prove their innocence, I am inclined to think that Fischer is correct that their World Chess Championship matches were prearranged.
We may not—and perhaps should not—forgive Bobby Fischer's twisted political and antireligious assaults, but we should never forget his sheer brilliance on the chessboard. After reading this biography, I would suggest that the reader look to, and study, his games—the true testament to who he was, and his ultimate legacy."[20]
Brady is correct that Fischer was a great chess player. Fischer's chess games will always be an important part of his legacy. However, I think that Brady has not made a serious attempt to understand Fischer's politically incorrect statements. I think that most of what Fischer spoke was the truth. Icelandic psychiatrist Dr. Magnus Skulasson correctly said about Bobby Fischer: "He was misunderstood. Underneath I think he was a caring and sensitive person."[21]
On March 9, 1943 Bobby Fischer Was Born. He Passed On January 17, 2008. This Article Honors The 75th Anniversary Of The Birth Of A Legend.
The Book That Requires Trolls On A Salary To Attempt To Discredit It.
[1] Brady, Frank, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, New York: Crown Publishers, 2011, pp. xi, 329-331.
[3] Ibid., pp. 212-215.
[4] Ibid., p. 260
[5] Ibid., pp. 266, 271.
[7] Wear, John, Germany's War: The Origins, Aftermath & Atrocities of World War II, Upper Marlboro, MD: American Free Press, 2014, pp. 382-385.
[8] Brady, Frank, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, New York: Crown Publishers, 2011, p. 266.
[10] Segev, Tom, The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust, New York: Hill and Wang, 1993, p. 63.
[11] Brady, Frank, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, New York: Crown Publishers, 2011, pp. 272-273.
[12] Ibid., p. 273.
[13] Ibid., pp. 236, 249, 252, 308.
[16] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkxnpl8Siw.
[17] Brady, Frank, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, New York: Crown Publishers, 2011, p. 309.
[18] For example, see http://www.factofun.com/top-10-best-chess-players-history/3/; also http://www.elist10.com/top-10-best-chess-players-history/; also https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/top-10-greatest-chess-players-in-history.
[19] Geuzendam, Dirk Jan Ten, Finding Bobby Fischer, New in Chess, 2015, p. 277.
[20] Brady, Frank, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, New York: Crown Publishers, 2011, p. xi.
[21] Ibid. p. 318.
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Bob Fischer, fish, born under the sun sign of Pisces. I thought I might mention, happy birthday BF. He looks definitely jewish, but also there is something else in his face, in the eyes, that is something else. Something like an Aryan in the wrong body.
He was passionate and principled from all I can tell. And of course his principles revolved around discernable facts rather than "oyyyy vey vatz good for da Jews?????" Jews hate principled people more than any other. Mindless sheep are no concern, but if some one is principled about truth they are the worst, unless they aren't jew wise. Those that are principled in always putting kikes above their own people are also hated because they are scum and their principles favor the direction of the wind, they'll betray the Jews if they see worthy gain. These are… Read more »
Thanks for this interesting article and sorry for the sidenote, but it is Weimar not Wiemar 😉
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar like in (((Medinat Weimar)))
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I don't trust Michael Hoffman at all. He says the Talmud has nothing to do with the Old Testament. What a load of BS.
You don't like what he has to say, ergo you don't trust him? What makes you think you have it all figured out with 100% accuracy? His book "Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit" should be ordered multiple copies at a time. Nothing else so well exposes Judaism. His book "Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare" is largely considered a masterpiece. His book "Judaism's Strange Gods" — like a good copy of the Protocols — is useful for having distributed throughout your home in order to consistently remind you of… Read more »
Have you read "Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare"? If so how did it expand your understanding?
What most of Hoffman says may be true, but you have to pay attention to the 2-5 percent that he is off. He tells you the Talmud has little to do with biblical Judaism which is FALSE. He tells you that the Talmud is anti-biblical which is FALSE. He tells you the Talmud is racist and condones self-worship and deceit for the Jewish people which while true is also endorsed in the TORAH. The Torah IS the foundation of Judaism. I've read Usury in Christendom and while he points out to the numerous passages in the OT… Read more »
So had Whites taken seriously the OT, they never would have become indebted to Jew bankers. The primary means of Jew enslavement would have been nullified.
Jew usury would have been out of business in White nations.
You consider this bad?
That's just it. Christians gloss over passages such as that listed above because they see the OT and NT as one and the same.
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Book Review: Lover At Last
I declared my love for the Black Dagger Brotherhood series in this blog a while ago. That hasn't changed. The latest book, Lover At Last, number 11, came out (you'll get the pun later) a few weeks ago. For anyone who has read the books, they know that for many readers this one was a long time coming. Each book usually focuses on one of the 'brothers' or someone in their world and then has another story arc or two going along side it. This book was about the long-awaited (for many) love story of Quinn and Blaylock (Blay). The twist on this pairing–Quay as devoted fans call them–is they are gay. While both are warriors within the Brotherhood, this book was not a heterosexual story–and for me, that was tough.
All of the books are known for being steamy, to say the least, and this one, while a bit tamer, did not disappoint in that area–but it was male on male. I found that I did not enjoy this book as much as most of the others. I applaud J.R. Ward for giving readers what they want and for tackling the tough subject matter. I think she did an exceptional job staying true to the characters, story lines, and her writing style. The tender moments between Quinn and Blay felt real, as did the way J.R. Ward incorporated their long history. I also think she knew that she was heading into touch territory (no pun intended). As such, I think J.R. Ward tried to over compensate for the readers that were not as appreciative of the gay romance by adding significantly more story arcs than normal. This book had not 1, 2, or even 3 other story lines going on, it had 7; yes, SEVEN–in total.
The Quinn and Blay love story
The budding romance between Sola and Assail
Xcor's determination to take over the throne
Xcor's love for/and connection to Layla (and vice versa)
Layla's pregnancy
Beth's 'curiosity' with Layla's pregnancy
Trez's avoidance of his prearranged marriage and what he and iAM were doing to manage that, including Trez's infatuation with The Chosen, Selena
Of the reviews that I've read, quite a few readers found the other arcs extremely distracting. And to a degree, I agree. But I have to say I welcomed them and look forward to where some of them are headed. (I read that the next book, due in 2014, is going to be called, The King, and will be about Wrath (my all-time favorite character in the series, marginally inching out Zsadist) and Beth trying to have a baby. I am beyond excited for that one!!! I'm also intrigued by Assail. And Xcor's love for Layla makes me not hate him as much–though he continuously plots against Wrath, so my distaste for him is only mildly squelched. I would be remiss in mentioning that J.R. Ward has a habit of bringing back characters that people often forget about. Several books ago, she brought to light a love story between Xhex and one of her past lovers that went insane and is now haunting an old bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere. Clever J.R. Ward, I haven't forgotten…
On the whole, this book was not one of my favorites, but I am excited for what's to come. I do miss seeing more of the brothers and their interactions because quite frankly, they're hilarious and I love them. This book also strayed from the action and fighting we usually see with the Lessers; which normally, I can do without but, come on, this is about a vampire war going on. J.R. Ward has done a great job of keeping the series fresh, adding new characters, extending story lines, and keeping her loyal and devoted fans wanting more. I didn't devour this book in 2 days like I've been known to do with this series, but 2014 and the next installment can't get here soon enough!


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Jared Cohen Posted January 27, 2015 at 5:50 pm
For Robert Allenby, taking a mulligan for the start of his 2015 would be nice.
The 43 year-old golfer from Melbourne, Australia was recently visiting Honolulu, Hawaii when he was said to have been kidnapped, drugged, robbed and beaten after having dinner with his caddie and a friend. Problem is that he has no recollection of it because he had blacked out from around 11pm to around 1:30am.
The story first surfaced when he had posted a picture of himself with cuts and bruises on his face on Facebook in order to what he says, get a hold of his son because he had no phone and no numbers memorized. That picture then went viral.
As time has gone by with this story, there have been reports that witnesses saw Allenby spend over $3,400 dollars at a strip club that night and later was seen by a homeless man passing out on a street and hitting his face on a rock.
Allenby, despite all of this going on in his life away from golf, is back to work for the start of his 2015 PGA Tour Season which happens to be in Scottsdale for the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open. He started off his week by addressing the media that he stands by the original story that he told.
"I think the first thing that everyone needs to understand is that there is an investigation going on to what did happen on that Friday night," Allenby said at the TPC Scottsdale on Tuesday. "The authorities are doing their absolute best. We're hoping in the near future that something will be reported."
"The number one thing that you should all remember is that my story stays exactly the same way as I told it," he added. "I told you what I knew and I told you what someone told me. And that's the bottom line."
Allenby admitted that if he did do something wrong in the time period he has no memory after the investigation is completed, he will own up to it, but his biggest concern through all of this has been for his 15 and 13 year-old children. He went on to say that he knows he did not drink enough to put himself in a state of blacking out and had to have been drugged to end up in the condition he was in that night.
With different stories being told about what had happened, he was asked what he has learned from this
"I have realized that I don't have any friends in the media," he stated. "Maybe one."
Regardless of the media and the on-going investigation, Allenby will play golf this week in Scottsdale. After a practice round on Tuesday, he joked that despite dealing with concussion-like symptoms up until a few days ago, he felt good physically.
"I'm hitting the ball," he said with a smirk on his face. "Physically, apart from a few scratches and that, I am starting to feel really good."
Allenby didn't have his best showing of 2014 last year at this event as he missed the cut shooting a combined four over par on through the first two rounds. He mentioned that him being back this year is more about moving on with his life than anything.
"I am not expecting a lot from this week," Allenby explained. "I am just expecting to in myself is to overcome this ordeal and try and just move on with my life. I love golf and that is the reason why I am here. Otherwise I would have taken this week off and probably the next month off."
Allenby will tee-off from number one to begin his opening round at 7:30am and will be paired with Brendon de Longe and Nicholas Thompson.
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Cody Luongo
The Immortals purchase of Made in Brazil (MIBR) in 2018 was one of the most exciting brand revivals in all of Counter-Strike. The rich history of MIBR stretched back to 2003, and its revitalization in June of last year arrived alongside the signing of SK Gaming's legacy roster to represent the team.
The Brazilian squad, MIBR, have come a long way this season. (Image via MIBR)
Forecasts were clear that this collective of star fraggers and compound Major winners should hit the Counter-Strike space running. Results over the last year haven't met those expectations.
The acquisition of Cloud9's celebrity duo Jacky "Stewie2k" Yip and Tarik "tarik" Celik had brought forth its own set of expectations for MIBR; the pair had recently come off a historic win at the ELEAGUE Boston Major five months prior and together the team brandished a wealth of talent. Although throughout this period were various flashes of luster such as an incredibly narrow defeat in the grand finals of ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals to Astralis, it seemed as if affairs weren't exactly clicking.
Following brief tenures, Tarik was placed on the chopping block at MIBR and Stewie fleed to Team Liquid in exchange for Epitácio "TACO" de Melo and coach Wilton "zews" Prado in one of the highest profile trades of the season. Shortly after, João "felps" Vasconcellos was reintroduced into the lineup to complete the all-Brazillian roster that commanded ground on the competitive Counter-Strike circuit.
The group started 2019 off on the right foot by reaching the semifinals at the IEM Katowice Major, but it wasn't long before the operation began unraveling again.
One of the game's most respected in-game leaders and beloved personalities, Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, spoke with Hotspawn about the expectations of reassembling the superteam with Felps and TACO.
"When we got Zews, Taco and Felps back, the expectations for us were to try to recreate what we did before in 2017. We had a good first result at the Major. We prepared ourselves well at a boot camp but we lost in the semifinals to Astralis," he told us. "But after that, we went to China and lost to Windigo at WESG, and that was very hurtful because we wanted to do well in that tournament. From there on we didn't do well for our own expectations and things started [going] south from there."
Venturing to China for WESG, MIBR was a heavy favorite at the tournament after their placement at Katowice. Reality panned out to be far from that as the Brazilians were trounced by a fiery-looking Windigo. MIBR's underperformance in China was followed up by a winless outing on home soil at BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo, underscoring more severe problems for the organization.
It was apparent the team had to make changes to keep afloat, and they did. In June, Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles was welcomed onto MIBR from Luminosity Gaming in a loan exchange for Felps.
Getting the Energy Right
"When we [talked] about bringing someone else into the team we felt like the energy in the team was a little bit low. Felps is a very introspective person, and we already knew that when we got him again but we thought we could deal with [it] a little bit better than we did. In the end, we realized that maybe having someone who would be a little bit more outspoken, a little bit more energetic outside the game, would be helpful for the atmosphere." FalleN told Hotspawn. "Felps was struggling a little bit playing under the atmosphere we had on the team, and he had to sacrifice himself in terms of in-game specifics to really be the player we needed at the server. He was having a bad time doing it and it wasn't too fun for him and he wasn't really fixing the mistakes we were pointing out. So both combinations of those things led us to Lucas."
It was rumored FalleN had his eye on LUCAS1 for some length of time, although his allegiance to brother Henrique "HEN1" Teles on Luminosity had curbed those plans from coming to fruition. Digging further into the rationale behind the LUCAS1 signing, we discovered the support rifler's spirited mentality was a catalyst in the decision as Fernando "fer" Alvarenga tells us.
Image via HLTV.
Fer said of LUCAS1, "He can put you back into the game even though you're losing. He's a guy that brings the energy and up and brings a really good atmosphere. When you're playing with a guy that is always bringing you up, you have to copy him – I'm going to follow this guy because he's hype as fuck so I'm going to do the same. It's important to have a good energy on the team because when you're playing happy it's easy to play, it's just like flow."
Although collectively MIBR were pleased to welcome LUCAS1 as their newest addition, more unexpected complications were right around the corner. Less than two weeks ago, two-time HLTV best CS:GO player and longstanding member of the team, Marcelo "coldzera" David, announced his self-benching on MIBR.
The news blindsided the Brazillian squad, putting them in a rough position where they now must field coach Zews at the upcoming StarLadder Berlin Major. It's a less than ideal scenario.
Coldzera served as an integral part of the team's successes and leaves a void in the side of the group. Although it was a bitter pill to swallow, the team understood and, more importantly, respected the decision to dismiss himself.
"I prefer seeing the way that what we did with [Coldzera] was amazing, it could probably be the best things we ever did in our careers, all the achievements we had. I am very proud of all the things we did together and that's what I would take from it." FalleN voices. "I see Coldzera as someone who was very important for me, as a person, as a player and career-wise as well and he's a great individual. He's going to take his path, we're going to take ours and it's going to be great for both in my opinion. And for him I think it's going to be great as well, if he manages to find a good team that's going to buy him and he's going to be able to play high-level CS he's definitely a super great player and he's going to have success as well."
Fer chimed in by acknowledging Coldzera's decision to step away from MIBR was difficult for both parties.
"He's like family to me. I respect his decision of course. I know it's hard for us and our team inside the game, but I'm pretty sure it's hard for him as well to have these decisions. It's not like it's an easy decision or anything, it's hard for him as well. So I have to respect his decision and wish him the best and let's move on." Fer maintained.
Looking bright despite the plight
The recent trials have left MIBR in an unfavorable corner, but not without hope.
The next few months for MIBR are about staying positive, creating a good atmosphere and most importantly, having fun. Fer attested to adopting this attitude in an HLTV.org interview, to which we asked the 27-year old rifler to elaborate on why enjoyment was a priority.
"We are trying to recreate our team, recreate ourselves because we are not the same team as we were when we [were] top one in the world. We are not the same people that we were two years ago – people change, everything changes." Fer attests. "I think the most important thing in life, in your job or whatever you're going to do, you have to be happy doing what you do."
With a StarLadder prospect dampened by the exit of Coldzera, MIBR's approach has shifted towards making the best with what they have at hand; resetting the team and infrastructure in hopes of making strides towards an influence the company once carried.
Though, the question of who will replace Coldzera in the active lineup is still very much at hand. Speculation has begun floating around that INTZ's Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe is a target for MIBR – although nothing about this transfer seems concrete. Consistency and vigor made Coldzera the great player he was on MIBR, and if the team is looking to replicate the success they once had by finding a comparable option, they'll have to take some time as FalleN explains.
"We want to get someone who has this energy outside the game because we feel that we need this, we need someone who is very outspoken and very energetic to bring this hype up. We are taking our time to see and we are going to wait until the Major to make a decision." FalleN says. "The only way for our team to be winning is if they are ready to lose. I think right now what the team is looking for is to recreate this atmosphere where we are looking for every new challenge to grow as players and learn more and more so we can get to this top-level again. And in the process why not have fun? Why not really enjoy the moment and really be very happy for all things we conquered."
All in all, MIBR is a team bursting with talent and exuberance. The plan of action to focus on the atmosphere, foundation and spirit of the team displays a certain level of maturity and investment hopefully to be cashed in for another Major tournament win.
An American journalist specializing in business, gambling and Counter-Strike - Cody was a competitive gamer first before starting his career in esports. Competing in several titles including Halo, Counter-Strike and Rainbow Six prior to his career as a journalist where he would go on to write for ESPN, Esports Insider, SickOdds and many more.
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Diabetics Need Not Avoid Butter
Carolyn Colwell
There are a lot of tasty things that people with diabetes should not eat. But butter is not one of them, a study found.
Butter may not be so bad for diabetics and others, according to an international meta-analysis. The same finding occurred for other dairy fats in relation to the development of diabetes or causing cardiovascular deaths for diabetic patients.
"This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests relatively small or neutral overall associations of butter with mortality, CVD, and diabetes. These findings do not support a need for major emphasis in dietary guidelines on either increasing or decreasing butter consumption, in comparison to other better established dietary priorities; while also highlighting the need for additional investigation of health and metabolic effects of butter and dairy fat," wrote Laura Pimpin and her co-authors. Pimpin is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge.
Current American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend margarine instead of butter.
Pimpin and her colleagues looked at nine databases searching for international results for keyword related to butter and cardiometabolic outcomes. "We identified 9 publications including 15 country-specific cohorts, together reporting on 636,151 unique participants with 6.5 million person-years of follow-up and including 28,271 total deaths, 9,783 cases of incident cardiovascular disease, and 23,954 cases of incident diabetes," the authors explained. None of the publications, however, were randomized controlled studies that looked at butter end points, and outcomes were derived by reviewing medical records, death certificates and medical records.
"Butter consumption was weakly associated with all-cause mortality" in nine country-specific cohorts," the authors wrote.
Based on the consumption of one tablespoon per day (14 gm), the meta-analysis showed the RR (relative risk) of 1.01, 95%CI=1.00, 1.03,P=0.045) for all causes of mortality, no significant risk associated with any cardiovascular disease (RR=1.0, 95% CI=0.98,1.02;P=0.074) or stroke (RR 1.01, 95% CI) and an inverse association with diabetes (RR=0.96, 95%CI=0.93,0.99,P=0.021). No evidence of heterogeneity or publication was found, the authors reported.
The concern about butter stems from the practice of focusing on micronutrients, such as saturated fats, when looking at their relationship with the increased risk of chronic diseases, the authors explained. "For example, growing evidence supports potential metabolic benefits of certain dairy products, such as yogurt and possibly cheese, on risk of type 2 diabetes [5, 6], which may even relate to benefits of dairy fat. [7—9] However, the relationship of butter, which is highest in dairy fat, with diabetes remains unclear. The long-term effects of butter consumption on other major endpoints, such as all-cause mortality and CVD, are also not well-established," the authors wrote.
As a result of their meta-analysis, the authors concluded "relatively small or neutral overall associations of butter with mortality, CVD, and diabetes. These findings do not support a need for major emphasis in dietary guidelines on either increasing or decreasing butter consumption, in comparison to other better established dietary priorities; while also highlighting the need for additional investigation of health and metabolic effects of butter and dairy fat."
This article appeared in Plos One.
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Apple's Q1 2021 Results
Apple (Hacker News):
The Company posted all-time record revenue of $111.4 billion, up 21 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.68, up 35 percent. International sales accounted for 64 percent of the quarter's revenue.
Jason Snell (transcript, also: MacRumors):
Year over year, iPhone revenue was up 17% and set a new record, iPad revenue was up 41% to its best showing in six years, Mac revenue was up 21%, Services revenue was up 24% to a new record, and Wearables revenue was up 30 to a new record%.
Jason Snell:
There have been seven better quarters in the history of the iPad. It's just that they were all between 2012 and 2015. This most recent iPad quarter was the best since the holiday quarter six years ago.
Here's the message: The move to Apple silicon is going to spur Mac growth like never before. Apple's M1 Macs were incredibly well received, but it's still just the beginning of the transition. Cook is telling investors, and everyone else, that Apple expects the move to Apple silicon to put its competition in the PC market to shame and fuel a major boost to the Mac.
The integration of hardware with software is Apple's secret sauce, or "the magic," as Cook puts it. But look at the change to that recipe! It's now the integration of hardware, software, and services.
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Niall O'Mara
Whilst the raison d'etre of a company is to make profit - it will be interesting to see if Apple, which likes to position itself as progressive and socially aware, makes any changes in strategy due it's ever growing cash pile.
Tim Cook said last year, "But I do think, looking back, in the future, you will answer that question: Apple's most important contribution to mankind has been in health." When the cost of devices is the main barrier to some people benefiting from that 'contribution' it seems hard to justify such vast profits - especially now that hardware is an entry point to services revenue.
Apple uses privacy as a marketing tool plain and simple. Make everyone else look like information scavengers and Apple look like a savior of privacy. Apple's move to Apple silicon for Mac's only helps solidify Apple's control over all of its hardware. Pretty soon Mac users will probably be forced to install Apps only from their Apps store just like IOS devices do. Obviously no ability to natively run Windows on a Apple silicon Mac. I don't see the performance or efficiency of Apple silicon selling more Mac's. That was the same message Apple said when they moved to Intel from power PC's. In the end its more about what runs on a certain platform then anything. I don't see developers rushing to make apps for Mac's under Apple silicon. They see a bigger opportunity with Windows. Mac's have been stuck at their market share for some time. Obviously makes Apple money but I don't see Mac's becoming more popular.
>Apple uses privacy as a marketing tool plain and simple
I'm not sure if that's a useful criticism. Obviously, corporations do pretty much everything they do for their own benefit. At the same time, it's impossible to know what the motivations of all the individuals involved in these decisions are.
At the end, the question is whether what Apple does with regard to privacy is overall good for us, or bad, and I think it's pretty clear that it is good.
Old Unix Geek
Ironically, although Apple says it cares about privacy, the environment it is creating for developers is quite different.
Apple has been locking down devices (App Store and notarization) which encourages developers to reconsider specialising on Apple devices: Apple can ban or Sherlock their work, and they'll lose all their investment in it. It can ban them, and they'll lose all the work they did learning Apple's proprietary APIs. On the web, they can simply move to another server hosting company.
Apple has moved from open x86 and Objective-C to proprietary "Apple Silicon" and not-as-good Swift. That means learning a whole new stack, incompatible with everyone else's, and wedding oneself even more tightly to Apple. It might be better to learn the Web stack instead, particularly now that WASM is a thing. On the web, your favourite language still works.
Apple has opened the Mac up to iOS apps. The only distinguishing feature of iOS apps is that there are tons of them, few are good, and the prices are so low that it's extremely hard to make money off of them. Most users only actually use Apps like Facebook's which are free and privacy disasters. If you're not the customer, you're the product. Because of low prices, many developers now sell users data to make up the difference. It is Apple which has driven down prices, pushing developers to make their software free, with "in-app purchases". It is Apple that requires a 30% cut for literally doing nothing developers can't do themselves: a Mafia like "service".
And now, Apple Silicon is going to be so much more performant. That means web-apps will be sufficiently fast to do most of what people need. If games can be streamed through a web-browser, many other things can be done that way too.
Since people do not change devices often, and are purposefully being locked in by Apple, I expect captured users won't leave their Apple devices quickly. Instead I expect more software to be offered only as "software as a service" delivered as web-apps. Think Figma instead of Sketch. These apps run on any computing device, decoupling the software maker from caring about Apple. This move has already started with Cordova, Electron, React "native" -- i.e. web-apps installed through the App Store.
In the long term, web-apps mean less privacy for the user. Personal devices will become terminals onto which some computation can be offloaded, but the data will be held on a server. That means less control for users: they won't be able to keep their data confidential, or share it easily to other software, the way one can if it resides on one's own machine. Since all computation occurs on a different machine, users will have no control what appears on their screens, will not know how their data is being monetized, etc. And all that data will be ripe for mining by ISPs, governments, hackers, and the like.
So I foresee a poorer and less safe ecosystem because Apple was greedy. The world, ironically, that Steve Jobs claimed would be a "sweet solution". The surprising twist, where the "Personal Computer" which had so convincingly killed the evil servers of yesteryear, finally dies replaced by the new world of cyberspace. Recall Tron, Neuromancer...
If Apple had really cared about privacy, not lock-in, their software would have been architected very differently and would be a lot more open. For instance, services such as Little Snitch would be encouraged. Building and selling software on one's own device would be encouraged, not milked for service revenue. Sharing data on iOS would be easier. Etc. But that's not the world we live in, and like other creatures, the developers who succeed will be doing what works in the environment that they inhabit.
Apple has moved from open x86 and Objective-C to proprietary "Apple Silicon" and not-as-good Swift. That means learning a whole new stack, incompatible with everyone else's
Arguably, x86 was just as proprietary (effectively controlled by Intel, with some mutual patent-sharing going on with AMD, but effectively no chance for a third party to join) as ARM is; if you want something non-proprietary, RISC-V might be just around the corner.
Effectively, ARM has more diversity of CPU suppliers than x86. There doesn't seem to be that much trouble porting stuff that already ran on ARM to compile on macOS for ARM. You can build stuff for a Raspi, and then with few adjustments if any have it compile on macOS as well.
As for the stack, I'm not sure what you mean by this.
It might be better to learn the Web stack instead, particularly now that WASM is a thing. On the web, your favourite language still works.
In practice, only stuff that people are willing to maintain works well. If a community effort wants to maintain Objective-C (I know they are a few, but they never gained that much foothold), they can do that.
Yeah, you could conceivably write WASM in Objective-C, but frankly, that sounds painfully esoteric.
If Apple had really cared about privacy, not lock-in, their software would have been architected very differently and would be a lot more open. For instance, services such as Little Snitch would be encouraged. Building and selling software on one's own device would be encouraged, not milked for service revenue. Sharing data on iOS would be easier. Etc.
I don't think privacy and lock-in have to be at odds, but yes, there are areas where Apple could stand to be a bit more open again.
@Sören
Arguably, x86 was just as proprietary (effectively controlled by Intel, with some mutual patent-sharing going on with AMD, but effectively no chance for a third party to join)
Tell that to IBM, Cyrix, Centaur, Via, Rise, National Semiconductor, NexGen, Transmeta, Texas Instruments, NEC, SIS, Nvidia and many others. Also x64, the 64-bit version of x86, was invented by AMD. At the time Intel was distracted by Itanium and EPIC. So Intel ended up licensing it from AMD.
M1 relies on proprietary instructions to do fast math. That means your ARM SIMD code won't run as fast as Apple's. Either you accept this, or you accept the lock-in of reverse engineering and using M1's new math-matrix instructions, or the lock-in of using Apple's proprietary frameworks. Similarly with the Machine Learning APIs. Over time I expect the trend of using proprietary accelerators to continue: transistors are cheap, but transistors doing work are expensive since they cost power.
As to your Raspberry Pi point, not really: although a Raspberry PI 4 can run 64 bit code, most Linux support for RPIs is still 32 bit, which means that code will be compiled against a 32 bit target on Raspberry Pi, not a 64 bit one as on MacOS... Also, Linux and MacOS differ significantly as far as APIs go, so more than "a few adjustments" will be needed.
Objective-C is, as you say, unfortunately basically dying if not dead. If you want to get onto the corporate merry-go-round a second time around with Swift and M1, be my guest. As for me, I'm seriously contemplating getting off here, and bidding a sad farewell to Objective-C. I joined the Apple bandwagon because I was amazed by the first NeXT computers. But now that technology is dying, and I'm tired of relying on APIS, languages, etc that change every time a large corporation loses interest. It's a bit of a shame really, since I've spent the last 16 years on and off writing quite a bit of Mac/iOS stuff (both code and words). But there was a life before Apple, and there will be a life after it.
Finally, unlike you, I believe privacy and lock-in are at odds pretty much by definition. Lock-in means people are stuck with whatever protections Apple gives them, and cannot improve on them. That means a monoculture. Monocultures are much easier to hack: with a single zero-day, one gets access to most of Apple's devices in a particular category. Lock-in means you are trusting Apple 100% to look after your privacy for you. In my book, sharing my privacy with 150,000 Apple employees is not actual privacy. Think for instance of the fact iCloud backups are unencrypted.
Tschüß!
Tell that to IBM, Cyrix, Centaur, Via, Rise, National Semiconductor, NexGen, Transmeta, Texas Instruments, NEC, SIS, Nvidia and many others.
How many of those designed a x86 CPU in the past decade?
(And yes, I'm sure Nvidia has a thing or two to say about being bullied out of x86.)
Also x64, the 64-bit version of x86, was invented by AMD.
Which is why I said "some mutual patent-sharing going on with AMD". Which you even quoted.
M1 relies on proprietary instructions to do fast math. That means your ARM SIMD code won't run as fast as Apple's. Either you accept this, or you accept the lock-in of reverse engineering and using M1's new math-matrix instructions, or the lock-in of using Apple's proprietary frameworks. Similarly with the Machine Learning APIs. Over time I expect the trend of using proprietary accelerators to continue: transistors are cheap, but transistors doing work are expensive since they cost power.
Yes, fair enough.
Elbrus, VIA and Zhaoxin.
x86's are now sufficiently complex that it takes serious money to make a competitive offering... which is why fewer companies design them than previously. Government support now seems commonplace, which I ascribe to the costs and risks involved. I should note that it is also true that few companies design their own ARM chips; most simply license a design from ARM.
Just missing your deadline, in 2008, the last startup that tried to design an x86 was Montalvo Systems but, AFAIK, it ran out of money and it was acquired by Sun.
The Elbrus-8S (Russian) provides x86 compatibility through binary translation to a VLIW architecture (very much like Transmeta). It was designed in 2014 to run Windows for the Russian Government. Since it runs an entire OS natively, rather than single apps, I would not compare it to Rosetta. They've just taped out their next generation Elbrus-16. Since it seems to be pretty much the same architecture, but with 16 cores, I assume, but do not know, that it will also run x86 software.
VIA/Centaur are still designing native x86 CPUs. In the past they also licensed their designs to Chinese Zhaoxin. However Zhaoxin's ZX-D, ZX-E and ZX-F seem to be home-grown architectures. Zhaoxin has the support of the Chinese government.
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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge named for Billy Frank, Jr.
"U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell answers questions posed by students at the
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Education Center on Tues. [July 19]."
Photo credit: Steve Bloom, The Olympian.
– "Refuge that served as Billy Frank Jr.'s medicine now named for him"
"Hundreds of people — including tribal, local, state and federal leaders — gathered Tuesday [July 19] to celebrate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge's official name change to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge."
"The event featured a prayer and songs by the Nisqually tribe's Canoe Family and remarks from more than a dozen people, including U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, Nisqually Indian Tribe Chairman Farron McCloud, Squaxin Island Tribe Councilman Jim Peters and former U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks."
"Heck said he sponsored legislation to change the name of the refuge near Lacey, where the Nisqually River meets Puget Sound, because it fit in well with Frank's legacy of promoting clean water and environmental stewardship," quoting Lisa Pemberton, The Olympian.
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Susquehannock High School remains open despite high COVID-19 cases
Erin Bamer
Despite recording high COVID-19 cases on its district website, Susquehannock High School's doors remained open.
According to Southern York County School District's website, the district had recorded 25 cases across its six buildings over the previous 14 days, with 14 recorded at the high school as of Tuesday night.
Superintendent Sandra Lemmon said the dashboard records the total number of cases linked to each school, but there are actually only four cases of individuals who were contagious within the high school during the last 14 days, which is not enough to close. The remaining cases are individuals who contracted COVID-19 outside the building and have not entered the building since, Lemmon said.
The district is currently operating all schools under a hybrid schedule. Susquehannock High School officials confirmed the building was still open to students.
In a letter to parents, Lemmon said Pennsylvania Department of Health officials have not advised the district to close any buildings.
All York County school districts, including Southern York County, signed a form in November agreeing to comply with several state guidelines in order to keep their schools open.
According to the guidance, a school the size of Susquehannock High School should close for at least 14 days if 11 or more cases are recorded in the building within a 14-day period. A building the same size that records six to 10 cases in 14 days is instructed to close for at least three days.
"Please know that we will be following these guidelines," district officials said on their website.
At least three other York County school districts did not immediately close schools this year after recording enough COVID-19 cases to warrant a closure. In all three cases, however, officials eventually did close the buildings.
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Kendall Alexander, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, said in an email that possible violations to the attestation form are "handled on a case-by-case basis," and at minimum state officials will discuss the issue with the district. She did not mention a maximum measure the department would reach to enforce the policy.
"The health and safety of students is the responsibility of school administrators and locally elected school boards," Alexander said in the email. "That responsibility existed before the pandemic, and that remains the same now with the additional mitigation requirements."