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I could be wrong but I'm guessing the laughs were for "her accomplishments" -- presumably not including Benghazi, chaos in the M.E., the Ukrainian (almost rhymes with uranium) fiasco, etc. etc. Oh but she did amass quite a personal fortune during her term of "public service," that's pretty impressive... in a way.
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It's too bad that the English language is so hard for some immigrants to master.
Best,
RTD
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Good luck with all of that!
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` : It see ``Princess Janay`` in the edit history, so I don't know why it would look as if I wrote it. `
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Um, sorry; but, there shouldn't be an apostrophe in "lets."
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You are off topic...it is the BC Liberals who are going for election in May...not the federal Libs
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I know, but they don't think very far ahead. How can they be comfortable if everybody is sick and poor. Who will be of service to them?
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This would have been much smarter to do at Halloween.
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وبعد هذا يلومون داعش ؟!
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Q:
Trouble with PredicateBuilder
I'm having trouble using PredicateBuilder to dynamically add "Or Where" clauses to a LINQ statement. I'll explain what I'm trying to accomplished first.
I have an inverted index that stores keywords from the titles of a bunch of links. I'm using one so I can quickly search through these links based on these keywords. The inverted index is of type
Dictionary<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>
So basically every word is associated to a list of URLs containing that word.
The next stage I'm at is making the inverted index searchable. So when I search for "the blue", I'm returned all the links associated with the key "the" or "blue". After a few Google searches, it seemed like the best way to dynamically add "Or Where" clauses to a LINQ statement was through the PredicateBuilder class. I'm having trouble with the last step where I use the predicate that I've built.
var invertedIndex = new Dictionary<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>();
//the invertedIndex is built and filled here. Now I am trying to search through it.
Console.WriteLine("\nEnter words to see if there are matches");
string query = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine();
string[] words = query.Split(',', ' ');
//the predicate I'll be building. I'm not positive it is of the correct type. I've assumed that it should be of the same type as the Dictionary type in the inverted index
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.False<KeyValuePair<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>>();
foreach (string w in words)
{
string temp = w;
predicate = predicate.Or(p => p.Key == temp);
}
//this is the line that generates the syntax error.
test = invertedIndex.Where(predicate);
I get an error on the .Where statement. Hovering over the .Where displays "The type arguments cannot be inferred from the usage. Try specifying the type arguments exactly."
I tried changing:
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.False<KeyValuePair<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>>();
to
Expression<Func<KeyValuePair<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>, bool>> predicate = PredicateBuilder.False<KeyValuePair<string, List<VerifiedUrl>>>();
but this had no effect. In the error console I actually get different errors:
Error 1 Instance argument: cannot convert from 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,System.Collections.Generic.List<InvertedIndexConsoleApp.VerifiedUrl>>' to 'System.Linq.IQueryable<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string,System.Collections.Generic.List<InvertedIndexConsoleApp.VerifiedUrl>>>' c:\users\josh\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\InvertedIndexConsoleApp\InvertedIndexConsoleApp\Program.cs 79 25 InvertedIndexConsoleApp
Error 2 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,System.Collections.Generic.List<InvertedIndexConsoleApp.VerifiedUrl>>' does not contain a definition for 'Where' and the best extension method overload 'System.Linq.Queryable.Where<TSource>(System.Linq.IQueryable<TSource>, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<System.Func<TSource,bool>>)' has some invalid arguments c:\users\josh\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\InvertedIndexConsoleApp\InvertedIndexConsoleApp\Program.cs 79 25 InvertedIndexConsoleApp
A:
the problem that .Where argument must be a Func, but PredicateBuilder.Or returns Expression< Func<..>>.
Try this
test = invertedIndex.Where(predicate.Compile());
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20 li yaşlarda olup 31-32 görünmeyi nasıl başarıyorsunuz kızlar ya saçma sapan sarı saçlar aşırı makyaj abartı kıyafetler . Okul çalışanı sandığım kız sınıf arkadaşımmış aq
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That's funny. I'm pretty much a straight ticket Democratic voter yet started working when I was 14 over 25 years ago and have never taken from the cookie jar. How do you explain that? Maybe you're the one who's bought into the biased you've been feed all the years.
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doesn't sound objective.
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There is a reason that Mat Su Regional did not respond to requests for information relevant to this article. They are the most expensive hospital in the state. If I am wrong, please correct me Mat Su Regional. I've spent some time in Providence and when you receive the bill, it is pretty hard to believe they are a non profit. If I remember correctly they charged me almost $10,000 a day for my stay. As a side note, the food at the worst restaurant in Anchorage is better than Providence food.
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To marginalize Macron win with 66% of expressed votes is not enough for you. Well how about shy of 40% in Canadian Federal elections of past 100 years. And ignore mediocrity displayed by populism in UK, a country dedicated to multiculturalism and communautarism. Tell us how brilliant Brexit with Corbyn, Johnson and May blooming pity ledership. End result may be a solidified democracy in France and departure of Scotland along with Northern Ireland from UK.
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This post demonstrates a total and complete ignorance of how a successful economy works. American citizens are all equal and you have absolutely no right stealing the assets of anyone, rich or poor. Do you realize what class warfare leads to? Study the history of Russia, China, Cambodia, Cuba... then add up the body count required to create "paradise".
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And as I had answered before, your facts come from a church view that has no hierarchy of importance. It sees everything as DOCTRINE. Everything is not doctrine. Some items are doctrinal teachings. Some are theological clarifications, and others are spiritual meditations. The Baroque church saw that hanging onto the past for everything is important. The church is not immutable. If it were, it could not correct itself after many scandals in the church: schism between Eastern and Western churches, the Western schism
[2-3 popes at one time], Hundred Years War---one Catholic nation against another [but involved many other Catholic nations as well], selling of indulgences, etc.
There is a fear to let go of past practices and teachings. We are called to a 'novus habitus mentis"----a new way of thinking, being and acting in PASTORAL APPROACHES. We need to deal with the people of today with mutual love, respect and commitment to the highest ideals of a disciple of Christ----TODAY.
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2. no doubt the Jews in time will rule over Brazil.. a not too bright Portuguese nigger country..aka little africa..
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Defending the 1905 French Law of Separation of Religion and State
International Humanist News The 16th World Humanist Congress was held in Paris in July 2005 on the theme of Separation of Religion and State. Commemorating the centenary of the 1905 French law which established such a separation, the World Congress passed an important declaration which has been published in the International Humanist News of August 2005. The 1905 law establishes laicité, or the institutional Separation of Church and State, a defining characteristic of the French republic. Of seminal importance in the ongoing and permanent battle for the freedom of conscience, Laicité is under attack today. Roger Lepeix writes of the dangers, and of the spectacular efforts by French Freethinkers to save a valuable institutional arrangement.
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They asked the FBI to state publicly what it had told the adminstration. Not to lie. YOU are lying.
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Easy sum up.
1. Untouched, healthy, thriving native civilization.
2. European discovery.
3. Colonization for military advantage and agriculture trade dominance.
4. Creation of land titles enabling alienation of lands from the once untouched native inhabitants...in the name of migrant commerce
5. Economic and financial modernization without colonial patience for allowing the once untouched native inhabitants to fully normalize as commerce proceeded.
6. Economically disenfranchised natives falling into foreseeable and inevitable social ills and ill fitting into a migrant foreign society.
7. The descendants of the disenfranchised natives degrading to the lowest caste of the newfound society.
This is common world history. Indigenous natives and aborigines everywhere have their explanations. The replacement social order has its alternative explanations. And so it goes.
While ancestry has nothing to do with one's choice of lifestyle, social conditions do.
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I feel for any employees who have to relocate to Dallas. BTDT. It's a huge metro area, but given its size it's a fairly underwhelming place to live. Flat as a pancake. Ridiculously sprawly. Not very urban/walkable or outdoorsy. Not scenic at all. Toll roads everywhere. Crappy hot & humid climate for 4+ months out of the year. Strip malls and chain restaurants galore.
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Orangeface spews and everyone gets riled up. How categorically absurd this raving lunatic is. His offspring spicer, conway, sanders are equally nuts, they echo everything he says like little robots. And you trdumpers run to fall into line with locked arms and goosesteps. The world has gone mad.
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The outrage is here. It is addressed to terrorists rather than to all Muslims or to the London mayor; and also to idiotic tweets originating from the Trumps. Got that?
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"...The U.S. interceptor has a spotty track record, having succeeded in nine of 17 attempts since 1999 and only one in the last four...."
Jeez. That makes the N. Koreans look good.
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@user @user @user @user Liberal fantasy. Lincoln would never dye his hair dyke blue\u2026 @URL
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Now this is a death penalty worthy case. Anyone that supposed to be there to help and they destroy families shoukd be executed and swiftly
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Spot on! The game board as well as the fisheries board are made up of like mined cronies who only listen to themselves blather about how Only They Know what living in the interior is like and thus Only their minimal numbers count. This is Not democratic, just another oligarchy, better yet dictatorship!
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It was always curious how the aesthetics of rail was never discussed. From the get go it just didn't seem to be a good "fit". I recall frequently posting about rail and its impact on the image of Honolulu; surf, sand, hula, Hawaiian music, and steel on steel elevated rail. Is that how one pictures Honolulu? The truth is, the opportunity for a financial windfall and money from the federal government was just too tempting to turn down. Many have made small fortunes off rail. In fact, there continues to be no incentive to complete the project on time. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Has anyone asked why major penalties for non performance were not incorporated into the project? I can't recall one article on the subject of penalties to contractors. A large portion of the blame is dues to a one-party system of government. Furthermore, there is very little recourse for anyone opposing the project. The rich will get richer, at the expense of taxpayers. Sad legacy for Hawaii.
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Quite delusional and misinformed aren't you?
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If the parking space is snug at the mall, don't back in. Most car drivers can't even parallel park very well - backing into a tight parking spot will most likely lead to body damage and will take a long time.
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St. Pius X was one of the greatest popes, but not the greatest.
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It seems like only yesterday--wait, it WAS only yesterday--President Trump blamed his loss of the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million ballots on voter fraud by illegal immigrants. He tweeted:
"I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time)." "Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!"
This is the same Trump who called Jill Stein's recount efforts a "scam," declaring the "people have spoken and the election is over, and as Hillary Clinton herself said on election night, in addition to her conceding by congratulating me, 'We must accept this result and then look to the future.'"
Despite evidence of Russian cyberattack meddling in the election process on his behalf, President Trump has offered no evidence of voter fraud for Clinton.
We're living in a new reality--feels like Wonderland!
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I can't find vice-versa in the article. It may have been removed.
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Evan Siddal has stated at many events collection of data on who owns houses (ie Canadians, landed immigrants, 10 year visas, student visas) is racist (I think he is being very racist by stating this) and he prefers to gamble what he calls the Muppet money (a Goldman Sachs term he learned while he worked there) based presumably on conversations with the banks who profit from the mortgages and who are protected by CMHC..
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#british politics on #brexit (and in general) start to look like one gigantic benny hill episode #may #BorisJohnson #brexiteers #corbyn #chequers #conservatives all my sympathies to #fbpe #PeoplesVote
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Il fanatismo si manifesta non solo all'interno dell'islam, ma anche del cristianesimo e di sette e culti che nascono all'interno della nostra società , non necessariamente di stampo religioso.
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Ontario voters inclining themselves to the Liberals? Stupid is as stupid does.
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I know lots of people want to "kill the messenger"(The Oregonian in this case) but the fact is, OSU and / or Heimlich are the most responsible for the current situation.
Unless OSU knew BEFORE he arrived on campus which is possible, then I am not sure how responsible they are for failing to "dig deeper" into the background of their recruits after they are on campus?
On the other hand, I find it difficult to believe Heimlich did not know or "forgot" he was supposed to register. If he did not know then who is responsible to find out? It is Heimlich. It is his life and career. Otherwise, he made a choice not to register. To blame The Oregonian for his choice(s) is silly.
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HiRISE Images Phoenix Lander Hardware on Mars
The HiRISE camera has acquired this image of the Phoenix landing site 22 hours after landing.
The image shows 3 unusual features, which were not present in the earlier HiRISE image PSP_007853_2485. We expect to find 3 main pieces of hardware: the parachute attached to the backshell, the heat shield, and the lander itself.
The parachute (lower left) is easy to identify because it is especially bright and the backshell is still attached to the parachute cords. The double dark marking at right seems most consistent with disturbance of the ground from impact and bouncing of the heat shield, which fell from a height of about 10 kilometers. The last object (upper left) is the Phoenix Lander whose two solar panels on either side of the lander are clearly visible.
This image was acquired on the ascending node of the orbit making it about 3:00PM local time on the surface. The rest of the HiRISE observation shows a cloud free day for Phoenix Lander operations.
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Again, was that English? Breeders are so uneducated. It's why they make dogs bring in an income for them.
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8. > instead of being in any way supportive or helpful, are being an absolute shit-stick. Also doubly fuck you. You don't know the first fucking thing about me, and you've already decided what and who exactly I am. Fuck off and die for all I care. You have no clue who I am, what i do, what skin color I have, etc. You have no clue on how many patients I've worked DAMN hard to have creative billing to ensure that even though medicare LOST me 3-8 thousand fucking dollars per chemo injection, how I could make the numbers work. You don't know me from adam. Quit your pity party, fuck off, and come back when you have cancer and get rejected from medicaid. Then let's chat.
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USER USER Segalanya gak bakal tuntas\nSelama Mental Pejabat Maling,wakil rakyat Hianat,Aparat Keparat..semua birokrasi dari segala Departemen doyan maksiat.\nBahkan banyak yg doyan nusuk pantat.\n#FACupFinal'
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Australia was without a government because of the PR system for a while. Sounds like a train wreck.
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As I'm sure you know, Brian, the reporter's that did a story on Planned Parenthood selling baby parts have been convicted of fraud.
Calling people scum is not very Christian, Brian. Go to confession!
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راغب انسان قذر لا حياء ولا مرؤة ولا شهامة كل لحظة والثانية يتحيل فرصة يضحك ولا يفشل أحلام ... أشباه الرجال
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Did I miss something? Were women involved in this survey? They are not likely to be stopped by police so do they make up the half who said they hadn't been?
The guns and gangs situation is a serious issue that affects people's perceptions. Kids with weapons !!!
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Texas Republicans are disenfranchising their strongest demographics.
Texas Republicans are disenfranchising their strongest demographics.
Tarrant County [Texas] Elections Administrator Steve Raborn said Saturday that people who might find themselves in a similar situation should cast a provisional ballot and obtain identification needed to “cure” it within six days. […] Raborn's office reached out to people who might have expired driver licenses, such as those who live in nursing homes, to let them know that the license can be expired by no more than two months to be a valid photo ID for voting. […]
Consider this bit of nonsense in Texas, thanks to the state's new stringent voted ID laws:90-year-old Jim Wright, the former speaker of the House, was prevented from voting because of this requirement, one which disproportionately affects seniors with lapsed IDs.
Now consider this, from the 2012 presidential national exit polls:
What kind of moron party disenfranchises its most reliable voters? And not just seniors, who make up a massive proportion of non-presidential year turnout. Married women too . And guess howwomen vote?So Republicans, in their zeal to disenfranchise brown and young people, have created a voter ID law that solves a non-existent problem and subsequently disenfranchises two of their most important base groups.
We knew the GOP was stupid. This notches it up to a whole new level.
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I disagree. He is not to be deferred to as the highest ranking military officer. As the Commander-in-Chief in matters of war, his status as a civilian is carefully preserved in Article II of the Constitution.
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Ziya hocam bayram müjdesi bekliyoruz sizden 2017 ek atama için takvim bi an önce açıklansın istiyoruz
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I for one am so very pleased President elect Trump won. I do not share in your fears. I do not believe the lies about Trump. I think you have believed many lies and they are making you irrational, hysterical, and possibly a bit bigoted. Trump was none of those things you claim until he decided to run for president. Then the liberals played all those character assassination cards and you picked them up.
Hillary Clinton is a criminal with her State Department pay-to-play schemes and she also mishandled our national security. I am so glad she will not pick any SCOTUS judges.
I believe America won when it elected Trump.
By the way, very interesting to see the alt-left rioting mobs doing exactly the things the left said us Trump supporters would do if he lost.
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He's milking this subject to please his cheesed off constituents.
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Bonjour Meegtow. On peut comprendre un agacement de voir un tel sujet traité de manière incorrecte, ou ne pas être sourcé, mais attention que vos propos ne tournent pas à une attaque envers l ensemble des contributeurs de l article, qui ne peuvent être tenus tous responsables de la situation. Bonne continuation. SammyDay (discuter)
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Anon - I forget to add this statement: It was never my intention - and I am fully sorry if it was presented in any way negatively - to even hint at you supporting abuse of any kind. You have a level of integrity and of living out the best of Gospel teachings that match or surpass any one of us here. That I have never forgotten, and I do not forget it now. I apologize for even a temporary affront!
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Shoot me an email at [email protected], being a modeler and perfectionist I know that there is an error in the length due to the angle. My curiosity is perked.
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Media, you have your freedoms. We on the other hand, have ours. For one, we don't have to kiss the a$$es of those who are committed to our destruction.
You can't take it anymore? Quit and get an honest job.
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Vote for a liberal Democrat. It's your right.
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Limelight ? It isn't HRC's Twitter feed that is quoted on a daily basis.
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Funny
GLAAD? as in glad!?! As in glad gays and lesbians!?!? Thats funny!!!
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From the article: " It is vital that we continue to support creation and adoption of new clean technologies in Canada, or we risk losing our competitive edge to countries that are fully committed to a low-carbon economy." Ontario has been following your recommended green energy strategy for eight years. Why did you not once refer to it? Is it because it has been an unmitigated disaster?
You are right though when you say "numbers don't lie". Here are the numbers from Ontario's commitment to green energy: "Ontarians have paid $37-billion more than market price for electricity over eight years and will pay another $133-billion extra by 2032". Do you think these astronomical electricity prices have improved Ontario's "competitive edge" ?
(Source: Ontario's Auditor General as reported by the Globe & Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontarians-paid-37-billion-above-market-price-for-electricity-over-eight-years-ag/article27560753/).
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#include "parser.h"
#include "in_uncod_android_bypass_Bypass.h"
namespace boost
{
void throw_exception(std::exception const&) {}
}
jclass java_element_class;
jmethodID java_element_init;
jmethodID java_element_addAttr;
jmethodID java_element_setChildren;
jmethodID java_element_setParent;
jobject recurseElement(JNIEnv *env, Bypass::Element element, jobject parent) {
jstring text = env->NewStringUTF(element.getText().c_str());
jobject jelement = env->NewObject(java_element_class, java_element_init, text, element.getType());
env->DeleteLocalRef(text);
if (parent != NULL) {
env->CallVoidMethod(jelement, java_element_setParent, parent);
}
if (element.size() > 0) {
jobjectArray elements = (jobjectArray) env->NewObjectArray(element.size(), java_element_class, 0);
for (int i=0; i<element.size(); i++) {
jobject childElement = recurseElement(env, element[i], jelement);
env->SetObjectArrayElement(elements, i, childElement);
env->DeleteLocalRef(childElement);
}
env->CallVoidMethod(jelement, java_element_setChildren, elements);
}
Bypass::Element::AttributeMap::iterator it = element.attrBegin();
for (; it != element.attrEnd(); ++it) {
jstring name = env->NewStringUTF(it->first.c_str());
jstring value = env->NewStringUTF(it->second.c_str());
env->CallVoidMethod(jelement, java_element_addAttr, name, value);
env->DeleteLocalRef(name);
env->DeleteLocalRef(value);
}
return jelement;
}
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_in_uncod_android_bypass_Bypass_processMarkdown
(JNIEnv *env, jobject o, jstring markdown) {
const char* str;
str = env->GetStringUTFChars(markdown, NULL);
Bypass::Parser parser;
Bypass::Document document = parser.parse(str);
env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(markdown, str);
jclass java_document_class = env->FindClass("in/uncod/android/bypass/Document");
jmethodID java_document_init = env->GetMethodID(java_document_class, "<init>", "([Lin/uncod/android/bypass/Element;)V");
java_element_class = env->FindClass("in/uncod/android/bypass/Element");
java_element_init = env->GetMethodID(java_element_class, "<init>", "(Ljava/lang/String;I)V");
java_element_setChildren = env->GetMethodID(java_element_class, "setChildren", "([Lin/uncod/android/bypass/Element;)V");
java_element_setParent = env->GetMethodID(java_element_class, "setParent", "(Lin/uncod/android/bypass/Element;)V");
java_element_addAttr = env->GetMethodID(java_element_class, "addAttribute", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
jobjectArray elements = (jobjectArray) env->NewObjectArray(document.size(), java_element_class, 0);
for (int i=0; i<document.size(); i++) {
jobject jelement = recurseElement(env, document[i], NULL);
env->SetObjectArrayElement(elements, i, jelement);
env->DeleteLocalRef(jelement);
}
jobject jdocument = env->NewObject(java_document_class, java_document_init, elements);
return jdocument;
}
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What jaw-jaw? The US has not tried to negotiate only intimidate for the last decade. Look what happened with Saddam in Iraq. Look what happened to Khadfi in Libya. The pattern is clear - if you do not have a nuclear deterrent the USA will invent a pretext to invade and kill you and open your economy to US interests. The bully game has backfired.
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The Confederacy was founded on white supremacy and the desire to maintain slavery. There was nothing noble or worthy about there cause.
Lee's faults are exactly why no sentient being should be inspired by him or consider him worthy of honor.
He was a white supremacist who believed that blacks were better off as slaves and that "The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race..."
When three of his slaves escaped and were captured and returned he not only had them whipped but also had their lashings with brine to teach them a lesson about escaping.
When he invaded Pennsylvania, his army captured free blacks and brought them back to the south as property, and at the Battle of Crater his men executed all the black Union soldiers.
This not a man worth of statues. The Confederacy is not worthy of monuments, and there very existence is the true historical rewrite.
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Facebook will never take responsibility for fake news - Garbage
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/19/facebook-will-never-take-responsibility-for-fake-news/
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vezycash
"Fake news" only became a "problem" after the last US election.
If we really want to solve the problem instead of an an outlet to vent
frustration like spiled brats, then we should think deeper.
Why does my mum believe every piece of crap that shows up on Facebook and
WhatsApp? And why do I call bullshit within a few seconds of reading it?
This I believe is the right angle. Why do people believe obvious lies. And why
is it obvious to some and not others?
I suspect the root of the problem is our system of education. The primary goal
these days seems to be obedience and unquestioning believe in authority.
If this isn't solved (I doubt it can). Then asking for fake news control will
bring a bigger problem - loss of free flow of information...
China already has an excellent way of controlling fake news. But is that what
we really want? Those who will benefit from the Chinese news control are those
behind the sudden interest in fake news.
Wake up people!
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skc
>>I suspect the root of the problem is our system of education. The primary
goal these days seems to be obedience and unquestioning believe in
authority.<<
You would think so. But my dad is a varsity Professor with a PhD, my mom has a
Masters in English.
They believe literally every cock and bull story they see on Facebook.
You make an interesting point when you state that "The primary goal these days
seems to be obedience and unquestioning believe in authority." because for me
that is both the problem and, ironically, the very obvious solution.
If there was a trusted (read, authoritative) service that one could use to vet
such stories then the problem would go away.
The devil is in the details though. I've seen people dismiss Snopes as some
sort of leftist agenda pandering website.
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wu-ikkyu
>>I suspect the root of the problem is our system of education. The primary
goal these days seems to be obedience and unquestioning believe in authority
>You would think so. But my dad is a varsity Professor with a PhD, my mom has
a Masters in English. They believe literally every cock and bull story they
see on Facebook.
This is precisely what the parent to your comment is saying. Many (most?)
degrees hold more symbolic value (read, fake) than real practical value
because that is what education has devolved into: favoring symbolism (test
scores, degrees) over real life applicability.
>If there was a trusted (read, authoritative) service that one could use to
vet such stories then the problem would go away.
This is a logical fallacy.
If you already think you lack the ability to find truth, how would you know it
was real when someone else supposedly gave it to you? If you can't trust
yourself how can you trust your trust in others?
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yAnonymous
And neither should they.
The German government wants to implement insane penalties for not removing
"fake news" fast enough, but what they're really trying to do is make sure
Facebook only tells their side of the story, i.e. establish censorship on the
internet.
Government-critical sites that had millions of followers were already banned
while media supporting the government can happily keep spreading their equally
or even worse fake news.
It's becoming a world-wide trend to call unfavorable things fascist and then
employ fascist methods to fight them. Just like calling oligarchic structures
a democracy, because it sells better.
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synicalx
> It's becoming a world-wide trend to call unfavorable things fascist and then
> employ fascist methods to fight them.
Take all of my upvotes.
I'll never get my head around "Antifa" doxxing and assaulting Trump voters
because they're "facists". When someone stands up against these kids, ie Based
Stick Man, they're the ones that get arrested not the aggressors.
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jungletek
Guess they never learned about Nietzsche...
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster...
for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
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mankash666
Why should it? It's a for-profit entity fine tuned to surface the kind of
links YOU want to read. The problem is us humans, we're prone to set rational
thinking aside when presented with "news" to our liking. Every time we click
on a link too good to be true, we're hoping that this one time the universe
has finally rewarded us for our persistent but futile attempts at moulding it
to our fancy.
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Yaggo
I think it's somewhat dangerous mindset that the "fake news problem"
should/could be handled solely by the publishing platform. There will always
be another way to publish false information. People believe fake news because
they want to believe. Introducing any kind of sensoring authority will only
treat the symptoms, not the disease, making the long-term problem worse. Basic
education, equal opportunities etc. are the only sustainable solution.
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root_axis
This is not a Facebook problem, nor is it a problem that can be fixed
structurally since a fundamental disagreement about what constitutes fake news
exists along partisan lines. When 'fake news' aligns with an individual's
bias, the truth has now become the lie. Any attempt to wrest the non-aligning
view-point from the realm of facts is met with a doubling-down and a recursive
poisoning of every well.
The _only_ viable solution must come from the top-down. People will only
reject fake news when leaders emphasize critical thinking and shoot down false
stories, _especially_ when the fake narrative is favorable to them or their
position.
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concinds
1\. Everyone is born with the ability to trust, and to distrust. Many people
suck at trusting others (i.e. they trust too much people who aren't
trustworthy, and trust too little people who are), that's how you get abusive
spouses and unavailable spouses. Trusting some news outlets and distrusting
others is no different from dis/trusting people. The problem of people
trusting the wrong things has been a problem throughout history, and the
solution has to be psychological. Mandatory therapy for every citizen? Won't
happen.
2\. Teaching kids to spot "fake news" at school is laughably impotent and
"feel good". People believe fake stories because they're emotionally-invested
in the subject (see PG's "keep your identity small" post). Anyone that thinks
we can solve fake news through "critical thinking skills" is... fake news. The
problem is emotional involvement. If you're emotionally involved in a story,
you won't _want_ to use critical thinking.
3\. You _can_ get people to change their opinions, e.g. from climate-denial to
pro-science (through using their cognitive dissonance against them). That's
how you got Sanders converting Trump supporters at a recent town hall[0]. You
haven't made them more rational, you've just taken their emotions, which
pointed one way, and made them point the other way. So, if you want to make
people trust "the establishment" or the Democrats more, you _don 't_ need to
fix points 1. and 2. (which require fixing people), you just need to learn
about cognitive dissonance and persuasion. But that doesn't solve the core
problem of not having an informed population.
[0]: [http://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/13/bernie-sanders-
storms...](http://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/13/bernie-sanders-storms-deep-
red-west-virginia-convinces-trump-voters-conned.html)
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meri_dian
If we choose to 'fight' fake news, meaning we try to automate its removal from
social networks, we'll end up censoring a good deal of speculative news which
takes leaps of logic and is controversial but not 'fake' in the sense that
it's trying to pass falsehood as fact. This is obviously problematic if we
want to foster free and open discourse.
The alternative is to not do anything at all, but that leaves our democracies
open to attack from malicious actors.
These both lead to bad outcomes. So let's consider alternative approaches.
I believe 'fake news' is a symptom as well as a cause of political
polarization. The less polarized and divisive our politics is, the less
willing people will be to blindly accept fake news. Basically the potential
receptive audience to fake news will decline. Given that approaches which try
to attack fake news directly both have negative consequences, I think if we
instead try to target other sources of polarization in society the fake news
problem itself will become less serious.
Let's start with getting money out of politics, instituting term limits for
congress, finding an alternative to gerrymandering for the creation of
electoral districts and most importantly growing the economy.
These are challenging and nontrivial approaches but will ultimately attack the
root cause of fake news spread. It is much better to treat a disease at its
source than to just treat its symptoms.
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AckSyn
Intentionally or unintentionally, they have to go. All media is suspect
without sources, secret sources, sources that won't go on record, and all the
rest without proof of what they're saying.
Else we're no better than school yard gossip.
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meri_dian
So you want to ban all opinion and editorial pieces? Articles based on facts
very often speculate and riff on ideas, branching off of initial facts, to
reach conclusions. Who decides what is appropriate speculation and what is
not?
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AckSyn
"Appropriate speculation" isn't spouting off about a pet agenda a particular
news outlet has or shoehorning it into whatever #popularbullshit is trending,
it's about a logical conclusion to new information. Opinion pieces take that
and twist it to their own bias and quite often into an inflammatory way.
Too many outlets use opinion pieces as fact and engage in public outraging by
selecting the most controversial, inflammatory, or biased stories and opinions
to get viewership. Hell, you don't have to look far for them claiming not to
be news but "Entertainment News" and frankly, it's insulting. News used to
have standards. Unfortunately it scrapes the bottom of the barrel.
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DanCarvajal
Why wont the News Media take responsibility for their content being so poor
that it's increasingly hard to tell between what's "real" and what's "fake"?
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jrnichols
They don't really care anymore as long as that sweet sweet ad revenue keeps
rolling in.
That's one thing I've noticed drives a lot of the fake news sites - they're
loaded with ads. Clearly that's their goal. If only we could get Google to cut
off ad revenue to websites that are spreading made-up news.
Good recent example? This: [http://archive.is/R5Z1J](http://archive.is/R5Z1J)
Fake news about Trump spread like wildfire. Even worse, the fake news sites
were set up by a media company to advertise their new film. I think that's
absolutely reprehensible behavior on their part.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-
mix/wp/2017/02/1...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-
mix/wp/2017/02/17/to-promote-film-20th-century-fox-created-fake-news-sites-
with-fake-anti-trump-stories/?utm_term=.f3280a2625ab)
And it's all about the ad revenue.
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JamesMcMinn
I'm not sure that they should take responsibility for it, but I do believe
they should make tools available for people to fight it, although I don't
think even that is an easy task. Facebook enables fake news by offering a
platform where fake news can spread, but it spreads because a lot of people
really do believe what is being reported, not because they necessarily want to
spread fake news.
Fake news, or lies as we should really be calling them, is very much a social
problem. We've had "fake news" in the form of parody websites like the Onion
for a long time, and whilst a large number of people fell for their stories,
they often didn't make the same mistake twice. People are looking for new
sources of news, and the combination of this with easily shareable and
difficult to verify stories means that the lies spread quickly.
Part of this has been caused by the attack on mainstream media (MSM) - people
no longer trust the MSM because they're being told not to by politicians, and
the fact that they're often caught misreporting stories doesn't help this. So,
people turn to smaller more focused sources - often ones which they've never
heard of before, and which they haven't been told not to trust. How does
Facebook solve this? I'm not sure. Flagging stories as "this hasn't been
reported elsewhere", or by filtering new sources of news might be a start, but
it wouldn't be a solution. I'm not sure people would trust Facebook to
manually moderate content, and it would simply give fake news and politicians
the ammunition they needed to target Facebook as being against them. The very
nature of news is that its unexpected and mostly unpredictable, so training
algorithms to detect fake news reliably, without hiding real news, is a very
difficult task.
Facebook can't take responsibility for fake news, society needs to do that.
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libertine
I also don't think they should take the responsability for it (pretty much
like Torrent Trackers, or Youtube, when it comes to content distribution).
But I think there could be some mechanisms in place, similar to how Youtube
handles copyright claims - where upon reporting, or a request for a source
from any Facebook user - the publication would get it's Reach capped, or the
publication would be hidden, until further evidence is displayed.
Now, there are a lot of problems with this approach - first it's user based
(which has it's pros and cons), second it may be target for malicious activity
and anti-competitive pratices - but on the other hand if the source was
displayed, it would somehow protect them (at least briefly), without having
the Reach capped, but still flagged if the source is dubious.
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tullianus
Yeah, this sounds prone to malicious abuse, mostly because of the subject
matter. I've heard of occasional malicious use of Youtube copyright claims,
but in the case of fake news on Facebook, the same system seems like it would
devolve to Breitbart readers and Mother Jones readers dogpiling each the other
source's articles to limit their reach in the short term.
Come to think of it, that might not be the worst thing in the world.
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CM30
Until they start dogpiling the media that disagrees with both of their biases.
Which already happens. If you're far enough on any side of a political
spectrum, even reasonable news sounds fake to you.
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i_feel_great
The entire field of advertising can be classified as "fake news".
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wuch
There is article "Fake News" from 1992 [0], looking at the problem from this
angle, essentially saying that quite a lot of news is fake in a sense that it
is not prepared by journalists, but instead supplied by public relations
agencies and published without any critical analysis by the media.
Take for example recent CIA leaks. Reuters, when reporting it [1], included a
statement from antivirus software manufacturing saying that "We can prevent
attacks in real time if we were given the hooks into the mobile operating
system". Given long history of AV software manufactures not following even
basic security practices, I doubt that security experts would agree that this
is how we should ensure safety of mobile devices.
[0] David Lieberman, "Fake News,", TV Guide 1992, quoted in "Toxic sludge is
good for you".
[1] Eric Auchard, "Wikileaks' CIA hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for
fixes" [http://www.reuters.com/article/wikileaks-products-
idUSL5N1GL...](http://www.reuters.com/article/wikileaks-products-
idUSL5N1GL2A4)
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felipeerias
A lot of things fall under the "fake news" definition nowadays, from
alternative points of view all the way to state-sponsored disinformation and
propaganda.
However, the term being loosely defined should not make us lose sight of the
fact that there is an specific kind of "fake news" that is 100% a consequence
of the priorities and incentives that Facebook has put in place: making
outrageous headlines and stories out of thin air, for no other reason than
making money from advertising.
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CM30
You mean the priorities and incentives that advertisers have put in place?
Because while Facebook and other social media sites are often associated with
it, I'd say things like Google search and ad networks have encouraged it just
as much.
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sweetheart
I didn't think I'd live to see the day people are upset with Facebook for not
having more influence in the content they see. I understand the reasoning, and
know it's not that simple, but still, it just sounds so backwards
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Mikeb85
Nor should they.
The problem is that, to judge something as 'fake', an authority needs to deem
what is 'real'. And abuse of authority never happens, right? Banning fake news
is akin to state censorship, since ultimately the one making the penalties
(the state) gets to decide what 'fake news' actually is.
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gerbilly
If you want to avoid fake news, why not pay for real news?
Buy a subscription to the NY Times, or any other of the major newspapers or
newsmagazines.[1]
Did you know the journalism industry is in a tailspin, and many professional
reporters can't find jobs because people feel they can find the same
information for free from blogs and on facebook?
Newspapers aren't perfect, and bias in unavoidable, _but_ I don't see too many
blogs paying copyeditors and fact checkers to double check their work.
The good newspapers also take responsibility for their work and protect their
sources.
I find it sad that as a society we are abandoning the press, which is an
important check and balance on the other institutions in society.
Instead we prefer our dopamine squirts from swiping our facebook feeds on our
phones, and being fed targeted stories that confirm our biases.
I find it a sad irony that a generation who often likes to sneer at older
industries, and disrupt them, thinks they have replaced the free press with
something 'better' just because it is delivered via a cellphone.
They are mistaking the medium for the message. The information quality is
lower, but if it feels new and shiny, it must be better right?...
[1] Yes I know most of these sources offer their content for free online, but
I'm suggesting to pay for it anyway. You know support them before they
disappear completely.
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jlebrech
One man's fake news is another man's "I knew it."
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skdotdan
So, Facebook won't censor?
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_rpd
> “It’s not always clear what is fake and what isn’t,” [Zuckerberg] continued.
> “A lot of what people are calling fake news are just opinions that people
> disagree with.”
> This is just the latest in a long string of recent responses to the issue
> that shirk responsibility for the content that users consume and share on
> Facebook.
It really isn't. This is the core issue.
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I'm going strictly off my own experience, but as a senior purchasing agent in the private sector I know that a state employee of the same stature makes about $25-30k a year more (not including overtime, then it really jumps up). Now I can only assume that there is a lot of the same disparity among other fields. But it seems to be the norm??
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Human Rights Abuses
I understand that many of the people who write here are probably against the war and use the human rights abuse section to list all the bad things that the American military has done. But something that should be added to that is all the American soldiers who have been taken prisoner, killed, tortured, mutilated, etc. Damn right that's a human rights abuse. I don't know much about it myself or I would write, but anyone else who does, please do so.
PFC Anon.
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I think their advisors are bureaucrats not academics. Bureaucrats who have previously tried to get this through but neither Martin nor Flaherty would accept their nonsense. So much for evidence-based policy.
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I've been posting this story on several forums and sending out quite a few emails .
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While not a dog person, I can easily say these same things about most of the cats I've had over the years. It always hurts to loose a part of the family and our pets are definitely parts of our family. Many times they can even be more loving and giving than our human family are. Like my male cat Joe. When he was in kidney failure he spent the last week of his life at my vet's. Every day after work I would go visit him. As soon as he heard me come in the from door of the clinic, he would start in with his loud Siamese screaming. That was from way back in the area where they kept them caged. The staff said he would unresponsive all day, until he heard me come in. I would take him from his cage and he would rub, purr and hold my face in his paws. When the time came to let him go, I held him when he got the shot and he died with his paws wrapped around my face. My burly macho vet had to leave the room because he was bawling so much.
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Nuclear power is the right path.
Safest form of electrical generation ever invented. Only 52 deaths from Chernybol and zero from Fukshima and Tree Mile Island. Zero in Canada of course.
Newer nuclear plants will burn the wast from earlier models. No need for Yucca Mountain.
Low level radiation reduces cancer by 95%. Yes, hard to believe that we have not been told the good news.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477708/
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"And I don't think that's an area that we want to go to," added Meyer, who works for oil company ConocoPhillips outside the legislative session. "
Ahh, no. The reporter has this backwards. Meyer's entire reason for employment at ConocoPhillips is WHEN he is in Juneau.
Recall it was Meyer who voted to unconstitutionally give away billions of dollars of our oil in a huge conflict of interest.
This corruption is why we are now faced with a raid on the Permanent Fund- to subsidize the theft of our oil.
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If you have ever interacted with dolphins, you will know they are even more playful and engaging than dogs are. They love contact. A dolphin can (and will make people) play games with them for hours.
I would agree they need lots of space, and so small aquariums are far from ideal for them. But large, well-run aquaria that given the animals lots of room to roam and house animals who probably would not have survived in the wild can be very good.
It's sad to see people become so embattled over this.
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Ask how many are in the SAS. ..That should sort out the boys from the Girls
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Unity ticket! It's more like a merger of swamp gas with swamp thing. They just don't get it. I tip my hat to the ordinary citizens of this great nation. A sleeping giant has been awakened! Please stay awake, now more than ever!
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Arab states are blatantly shameless in abusing UN system based on majority.
US protested this disgusting abuse. Trudeau sits quiet and does nothing.
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Araştırmalara göre kumrallardan daha iyi arkadaş ve daha sadık eş olur
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` Interesting to see yet another Wikipedia contributor more interested in showing off the deep knowledge of their WIkipedia J.D. degree rather than improving a page with more falsehoods and distortions than I can count. This is almost certainly the worst page on Wikipedia, although that abortion of the Sigmund Freud page I was just shown as an example of a ``good`` page comes rather close. Am I the only one here with eyes? `
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Was John's wife in Nome at the time that Dallas was
????? Just wondering
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Erratic behavior does not necessarily indicate genius...nor does it indicate a Lone Ranger-type of moral justice. Many Americans just can't tell the difference between a loose cannon and one that is deliberately aimed.
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Pls I'm sorry, please unblock me so I can harrass Zhanzhao again ) ) )
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Corey wants all the camera time he can get so he can toss the paper towels next time.
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Economy
Now a few planners and politicians are starting to try something new: embracing shrinking. Frankly admitting that these cities are not going to return to their former population size anytime soon, planners and activists and officials are starting to talk about what it might mean to shrink well. After decades of worrying about smart growth, they’re starting to think about smart shrinking, about how to create cities that are healthier because they are smaller. Losing size, in this line of thought, isn’t just a byproduct of economic malaise, but a strategy.
By “ungeared,” Power means unleveraged, and is referring to the fact that the Chinese still do not have widely-available credit. Therefore, the typical shopper has precious few financing options available, aside from tapping personal savings, when looking to buy higher-priced durable goods, like cars. When China’s typical wage earner gains access to debt as a form of purchasing power there’s likely to be marked rise in the strength of its domestic consumer base.
The half-life of central bank interventions is getting shorter and shorter. After Shirakawa decided to show the Fed who is boss, only to be met with the biggest beatdown the dollar has experienced since March, tonight the BOJ decided to show Bernanke how it's done. Too bad the idiots at the BOJ have learned nothing from the SNB's Hildebrand, who was last seen cowering in a fetal positions, underneath his desk.
Irish borrowing costs have surged to a post-EMU record after Ireland's recovery buckled over the summer and Dublin said creditors of Anglo Irish Bank may be asked to "share" losses, a warning to bondholders that the dam may at last be breaking on debt restructuring in the eurozone.
Pass along a DVD to your friends and family—the deluxe DVD is available in discount packs of 4 and 10! (NTSC or PAL)
Former Fed Chair, Paul Volcker went way off-script in Chicago yesterday and "moved unsparingly from banks to regulators to business schools to the Fed to money-market funds during his luncheon speech. He praised the new financial overhaul law, but said the system remained at risk because it is subject to future “judgments” of individual regulators, who he said would be relentlessly lobbied by banks and politicians to soften the rules."
The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation.
Economists and politicians can’t admit it, but the laws of physics apply, no matter what the latest polls tell us. The Earth has finite resources that will someday limit our economic growth.
The Earth cannot forever support 7 billion people consuming as much as Americans consume. And yet we’ve staked our future — individually, nationally, and maybe even as a species — on that impossible dream.
It is Friday afternoon, and of course the most troubling news come out. Last week it was that the idiots in charge are raising their stake in Ally to 80%; this week also did not disappoint: the WSJ reports what can arguably be the most important story of the week - to wit: the government just seized three wholesale credit unions and has launched an "unusual plan" to manage $50 billion of troubled assets inherited from failed institutions.
Thousands of Indian immigrants are choosing to leave the United States in the midst of the recession and move back to India to find better jobs. While many cite better job opportunities in India as their primary reason, most also feel they are able to have a better quality of life in India.
The past two years have been tough on China-oriented Western economists. China's archaic mercantilism, tight capital controls, over-regulated financial sector, managed exchange rate and, above all, its need to purchase and sterilize massive inflows of foreign exchange were, according the theorists, leading the country to economic calamity
Energy
Until recently, peak oil was mainly seen as a crackpot theory promulgated by doom merchants who hate progress. This probably reflects the influence that corporate publicity strategies and pressure to preserve confidence in global markets have on the mainstream media.10 The Bristol peak oil report and Chris Martenson’s Crash Course are the first steps towards changing this attitude.
Peak oil isn’t the end of oil it is only the point at which production reaches a peak and can’t continue to grow concurrently with demand.
Additionally most people are not aware of what oil really means to our economy beyond the obvious. How oil effects coal extraction, wind power, making plastic, making medicine, transporting our food, etc. Today’s show is more of just me chatting with our than a more conventionally hard outlined show.
With available energy and natural resources depleting in an economy that depends on them to grow, author and speaker Chris Martenson said the next 20 years are going to have to look fundamentally different from the last 20.
And while every decade has been shaped differently from the past, Martenson said the shift that will occur is unlike any other because of the change in economic structure and energy profile that will be forced to occur.
Article suggestions for the Daily Digest can be sent to [email protected]. All suggestions are filtered by the Daily Digest team and preference is given to those that are in alignment with the message of the Crash Course and the "3 Es."
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You must be joking! The reason I didn't bring up abortion is that it's obvious to all what the Church teaches on the subject! Further, in my very first post in this discussion, I stated, quote: "Being pro-life is an orientation to life and involves a determination to uphold the sanctity of life wherever and whenever one can." How you can interpret that as somehow ignoring or condoning abortion is beyond comprehension. Abortion in no way upholds the sanctity of life. You didn't read what I actually said. Similarly, just as abortion is an attack on life, so too is stripping the poor of health care, making life harder for children, taking from the poor to fund tax cuts for the rich, and a host of other activities. It seems that you want to make be pro-life on the abortion issues, but anti-life on other issues. You're either pro-life on every issue, or a hypocrite. The current administration has opted for the latter, but I hope you opt for the former.
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Actually Danno, the Dallas Charter applies only to the US. However, there are variations of it that do apply elsewhere in the Church. Certainly removing him (not giving him a leave of absence) should happen immediately including his faculties to act as a priest. When (if) he is found not guilty, his faculties can be reinstated,
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""False accusations are personal attacks though."" - So you admit it. That's a start. Now how about staying within all of the other rules? If you're keen for me to keep reading the BS that you keep churning out onto my talk page, you might also care to use correct spelling and grammar.( )"
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Tell me about it. I'm still p1ssed that Chinese people started using chili peppers in their food. Have they no shame?!!
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Q:
how to get rid of side to side scroll
I can't find the problem and it's probably quite easy.
I have this side-to-side scroll
here's the test site: http://sgs.webparity.net
If you notice the NAV is 1860px as well as the BODY. BUT, there's a thin white margin of 20px which just will NOT go away.
There's no code here except for that on the INSPECT f12 of the BROWSER.
It's probably something really dumb.
A kind hand would be great!
Thanks
A:
You need to give overflow-hidden in css to your section having id="section-map". Right now your map is not loading due to some error. Once you fix that issue it would be more clear to fix this.
Solution to be put in your style.css
#section-map{
overflow:hidden;
}
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kevin bravo is a faggot
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This would be terrorism if Rizzuto was a Muslim ...................
Instead the guy is just another poorly educated Christian Trump fanatic
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How long can you ride on old Abe freeing the slaves? Time for the Party of Abe to update their protection of America's people. Me thinks old Abe was a Democrat.
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كلامك صحيح 100% اخي الكريم, يجب على الايرانيين ان لايدعموا الاكراد امام تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية و ستشاهدون اكراد يفرون كالارانب الى الجحورهم!, اكراد لا عهد لهم
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The only important thing to conservative Catholics is that you say you are going to vote as they want; they really don't care much what people do.
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How would Alisha Roemeling report on what is being said in Madras at the airport of what is happening now and what happened yesterday if she weren't already there?
Your tunnel vision needs to expand just a bit!
And how many people in Eugene really care about Reno? Enough to have her and the rest of her crew drive down there and hang around for almost a week?
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Friday, August 19, 2011
The Importance of Understanding Your Publishing Contract
Only a few things can top the satisfaction of getting a publishing contract- when that editor says, "Yes, loved it! We'd like to acquire it". The moment is unforgettable and very validating. But that is not the end of the writer’s journey. Nope, that's when the fun begins... Well, for me anyway. For most, the review and negotiation process in finalizing a publishing contract can be dreadful. This is in part because most authors aren't lawyers with years of experience in negotiating contracts, and most, unfortunately, don't know as much about the publishing business as they do about their writing. The problem, therefore, emerges mostly due to the uncertainty about the quality of the deal.
I often say "knowledge is power". If you don't know what you should be getting in a publishing contract, you won't really be able place yourself in the position to assert your rights and entitlements. And so, my first recommendation is to arm yourself with ammunition. In other words, learn how things work. There are, and I hate to state the obvious, books on the subject, and a ton of sites that can help you learn what you need to know. However, the information is often scattered, outdated, and sometimes inaccurate. So don't put all of your eggs into the proverbial basket. Talking to other writers can be a great source too. However, I find that as much as there is a camaraderie among writers, when it comes to how much money they earned or how many books sold, everyone is tight lipped. So this leaves you with me, or other literary professionals who really know the industry.
Terms to pay special attention to:
Duration of the Agreement- Publishing contracts last from 3-7 years. If at all possible, avoid anything longer than seven years, or anything that lasts for the duration of the life of the copyright. Which, by the way, is the life of the author plus 70 years, or in the case of a joint work, the term lasts for 70 years after the last surviving author's death or 75 years, whichever is longer. If a company is the author, the duration is 95 years from the year of first publication or 120 years from the year of creation, whichever expires first.
Copyright- The copyright is your legal protection to prohibit anyone other than you from reprinting and selling or disseminating your work. In the United States this right is obtained by filing an application with the US Patent and trademark Office. Not all countries have such applications/protections, but you should always apply in the USA. Your goal should be that the Publisher file the application under your name. The purpose of the contract is to give the publisher the right to publish pursuant to the copyright. We call it a license to use the copyright for the duration of the agreement and not for the duration of the copyright. You can of course, file it yourself, but it can save you the time, money and stress of not knowing what to do if they do the filing for you.
Primary and Secondary Rights- The whole point of this contract is to give the publisher the right to publish your work. So the right to print the book, and to post an e-version of the work is a given (today most publishers will demand both unless they are e-pubs who are not interested in print). However, when possible, retain some of the secondary rights- the rights to produce a film, merchandise, syndication, gaming, book club, etc. Sometimes you can even keep translation and foreign rights.
Advance- Although I can't predict how much a publisher will pay for your book, I can usually make an educated guess based on the genre, length, the author's platform, the house, the list, the budget, the economy, and prior deals of the parties involved. In other words, there are lots of factors involved, so I won't generalize here. You should know that an advance is the money that the publisher pays you in ‘advance’. Once the publisher earns back the money that they paid to you, then you start receiving royalties.
Royalty- Royalties are the percentage of the profits that the publisher will pay to you. These vary from Publishing House to Publishing House and on the medium of publication, from hardcover, to mass market, to e-books and audio books. Mass market royalties are usually the lowest, and can be as low as 4%, and e-books vary the greatest from about 6% to 65%. A good average royalty for e-books is about 35%. Self publication contracts are different.
Out of Print- The publisher will decide when the book goes out of print. Customarily, when a book is out of print for longer than a 12 month period, the author may ask to terminate the agreement and have the rights reverted.
Other terms to be aware of are anything giving the publisher the right to terminate the agreement early. Be aware of what will trigger the Termination. Pay attention to make sure that you do the edits and they approve them. Never give up the rights to change your work without approval. And if the publisher includes a clause about the right to publish an excerpt of your work for non paid marketing purposes, be sure that the word count is no more than 10% of your completed work.
Of course there’s more to the contract than these clauses, but I hope that this entry gives you a good foundation with regard to what you need to know. It is important that you are aware that there is help out there. If you are skilled and lucky enough to procure a publishing contract without an agent, you should probably have a literary consultant or an attorney take a look at the agreement and advice you on the terms or negotiate on your behalf. Just be sure that your relationship with the said professional is clearly delineated in a retainer agreement so that no agency relationship is formed unless that is your intent. An agent will be entitled to 10-15% of all your profits whereas a consultant or lawyer usually gets paid on a per hour basis or a fixed fee.
Hope you find this helpful. Please feel free to post comments and questions or e-mail me at [email protected] if you need help with your publishing contract.
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What about the "anything but Harper " people being paid off under the umbrella of " union negotiation fees "
Ontario’s spiraling debt and deficits will continue as long as public sector unions dominate political advertising during elections.
And that’s bad news for taxpayers, most of whom work in the private sector for lower salaries, benefits and pensions than those in the public sector, while doing comparable work.
Yes Big Governments on the back of small citizens, HENCE THE LIBERALS !!!!
On a separate note don't expect the status quo to do anything about extreme housing cost in Toronto, after all most of them are home owners indexed against inflation.
Yes the middle class, what a joke,
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Yeah, they did for centuries...Spanish Inquisition, slavery...
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So far you want to keep your version without answering or justifying.
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because we fund them and they use this tripe in the classrooms ... and we only wish we could change the channel...forever.
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` How dare you call ME the vandal or a Yankees fan. I am neither. Paul Byrd does have a pig nose and closely resembles a swine so that is why I made those edits. It was considered to be original research by other users which is why it was reverted. You are the one adding disgusting things about filthy accidents that have no place on Wikipedia. Your efforts to appear as a non-vandal just go to show what a true vanalism lover you really are. Stop arguing with me and leave me alone. I will be watching you and your future edits so I might quickly stop more of your vandalisms in the future. Also, you will take me off your ``wall of shame`` or else I will bring your vandalisms to the attention of people less reasonable than I. I suggest you cooperate. `
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